SCUBA DIVING on the Outer Banks of North Carolina
Beach Dive to Shipwreck
$50 Per Person plus rental equipment
Are you a certified diver with at least 2 dives since you were certified?
This dive may be perfect for you. This shallow wreck dive (20ft) is located approximately 150 yards off the beach. While shallow, you do need good leg strength to kick out. We enter the water, put on fins then fin out to wreck. The guide will hook a line onto the wreck and run a wreck reel line around to make it easy to explore.
If it has been over 1 year since you dove, you will need to sign up for our Refresher Class first.
All participants must be certified divers and very comfortable in the ocean.
Try SCUBA
$125 Per Person
Private classes are available at $200 per person. Ages 12 and up.
This is a perfect activity for children and adults if you want to try SCUBA diving before you sign up for a scuba class. Sign up for scuba class less than 1 month after trying it and save $50 on scuba class.
This 1 1/2 hour course introduces you SCUBA diving, fits you for equipment, then gets you into the pool where you can try breathing underwater.
Must be a good swimmer, be comfortable in the water, and able to equalize (pop) your ears. Students must also be free of asthma, diabetes, or other chronic lungs, heart, or other respiratory diseases in order to try SCUBA.
Resort Dive
$175 Per Person (these dives includes all equipment)
Ages 15 and up. Once you complete our Try SCUBA course, you may opt to add a lake dive to become more comfortable with the equipment. Class takes 2 hours.
You must first complete a Try Scuba.
You must be in good physical health, a good swimmer, very comfortable in the water, be able to equalize (pop) your ears, and be able to carry 50 lbs which is how much the equipment weighs.
You must also be free of any chronic heart, lung, or other respiratory disease, asthma, diabetes or any seizure disorder.
*The lake is located on Roanoke Island, NC 5 minutes from our shop in Manteo.
Referral Dive
$250 Per Person
Includes 4 dives and scuba equipment. You must bring your own, rent or purchase any personal gear (mask, snorkel, fins, boots or gloves).
Book on Monday for dive 1 & 2 then we will schedule dive 3 & 4.
Complete your SCUBA training with us after having completed academic and pool portions at home.
Includes SCUBA gear and four (4) open water dives over the course of two (2) days. We are a Universal Referral Facility, meaning we can complete dives with you who have completed your classroom and pool portion with NAUI, PADI, SSI, or SDI certification.
You must bring your own gear: mask, snorkel, fins, and boots, or you can purchase them through us. The classes are approximately 3 hours per day for 2 days.
If you took a PADI classroom and pool class then you will receive a SDI Certification as PADI is not a part of the Universal Referral. This means that we are providing the C-card, there is a $40 fee for the card. You can still dive at any dive facility in the world as all certification agencies are accepted worldwide.
Refresher Class with Check-Out Dive
$175 Per Person
These are scheduled on Mondays so you can dive during the week. Other days may be available. Give us a call with questions.
Has it been more than a year since your last dive or have you never dived in the ocean? Choose a Rusty Diver Check-out Dive and an Instructor or Divemaster will cover the basics and get you ready for your next diving adventure.
The class takes 2 1/2–3 hours, takes place in our training quarry, and includes scuba equipment (tank, weights, BCD, regulator, computer).
Wetsuit Rental - $15
Personal Gear Package: includes a mask, a snorkel, fins, and boots. Additional $25.
SDI Scuba Diver
Important! You must call before you sign up for this class.
$495 Regular Schedule
$1295 Private per person (just you.)
Step 1 - Call to sign up and get your online code, and get started.
Step 2 - Schedule your in-person classroom sessions.
Step 3 - Schedule your 3 pool classes.
Step 4 - Schedule your 4 open water dives over 2 different days.
Step 5 - Go diving!
You must call before you sign up for this class: 252-423-0898
Entry level open-water diving classes. Ages 12 and up and physically able to carry equipment (approximately 50 lbs) and enter and exit water. You need pretty good knees as you need to walk with approximately 50 lbs on your back and enter and exit the water with that equipment.
The regular course includes all in-person instruction, elearning, pool fees, in-water training, logbook, certification card, four (4) open water dives, and SCUBA gear associated with dives.
Students will need to purchase their personal gear: mask, snorkel, fins, and booties.
The course involves two (2) classroom sessions, 2 hours each.
Three (3) confined water skill sessions, 2 1/2 hours each where you learn to use gear and SCUBA skills.
