- PADI Open Water Course
- PADI Advanced Open Water Course
- Specialties
- Refresher or Reactivate
- Private Instructor
PADI Open Water Course
PADI Open Water E- online Course
Complete your theory online (www.padi.com) and finish your open water dives at the dive shop. Includes: All required equipment and dives Not included: Log book Duration: 3 Days Price: $422.94 USD per person
Use the following link to sign up for the PADI Open water e-learning course: https://www.padi.com/elearning-scuba-registration/default.aspx?irra=18787&courseid=43. This is the classroom/theory portion of the course. It is ~$190.00 paid directly to PADI. This will take you about 8-12 hours to complete on line or off line if you have the PADI touch app on your tablet. This must be done before you start diving. The diving portion is 4 open water dives and 5 confined skills sessions. The first day will be shore dives 1 & 2 with the confined skills, this is a full day (8:30am~4:30pm). The second day will be boat dives 3 & 4 with skills, this is a half a day (8:30am~2pm). This price is $422.94 and includes everything needed for the dives.
PADI Open Water Course Referral
Complete all “Confined Water Skills” and theory portions of the OW Course @ your local PADI dive center. The remaining 4 OW dives to be completed at JADS with a PADI instructor. Includes: All required equipment and dives Duration: 2 Days Price: $371.00 USD per person For an open water referral, the diving portion is 4 open water dives. The first day will be shore dives 1 & 2 with the skills, this is a full day (8:30am~4:30pm), depending on how everyone completes the skills. The second day will be boat dives 3 & 4 with skills, this is a half a day (8:30am~2pm). This price is $371.00 and includes everything for the dive.PADI Advanced Open Water Course
$371.00 USD per person excluding Equipment Mandatory Dives: Deep & Underwater Navigator Choose 3 more Experience dives from the following:- Aware Fish ID
- Drift Diving
- Peak Performance Bouyancy
- Boat Diving
- Wreck Diving
- Deep Diving
- Underwater Naturalist
SPECIALTIES
Specialty courses: All prices include the certification process, specific equipment needed for that certification, transportation, theory material (unless doing eLearning), and instructor. It does not include any diving equipment needed (BCD, regulator, wetsuit, mask, snorkel, fins). If you want more details on a specific specialty course listed below, call us at 011- 297-584-6070 or email info@jadsaruba.com us for the details. AWARE Coral Reef Conservation: Coral Reef Conservation Specialty course provides the knowledge base for proper interaction while touring a reef. For divers and non-divers. Price: $159.00 excludes snorkel equipment but includes the theory session. Dives: no dives required but 1 snorkelling trip. Time: 1 day. Boat:To familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of diving from a boat. Price: $265.00 excluding diving equipment needed. Dives: 2 dives. Time: 1 day. Coral Watch/Coral Health Chart: To determine the healthiness of corals surrounding islands by using a chart. Price: $318.00 excluding diving equipment needed but includes the chart and theory session. After this you will be able to survey corals and record them on the coral watch website http://www.coralwatch.org . Dives: 2 dives. Time: 2 days. Deep: To familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of deep diving. Price: $477.00 excluding diving equipment needed. Dives: 4 dives. Time: 2 days. Digital Underwater Photographer: https://www.padi.com/elearning-scuba- registration/default.aspx?irra=18787&courseid=54 To familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of digital underwater photography. Theory: eLearning at PADI.com price is $183.00 paid directly to PADI. Our diving price: $265.00 excluding diving equipment needed but includes camera usage. You will get a copy of all pictures taken. Dives: 2 dives. Time: 1 day. Divemaster: https://www.padi.com/elearning-scuba-registration/default.aspx?irra=18787&courseid=57 Learn how to become a PADI professional divemaster. This course will teach you the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of working in the dive industry. Pre-requisite: Advanced open water, rescue diver, EFR and 40 logged dives. ELearning/theory: ~$251.00 paid directly to PADI.com. Dive crew pack is ~$200.00. Our diving price: $848.00 excluding diving equipment needed. Do an internship with us for 2-3 months to learn the business. Dives: 5 water skills, diver rescue scenario, 5 dive skills workshop, 5 divemaster conducted workshops, and 5 practical diver assessments. Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV): To familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of using the diver propulsion vehicle. Price: $300.00 excluding diving equipment needed but includes the usage of the DPV. Dives: 2 dives. Time: 1-2 days. Drift: To familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of drift diving. Price: $265.00 excluding diving equipment. Dives: 2 dives. Time: 1 day. Emergency First Responder (EFR) Care for Children: Learn how to do Child CPR, AED and first aid. Price: $159.00/person. Time: 4-5 hours. Emergency First Responder (EFR)-Learn how to do Adult CPR, AED and first aid. Price: $159.00/person. Time: 4-5 hours. Enriched Air (Nitrox): https://www.padi.com/elearning-scuba- registration/default.aspx?irra=18787&courseid=50 To familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of using enriched air while diving. Price: ~$180.00 paid directly to PADI.com via eLearning. Dives: Not required. We will teach you how to use the enriched air analyser. Time: 2 hours. Fish Identification To familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of identifying fish underwater. You will also be registered with REEF, http://www.reef.org/ , to be able to do fish surveys all over the Caribbean. Price: $291.50 excluding diving equipment needed but includes the theory session Dives: 2 dives. Time: 1-2 days. Night Diver: To familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of how to navigate the underworld world at night. Price: $397.50 excluding diving equipment needed. Dives: 3 dives. Time: 2 nights. Peak Performance Buoyancy: To familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of how to control your buoyancy underwater. Price: $265.00 excluding diving equipment needed. Dives: 2 dives. Time: 1 day. Project AWARE: To familiarize divers and non-divers with the plight of worldwide aquatic ecosystems and to describe what individuals can do to help protect them. For divers and non-divers. Price: $159.00 excludes snorkel equipment but includes the theory session. Dives: no dives required but 1 snorkelling trip. Time: 1 day. Reefcheck Surveyor To determine the healthiness of a reef by recording indicator species and various substrates. Price: $477.00 excluding diving equipment needed but includes the charts and theory sessions. You will be register with Reefcheck as a surveyor, http://www.reefcheck.org/ . Dives: 2 dives. Time: 2 days. Rescue Diver: https://www.padi.com/elearning-scuba-registration/default.aspx?irra=18787&courseid=56 Learn how to rescue a diver/snorkeler from the surface and bottom of the ocean. You must have or currently doing the adult EFR course. ELearning/theory: ~$184.00 paid directly to PADI.com. Our diving price: $371.00 excluding diving equipment needed. Dives: 10 confined scenarios/dives and 4 open water scenarios/dives. Time: 2-3 days. Underwater Naturalist: To familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of the underwater ocean world. Price: $265.00 excluding diving equipment needed. Dives: 2 dives. Time: 1 day. Underwater Navigator: To familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of how to navigate naturally and using a compass underwater. Price: $265.00 excluding diving equipment needed. Dives: 2 dives. Time: 1 day. Wreck: To familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of how to navigate through a wreck safely. Price: $477.00 excluding diving equipment needed. Dives: 4 dives. Time: 2-3 days. Discover Full Face Mask Scuba Diving You have been diving for a while and you want to try something new. How about trying a Full-Face Mask? This is not the certification course but an experience of the new gear, you will still go through some exercises to familiarize yourself with the gear and then onto a dive. Price: $106.00 excluding diving equipment needed. Time ½ day. Full Face Mask Course Certification. The full-face mask benefits are from avoiding jaw fatigue, not worrying about a foggy mask and being able to inhale and exhale through your nose. This is a certification course. Price: $212.00 excluding diving equipment needed but includes the theory session 1 confined water session 2 dives. Time: 1 day.Refresher or Reactivate
REFRESHER or REACTIVATE DIVES: Please use the following link to sign up for the PADI Reactivate e-learning course: http://apps.padi.com/scuba-diving/shopping-cart/product/productAffiliation?ProductId=B4956EA2-9985-4356-A9DA-42BEF212D8D8&StoreNumber=18787 . This is the classroom/theory portion of the course. It is ~$61.00 paid directly to PADI. These are shore dives to Mangel Halto and Rocky Beach. Refresher dives are recommended for someone who hasn’t been diving in more than one year or for someone who needs to get familiar with diving again. You will be refreshed on how to set up your tank and other equipment. You will be doing some skills in the shallow part and then off to the dive. PADI One tank refresher includes all equipment needed and instructor is $104.94. Two tank refresher includes all equipment needed and instructor is $185.50. **FOR THE SHORE DIVING PLEASE BRING TOWEL, SUNBLOCK, WATER, SNACKS AND NOTHING OF HIGH VALUE. PLUS THERE IS NO BATHROOM FACILITIES AT THE DIVE SITES.** SHORE DIVE DESCRIPTIONS: http://www.shorediving.com/Earth/ABC/Aruba/index.htm Mangel Halto: Inner reef is 55 ft. deep. A shallow sandy bowl, ideal for training dives and Discovery Scuba Dives. The outer reef is max 90 ft. and has an abundance of marine life, including soft and hard coral and plenty of fish. Rocky Beach: Sloping coral wall with lots of life. Reef goes down to 90 ft.Private Instructor
To enhance your experience, we offer a private instructor for all courses (open water, advanced, specialties, and Discover Scuba Diving-DSD). This option is recommended for divers who would like a one-to-one approach where the instructor will strictly focus on you. The instructor/guide will go at your pace and show you the wonders of the underwater world. The price for a private instructor/guide is $159.00/day.
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