Scuba Diving Classes

Begin Your Underwater Adventure With Exciting Scuba Diving Classes

At Lake Superior Divers Supply And School, we offer a range of dive classes suitable for both beginners and advanced students. Our experienced staff is able to provide instruction for diver certifications at all levels, including snorkeling, open water, master diver, and specialized certifications such as wreck diving, ice diving, and rescue diving.

Whether you are interested in pursuing a new career or simply looking for a new recreational activity, our instructors can guide you through the process. When you complete your training, you will receive a certification card from PADI, the world's largest dive training organization, allowing you to rent scuba equipment and purchase air for SCUBA tanks. Visit us today for more information on our classes and certification options.

Snorkeling

Learn basic underwater skills taught by a PADI-certified professional. This is an entry-level experience course designed to meet the recreational and vacation needs of anyone wishing to discover the underwater world. This is an in-water class. Please bring masks, fins, snorkels, and bathing suits with you to the class. Call today for more information.

Snorkeling: $15 per class

Scuba Refresher

This course is for certified divers who haven’t been on a dive in the past 12 months and would like to refresh their training and get updated on the latest equipment and any changes to the technique. Ease yourself back into diving under the direction of a professional instructor. Refresh your skills; relearn the dive tables, hand signals, and buoyancy control techniques. Call today for more information.

Scuba Refresher: $50 per class (price does NOT include air or gear and is subject to change)

Open Water

Let our certified instructors help you get PADI-certified for open-water dives! You'll embark on your training in class and then move to the pool for practical study. You can learn the best dive practices and techniques to stay safe underwater and act accordingly in case of an emergency.

Safely dive in open areas at depths of up to 60 ft. in any body of water with this level of certification; it is perfect for occasional dives and recreation. All students must be at least ten years of age. Only average swimming skills are required. Call today for more information.

CLASS COSTS:

Phase I

• Community Education Fees - $25
• Instructor Fee - $100.00
• Classroom materials $124.90 (6 Monday nights)
• Sales Tax - $11.08                 

Phase I total: $260.98

Please note: All classes are full until fall 2024.

Phase II

(Phase II will start in June)

• Instruction/Equipment Fee - $146.74
• Certification Card - $53.40
• Divers Log Book - $25.70
• Sales tax - $7.02

Phase II total: $232.86

Advanced Open Water

Go to the next level with our Advanced Open Water diver training. Are you ready to start going on deeper dives? Do you want to work toward a career in diving? Do you want to improve your skills?

This class will expand your basic knowledge of diving and give you an opportunity to make new and exciting dives, both comfortably and safely. You'll spend more time in the water and develop more confidence in your skills as a diver as you learn more techniques. Call today for more information.

Advanced Open Water: $321.33 (price does NOT include air or gear and is subject to change)

Next classes start date TBA.

Rescue Diver

As a scuba diver, you're partaking in an exciting sport. However, like all adventure sports, it has its share of risks that can result in injury and death. As a rescue diver, you'll learn how to prevent and recognize any potential diving accidents. You'll also learn how to react to any dangerous underwater situations if they occur safely.

In this course, you'll learn diving first aid, emergency management, self-rescue, diver distress, and various assists, among a variety of other skills that would be crucial in an underwater emergency situation.

Rescue Diver: $364.26 (price does NOT include air or gear and is subject to change).

Please call for information regarding the next class.

Divemaster

If a career in diving sounds like something exciting for you, then this is the next step you’ll want to take. In the process of becoming a Divemaster, you'll learn accident prevention, roles and responsibilities of career diving, team building, leadership skills, dive medicine, diving physics and physiology, and a vast array of other topics that will train you to organize and conduct safe and enjoyable open water dives for other certified divers.

This class will expand your diving theory and knowledge to a professional level. Whether you’re on a career path with diving or not, becoming a Divemaster will expand your capabilities and make you a better diver! Call today for more information.

Divemaster: $917.87 (price does NOT include air or gear and is subject to change)

Specialty Classes

Lake Superior Divers Supply offers the following classes listed below. Please call for pricing and scheduling.

Boat Diver

• Learn the techniques and procedures for diving from various types of boats.

Drift Diver

• Learn how to glide with the current and feel the excitement of “flying” underwater.

Dry Suit Diver

• Learn the proper techniques of diving with a dry suit and staying warm in cold-water conditions.

Enriched Air-Nitrox Diver

• Learn how to dive with enriched air instead of standard air. This will allow you to extend your no-decompression limits and spend more time underwater.

Multi-level Diver 

• Learn how to extend your bottom time without having to enter into more hazardous decompression diving.

Peak Buoyancy Diver

• Learn how to fine-tune your buoyancy and soar over the reefs. This will extend your bottom time by reducing air consumption and will prolong the life of your equipment.

Underwater Photography

• Learn how to master underwater photography.

These classes consist of 3 dives.

Night Diver

• Learn how to navigate and illuminate your way through the water after the sun goes down. Everything looks different at night, especially the underwater world. Some underwater creatures and plant life are only active at night.

Underwater Navigator

• Learn how to locate where you are and where you are going underwater in this course.

Underwater Videography

• Learn how to master underwater videography.

These classes consist of 4 dives.

Deep Diver

• Learn the proper deep dive planning and procedures that'll allow you to see things at extreme underwater depths that others can only dream about!

Search and Recovery Diver

• Learn effective ways of finding objects underwater and bringing them to the surface.

Wreck Diver

• Learn the knowledge necessary for safe and fun wreck diving and develop the skills required for exploring sunken vessels, airplanes, and automobiles.

All charges for the above courses are non-refundable. Students must own their own swimsuit, mask, fins, scuba boots, and snorkel. We will provide all other equipment for both phases of training. Call today for more information.