Four (4) open-water dives that run 3 to 4 hours per day over 2 days. Dives will be completed in a private quarry located on Roanoke Island, NC.
Prerequisites:
You must be a good swimmer able to swim 200 yards non-stop and in good physical condition with no breathing problems (asthma, chronic heart or lung illness, or seizure disorders).
If you take any medications prescribed by a physician you must get your doctor to complete the approval form.
You must know how to snorkel or sign up for the Snorkeling Class.
You must be able to swim underwater for a short distance and be able to equalize (pop) your ears.
You must be very comfortable in the water.
You need to be flexible (for example, can you touch your toes, sit on the floor and get up again?).
If you take medications daily or are under a doctor's care, you will need to complete a physical.
Students will need to purchase their own masks, snorkel, scuba fins, booties, and gloves. Do NOT purchase them before class starts as we discuss the types of equipment required for SCUBA diving.
SDI SCUBA Specialties
Specialties:
Wreck Diving - $295 per person
Navigation - $295 per person
Advanced Buoyancy - $175
Snorkeling - $150
Fees include instruction and certification cards or certificates.
Equipment is not included but is available for purchase or rent.
SDI Advanced SCUBA Diver
$395 Per Person
Pre-requisites: for Advanced Adventure Certification - you need to have completed 10 dives since your certification dives.
For Advanced Diver Certification - you need to have completed 25 dives since your certification.
Must be 15 years or older and hold a SCUBA diver certification with a minimum of 5 dives after your certification.
Don't just get advanced certified, get advanced qualified! This course is the next level up from beginner.
The course consists of a review of skills and equipment, and five (5) dives for Advanced Adventure with one of our instructors (6 dives for Advanced). One dive will be deeper than 60 ft (not to exceed 130 ft). One dive will be held at night or low-visibility. One dive will focus on navigation. Two remaining dives will be of choice by you and your instructor.
All equipment is additional including: BCD, regulator, computer, wetsuit, weight, tank, etc. Must bring or buy all personal gear: mask, snorkel, fins, booties, slate, compass, flashlight, and wreck reel.
The fees include textbook, instruction, and certification card. Boat fees/travel, equipment rental are additional.
SDI Computer Nitrox or TDI Nitrox
$195 - $225 Per Person
Ages 15 years and older.
Choose between 2 different Nitrox Courses
SDI Computer Nitrox - $195
TDI Nitrox - $225
SDI Nitrox is considered a "computer based" nitrox course. The student is trained in just the basic concepts needed to dive nitrox mixtures for sport diving. TDI Nitrox goes into much more detail on how the calculations are made as well as planning dives manually using tables.
Required for the purchase of Nitrox gas for tanks. Includes online course, in-person classroom, certification card. After this, you will complete 1 dive with Nitrox.
Learn the physics behind oxygen and nitrogen while studying safe Nitrox practices. Fees include textbook and classroom materials, instruction, and SDI certification card. Rental equipment is not included.
SDI Rescue Diver
$395 Per Person
Ages 15 years and older. Must have an Advanced Certification or equivalent, CPR and First Aid certifications, and all personal gear.
Course covers rescue skills and self-rescue skills to manage risks and handle diving emergencies and rescues. Includes textbook, instruction, and certification card.
NAUI Master SCUBA Diver
$695 Per Person
Must be 15+ years old, have an Advanced Certification or equivalent, and all personal gear.
Intended for divers interested in increasing recreational diving skills or for those wishing to proceed to a leadership course.
Includes instruction (classroom or online), eight (8) dives, and a certification card.
Dives will test your skills to the limit and expand your capabilities and experience. You must own your own gear or rent it. A textbook is additional.
Required Dives: emergency dive, procedures/rescue, deep/simulated decompression diving, night/low-visibility dive, navigation, search & recovery (light salvage).
Elective Dives: skin diving, environmental study, air consumption, boat diving, shore diving, hunting, and collecting.
NAUI Divemaster
$895 Per Person
Qualifies for leading trips, employment opportunities, and may enter an Instructor Training Course (ITC) once certified as a Divemaster. Must have 60 logged dives.
Books, certificate fees, as well as travel and boat expenses are additional from the $895 tuition listed above.
This course is for those who are in good health and have proof of current physical exam and approval by your doctor. Prerequisites include Rescue Diver and a current CPR card.