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Scuba Center Refresher Programs

How current are your skills?
Has it been a while since you have been diving?  

Has it been a while since you’ve been scuba diving? Do you feel like your scuba skills and knowledge are a bit rusty? | Hawksbill Turtle in Little Cayman

Scuba Center has several options to help get you back in the water.  Deciding which class can best serve your needs will require honest evaluation of your diving history.  How long has it been and how much do you remember? 

Review the following options, then let us know how we can help you return to the underwater world.

What if I've been out of the water for a few months (or a few years)?

Either the PADI Scuba Review or the Diamond Reef Buoyancy Course should be a perfect fit.


Has it been a while since you’ve been scuba diving? Do you feel like your scuba skills and knowledge are a bit rusty? The Scuba Review Tune-up is just the refresher you need. It reacquaints you with diving so that you're back to feeling comfortable in the underwater world in less than a day. PADI Scuba Review Brush up on your scuba knowledge and skills. Improve your diving ability, and get your scuba gear ready for your next scuba vacation or diving holiday. You go over scuba knowledge you learned during your initial training. Then, practice fundamental skills in a pool or a confined water area.

If it has been a while since you've been diving the PADI Scuba Review is made for you. You start with PADI's Scuba Tune Up workbook which you can pick up when you register for the class.  This is a great review of basic scuba knowledge including dive tables (and the other skills that get a little rusty).  The PADI Scuba Review class starts with a classroom session reviewing the PADI Scuba Tune Up workbook and answering questions you may have.  We'll also go over changes in dive techniques and equipment since your certification.  We follow the class session with a pool session the same day, where we review the basic scuba skills. The PADI Scuba Review is a great confidence builder for those getting ready to take a tropical dive trip.

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Diamond Reef Buoyancy Course

The Diamond Reef System is a buoyancy training program that utilizes a unique, modular, artificial reef that gives you a way to measure your buoyancy proficiency. Through the Diamond Reef Buoyancy System, certified divers will learn to be more aware of proper ascent rates, horizontal hovering, breathing and subtle body movement techniques to control, and be shown what their swimming cross section really is. This pool course will teach you the basics to improve your buoyancy control skills and increase your environmental impact awareness.

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What if I have been away from diving for an extended period of time (five years, ten years,...)?

We have found that in these cases, a more in-depth program is generally required.


Classroom and Pool Training The fun part about this course is . . . well, just about all of it because learning to dive is incredible. You breathe underwater for the first time (something you’ll never forget) and learn what you need to know to become a certified diver.

While it is true that "Once you are certified, you are certified for life", your skills do get rusty.  Techniques and equipment options also change over the years.  For someone who has been out of the water for many years, something more extensive than the two options listed above is usually appropriate.
We have had great success with customers who have updated their skills by retaking the classroom and pool portions of the Open Water Training.  This provides students with updated home study materials along with a greater amount of class and pool time than offered in other options.  Classroom and pool training using state of the art equipment, combined with our small group size, assures a thorough and enjoyable training program. Classroom and pool training is conveniently scheduled throughout the year, with new classes beginning nearly every week. We offer evening, day-time and weekend courses.

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Related Information Our Eagan Scuba Center, located just 5 minutes south of the Mall of America, features a 12 ft deep in store pool heated to a tropical 88 degrees. Having our own pool lets us offer options others can't... | Eagan, Minnesota

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