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PADI Open Water Training Dives

Four ocean dives are required for PADI Open Water Certification. Students must register in advance for these dates. If you need to rent equipment for these dives, you will need to come into the store and be fitted. Please do this in advance so we can guarantee that we will have equipment for your ocean dive weekend.

Instruction: Includes instruction for the entire weekend and certification card fees)

Student Rental Rate: (Includes 2 tanks, regulator, BC, wetsuit, hood, & weight belt.) Students must supply mask, snorkel, fins, boots, & gloves.Student discount is 15% off our regular rental rate . Estimated $93.50. Students may pickup their equipment either Thursday or Friday and return it after the dives on Sunday. Students can wash their equipment at the store. MASS Diving will take a digital picture of you for your certification card.

Meeting Places and Times - All four ocean training dives will be conducted in the Gloucester and Rockport area.
Saturday and Sunday Shore Dives: 6am at the Burger King, Rt. 128 North Just past Exit 19 in Beverly. Our first choice of destinations is Back Beach in Rockport. Students should arrive back at the store early afternoon. You will need 2 tanks each day. Tanks can be refilled at the store at no charge on Saturday.

Note: There is limited metered parking at Back Beach. Please carpool as much as possible. Bring lots of quarters to feed the meters.

Alternate: If conditions at Back Beach are unfavorable, we will use Stage Fort Park in Gloucester. There is plenty of parking. Fee is $10.00 per carload. See directions below.

Things to bring
All SCUBA GEAR; 2 tanks per day, WEIGHTS, regulator, B.C., wetsuit, hood, boots, mitts, mask, snorkel, fins, and Compass.
* Please make sure your weight belt is properly adjusted before Saturday Morning.
* Log book and Pen
* Food and Drinks (lots of liquid to prevent DRY MOUTH & dehydration)
* Tarp or beach blanket to lay gear on, and a towel for yourself
* Extra warm dry clothes, it's always cooler on the coast. Better to have them and not need them, than to need them and not have them. Also, foul weather gear if it looks like rain.
* Plan proper sun protection
* Dive Tables
* Wear bathing suit under clothes, there maybe no changing rooms.
* Bring a roll of quarters for the parking meters at Back Beach, or $10 for Stage Fort Park our alternative shore site.
* A thermos or two of hot (but not boiling) water to pour in your suit before dive two. (Applies to spring and late fall dives only)
* A smile and lots of enthusiasm !!!

Click here for directions to the dive sites.

Open Water Dive Dates
Ocean Dates	Saturday	Sunday	Instructor
October 27 & 28, 2012	Shore	Shore	John DeRoo
November 17 & 28, 2012	Shore	Shore	Suzanne Rose
May 18 & 19, 2013	Shore	Shore
June 1 & 2, 2013	Shore	Shore
June 22 & 23, 2013	Shore	Shore
July 13 & 14, 2013	Shore	Shore
July 27 & 28, 2013	Shore	Shore
August 10 & 11, 2013	Shore	Shore
August 17 & 18, 2013	Shore	Shore
September 14 & 15, 2013	Shore	Shore
September 28 & 29, 2013	Shore	Shore
October 19 & 20, 2013	Shore	Shore
October 26 & 27, 2013	Shore	Shore
November 16 & 17, 2013	Shore	Shore
Note: Students do not have to go out with the same instructor that they had for class/pool. More dates will be added as the season continues.

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