Emergency First Responder

This course is designed to provide the basics steps of CPR, First Aid, the use of AED (Automated External Defibrillator) and an introduction to administration of oxygen. Regardless of whether you're a diver or non-diver, young or old...EVERYONE should be able to offer help in the event of a medical emergency. Invest 4 hrs... someone's life may depend on it.

Prerequisite: None (Course required for Rescue Diver certification)

Course tuition:$85 Booklet $19.95

Those participating in Rescue Diver receive $20 discount

Rescue Diver

Few scuba courses are more valuable or more fun than Rescue Diver. There are 3 parts to completing this certification: Academics, Pool Skill/Surface Skills and Underwater Problem Solving skills.

Academics: "Kamikaze Rescue" Instead of committing to several nights in the classroom, we combine all 5 sessions into one day. Students read and complete Knowledge Reviews at home and attend one classroom session. Next class is Saturday MARCH 17, 9a-3p at store
Pool Skills/Surface Skills: This part of the course deals with rescue scenarios on the surface. Scenarios include how to help a tired diver; methods for assisting a distressed diver; the use of floatation devises; assisting an unconscious diver at the surface and more. Next session - Tues March 27, 7-9p at Rahway YMCA
Underwater Problem Solving: This is an opportunity for divers to respond to different situations that they might encounter while diving such as entanglement, panic, out of air, and unresponsive diver. This open water session include an opportunity to assist in a simulated missing diver scenario. Next session TBD

This is NOT a Life-Saving course, but the information gained can save your life... or your buddy's.

Prerequisite: Academic and Pool skills - Open Water

Underwater scenarios - AOW

Academic material: $37 book $29 DVD

Course tuition: $70 per session

Those participating in Rescue Diver receive $20 discount off EFR course tuition

Note from Jim... Ocean Explorers has always held a conservative diving practices by stressing safe diving through the use of good equipment, education and practice. It is my personal opinion that you are not a true "Diver" until you own your own equipment, know how to use it properly and have achieved a Rescue Diver rating.

Deep Diver Specialty

Although any dive that exceeds 60 ft is considered a "deep dive", through a combination of classroom and training dives, this course expands diving skills and knowledge allowing divers to plan no decompression dives to the recreational limit of 130ft. Deep Diver Specialty is your "Passport" to exploring a new world of diving possibilities. For those satisfied with staying a little shallower, don't disregard this course. The information and skills learned are applicable to ALL dives.

Academics: Easily completed by book/DVD and reviewed in one classroom session.
Dives: 4 dives - each dive addresses one task per dive

Prerequisite: AOW, 15 yrs old, approx 30 logged dives

Academic material: Book/DVD $59

Course tuition: $125 (Processing fee $25 Classroom session $20 Training dives $20 per dive)

Nitrox Specialty

The Nitrox (Enriched Air) Diver course is PADI’s most popular specialty course, and it’s easy to see why. Scuba diving with enriched air gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive dives. This is the entry-level certification course for recreational divers wishing to utilize Nitrox (EAN) as a breathing gas. The objective of this course is to train divers in the benefits, hazards, and proper procedures for using Nitrox mixes from twenty two (22) to forty (40) percent oxygen content.
Prerequisite: 15 yrs old

Course tuition:$125 Book/DVD $85

Requirements: One classroom session and optional training dives (2dives). Training dives may be omitted, but are highly recommended and are easily combined

with other specialty dives.