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PADI recreational scuba training in Xcalak

BUBBLEMAKERS
$85

This course offers a chance for children ages 8-11 to try out the scuba diving experience. It includes a brief academic session to familiarize our young students with the scuba equipment then an hour-long tour of the bay in water not to exceed 10 feet in depth. See what it’s like down there with the fish—Mom and Dad are welcome to join in with the youngsters!

DISCOVER SCUBA
$135

If you’re not sure that you really want to spend the time and money to become a certified scuba diver, this course is an excellent way to “test the waters”. The Discover course takes about 4 hours to complete and includes an hour-long academic session, a practice dive in the bay, and an open water boat dive with your instructor. Following the course, we will allow you to continue to dive for the duration of your visit, not to exceed 40 feet in depth. Plus, if you like diving as much as we think you will, PADI now accepts this course as the first day of the full Open Water course if completed within one year.

REFRESHER COURSE
$95

Program designed for certified divers who have not been diving in over 12 months. It is required that certified divers who have not been diving in over 12 months take a refresher course to get re-acquainted with diving equipment and basic skills, to enhace their safety and enjoyment during their vacation. The refresher course at XTC includes a short classroom session, a confined water session and one guided dive, one-on-one with your own instructor. Equipment, park entrance and all taxes included.

PADI SCUBA DIVER
$280

The PADI Scuba Diver program is a pre-entry level certification that is perfect for vacationers or people who only plan to dive a couple times a year. As a subprogram of the PADI Open Water Diver program, the PADI Scuba Diver rating allows you to get certified quickly and easily by minimizing time constraints. With the PADI Scuba Diver certification you can dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Divemaster, Assistant Instructor, Instructor or higher professional on your next vacation or dive trip. This course requires 3 confined water practices, 2 open water dives, and covers the first 3 modules of the PADI Open Water Diver Manual.

OPEN WATER CERTIFICATION
$435

There are three ways you can go about becoming certified. The first is to do the complete course here in the warm waters at Xcalak. The course takes 4 days to complete, approximately 6 hours a day, and includes all academic modules, confined water practices, and the 4 required open water instruction dives.

E-REFERRAL COURSE
$385

The second way to become certified is to take advantage of PADI´s e-learning platform. It allows you to go through the academic portion of the open water course at home, at your own pace, with state of the art support materials from PADI. When you sign up, make sure you affiliate with XTC Dive Center so that we can follow your progess from the start and assist you in any part of the process. When you come to Xcalak, you´ll finish the confined water and open water portion of the course with our instructors here. For more information click here.

REFERRAL COURSE
$385

The third way to become certified is to do a “Referral” course. In this case, you do your academic modules and confined water practices with a dive instructor or dive center near home. Then, you can come to Xcalak and do your open water check out dives in the clear, warm Caribbean with one of our instructors.

ADVANCED OPEN WATER CERTIFICATION
$385

This is an excellent course for fine tuning the skills you learned in your open water course and developing new ones. This course consists of five dives with your instructor to develop the skills that you think are most suited to the diving you participate in regularly. The two core dives are deep diving and navigation-then you can choose from a variety of electives such as multilevel diving, underwater naturalist, night diver, search and recover, and many more.

RESCUE DIVER
$385

The Rescue Diver course is designed to develop the necessary knowledge and skills for individuals to effectively perform in-water rescues and assisters, manage diving accident situations, render proper first aid, and qualify for PADI Divemaster training. This course includes all the academics and skill training requirements—but we believe the best rescue you will ever perform is the accident you prevented. We stress self-evaluation, other diver evaluation, and analyzing environmental conditions before the dive. This course is demanding and realistic in its content; you will change your diving awareness and become more attentive to the diving environment.

DIVE MASTER COURSE (ask for price)

The Divemaster course is designed to develop the skills & knowledge necessary for an individual to lead certified divers in the open water environment. Upon completion, graduates may assist instructors during diving courses and supervise and conduct dives for certified divers. This course trains candidates to have leadership level knowledge and skill. We offer the basic divemaster course which can be completed in 7 to 10 days, or a deluxe course which includes a 2 to 3 week internship during which you will help your instructor lead dives and work with students. Prerequisites: 18 yr. old, minimum Rescue Diver certification, valid CPR certification, must have a current physical signed by doctor.

nitrox $150

Are you interested in more safety or longer bottom time? This course is for recreational divers wishing to use enriched air nitrox (EANx) as a breathing gas. You will learn about the benefits, hazards, equipment, and proper procedures for using nitrox mixes from 22% to 40 % oxygen content. This course takes 1 to 2 days to complete and requires 2 dives. Prerequisites: 15 yr. old, OW certification with 10 logged dives or Advanced OW certification. Price: $175 per student.

Specialties

XTC Dive Center offers a variety of specialties and techincal courses upon request. We can certify you for anything from PADI Wreck Diver, Deep Diver, or Underwater Naturalist:

padi deep diver $245

You’ll learn deep dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and hazards. You’ll also put this knowledge to the test as you go on four open water dives that range from 18 – 40 metres / 60 – 130 feet.

padi underwater navigator $195

During your PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course, you’ll learn underwater navigation dive procedures, techniques, planning, organization and potential problems. You’ll also be introduced to natural navigation, underwater patterns, distance estimation and further your compass navigation skills. You’ll put these into practice during your three open water dives.

padi equipment specialist $195

During your PADI Equipment Specialist program, you’ll familiarize yourself with the operation and maintenance of your personal equipment. Your instructor might also provide the opportunity to review new or unfamiliar dive equipment. The program is not an equipment repair program but it does give you: • Theory, principles and operation of dive equipment • Routine recommended care and maintenance procedures • Common problems with equipment and recommended professional maintenance procedures • Simple suggestions for comfortable equipment configurations and an introduction to new equipment.

night dive $245

Obtain the necessary skills to safely explore the reef after dark. It is widely known that the reef is most active after dark. That´s when most of the hunting, mating and running around happens. Diving at night is when you´ll be most likely to encounter octopi, morray eels out and about, lobsters roaming the reef and many other critters. Although a very safe and enjoyable experience, night diving does require a new set of skills that we´ll be happy to teach you!

• All our prices are in US dollars (we will convert to pesos if you would like to pay in national currency). All prices include. Prices subject to change without notice.

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PADI´s e-learning platform allows you to go through the academic portion of the open water course at home, at your own pace, with state of the art support materials from PADI. When you sign up, make sure you affiliate with XTC Dive Center so that we can follow your progess from the start and assist you in any part of the process. When you come to Xcalak, you´ll finish the confined water and open water portion of the course with our instructors here. Click the link below for more information:

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