Lake Phoenix

The SSI Perfect Buoyancy specialty is the best way to improve your buoyancy and get the most from every dive. Buoyancy is an essential dive skill, but any diver will tell you it takes time to perfect. The Perfect Buoyancy specialty will teach you advanced buoyancy skills and techniques, so you can master your buoyancy more quickly and enjoy more relaxed dive adventures. In this fascinating program, you will also learn new skills that protect the environment and work in every diving situation. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Perfect Buoyancy Specialty certification. With better buoyancy skills, you will soon be able to hover with ease and take the underwater photographs you dream of!

This globally recognized certification program is the best way to begin your lifelong adventures as a certified scuba diver. Personalized training is combined with in-water practice sessions to ensure you have the skills and experience required to become truly comfortable underwater. You will earn the SSI Open Water Diver certification. Sessions as follows: 1st day 8am Lake Phoenix Scuba Park 8am-4pm Classroom & Confined Water Dives, 2nd day Lake Phoenix 3rd day 8am-2pm Open Water Lake Phoenix This is a 3 day Open Water Diver class and includes e-learning, cassroom, onfined, & open water dives. You can also take your Nitrox e-learning at a discount rate at another time, if you purchase the bundle. Price includes full Open Water class. You will need to purchase Fins, Boots, Mask, Snorkel, Antifog, and DSMB(safety Device) for this class.

The SSI Diver Stress and Rescue specialty program teaches you the skills you need to protect yourself and other divers. You will learn how to identify stress, how to prevent accidents and be taught practical techniques to conduct rescues and provide emergency care. With a combination of pool and open water practice sessions, you will become well prepared and confident at handling emergency and rescue situations. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Diver Stress and Rescue Specialty certification.

In this specialty program, you will gain the advanced skills and knowledge you need to safely and confidently navigate underwater. You will learn how to use a compass and natural navigation techniques, estimate distance, how to leave and return to a designated point, plus basic navigation patterns. You will also be taught how to combine navigation techniques to enhance your diving experience. All of which hones your underwater observation skills, improves your dive safety and helps you to get the most out of every dive. Upon completion, you will earn the SSI Navigation Specialty certification. Equipment needed for class: BCD, Regulator Set, Mask, Fins, Boots, DSMB, Computer, Wetsuit, Compass, and weights. Participant is responsible for entry fees and air. We do rent BCDs, Regulator sets, Wetsuits, and Computers. Call our shop to rent gear.

SSI Open Water SCUBA Diver CourseBecoming a scuba diver is the first step in a journey that will forever change the way you experience the world. You will explore the wonders of a weightless underwater world, interact with incredible marine life and discover ecosystems hidden beneath the surface. Tri-City SCUBA offers the SSI Open Water SCUBA Diver CourseThe course is broken up into 6 sections.1. Online Forms and Class. Next, You will set up your SSI profile at Divessi.com and choose Tri-City SCUBA as your Dive Center. Once you have set up your profile, Tri-City Scuba can release the class to you to complete. Please complete all required forms and set up your profile completely, including a selfie, address and emergency contact. Once you have completely set up SSI profile and filled out all required forms, we can schedule your Open Water Certification Class.2. Course Orientation. Sign up online or give us a call to register for your class. We will also set up a one on one meeting with the owner, Mitch Heller, either before your register or after. During this meet and greet Mitch will go over your goals your want to achieve, talk about the course schedule, and answer any questions you may have. After this one on one we will email you a training plan bases on your goals. At this time you3. Please complete your e-learning training course on either a computer, phone or tablet. You have until the Friday two weeks prior to the start of your classroom/confined water portion of you class to complete your paperwork, purchase gear or bring gear you already have to the shop for inspection, complete your e-learning online class and exam. If e-Learning is not completed by the Friday 2 weeks prior to the beginning of the classroom portion, student will not be able to participate in the rest of the session. Student will be able enroll in the next available class session that has an available spot, after paying a $50 administrative fee.4. Classroom. The classroom is where you get your first hands on learning. You will be show all the latest equipment used for SCUBA diving as well as learning all about our local diving opportunities.5. Confined Water Training. Confined water, often referred to as pool training, is where you will take your first breaths underwater in a controlled shallow water setting. In this phase you will learn many important skills necessary to dive safely in open water. You will be given time to practice these skills until you and your instructor feel comfortable with you moving into the final phase of your certification.6. Open water checkout dives. The final phase of the certification process are the open water dives. Here you will conduct several actual dives over at least two days. You will demonstrate the skills that you learned in the confined water training and even learn a few more skills prior to finishing your certification.**The prices shown are for group classes on either a 4 day or 3 day schedule as noted. If student needs private lessons or additional days outside of group lessons, additional fees apply.**3 day classes are held at Lake Phoenix Scuba park and start at 9am on weekdays and 8am on weekends.  Classroom, confined water dives, and Open water dives will all take place at the Scuba Park.****Open Water Course DetailsCost: $995 Includes digital learning, one classroom session, pool training/confined water, digital diver certification card, digital logbook, air fills. Use in all pool and 2 days of Lake Phoenix Entry, open water dives of the following: Tanks, Regulator with gauges, Buoyancy Control Device (BCD),Shearwater Peregrine Dive Computer, Wetsuit if needed, and Weights. Sign up for the entire classWe do offer private classes for an additional cost and we can work with your schedule. The prices shown are for group classes on either a 4 day or 3 day schedule as noted. If student needs private lessons or additional days outside of group lessons, additional fees apply.The Student will be responsible for providing the following:Personal Dive Gear – Mask, Snorkel, Fins, Boots, and DSMB safety marker.When you purchase all of your personal dive gear from Tri-City SCUBA you will receive 10% off. Add a wetsuit and receive 15% off all items.Add Enriched Air(Nitrox) to your certification!What’s Nitrox and Why Should I Care?When you learn to dive, most tanks are filled with normal air — the same stuff you’re breathing right now. Nitrox (short for Enriched Air Nitrox) is just air with a little extra oxygen mixed in.Why does that matter? More oxygen means less nitrogen, and that helps in two big ways:You can often stay underwater a little longer before needing to come up.You’ll usually feel less tired after diving, especially on repeat dives in a day.Think of it as a small upgrade that makes diving more comfortable and enjoyable, especially if you plan on doing a lot of dives on a trip.When you sign up for your Open Water course, you can add the Nitrox certification at a discounted rate — so you’ll finish your training already set up with an extra skill that most divers add later anyway.Please Fill out the following medical form as soon as you register, in case you answer “yes” so that you have time to see your doctor before class and and upload to SSI:Check the SSI medical form. If you answer “YES” to any of the medical questions, Please take the medical form to your doctor for a medical evaluation and sign off. Participation in a diving course requires your doctors approval before the first day of in water class if you answered yes on the medical form.Set up your profile at Divessi.com and choose Tri-City SCUBA as your Dive Center**Private or special group lessons may be arranged. Cost may differ from the regular published prices and schedule.