As a result of participating in this Discovery Week course students will:

• Students will attend SCUBA certification classes to learn theory and demonstrate skills as part of PADI Open Water certification.
• Students with PADI Open Water certification (or equivalent from another company) may seek Advanced Open Water Certification.
• Students will have a minimum of 5 dives included, and can sign up for additional dives if desired.

Course Description/Itinerary:

Please find below a preliminary outline of how our week will run. This may change, and we will update here if it does.

• Day 1: Fly to Saipan, check into and settle into the hotel.
• Day 2: Equipment preparation for OW and AOW. AOW: 2 dives with Syd; return to shop ~12:00 pm. Equipment introduction and confined water skills part 1 with Lisa. Break for lunch. AOW: 1 dive with Syd. OW: online coursework/questions & answers. AOW: return to shop, dismiss for individual study time. OW: dismiss for individual study time.
• Day 3: AOW: 2 dives with Syd; return to shop ~12:00 pm. OW: confined water skills part 2 with Lisa. Break for lunch. AOW: Debriefing, logbooks. OW: online coursework/questions & answers.
• Day 4: AOW: fun dives with OW group. OW: open water dives 1 & 2 with Syd and Lisa. Return to shop, break for lunch. Debriefing.
• Day 5: AOW: fun dives with OW group. OW: open water dives 3 & 4 with Syd and Lisa. Return to shop, break for lunch. Debriefing, logbooks.
• Day 6: Free day, fun dives possible. Set aside for inclement weather.
• Day 7: Return to Seoul.

Requirements/Considerations:

In order to participate in this course, students must:

• Complete a medical checklist required and may need a doctor's signature to confirm dive eligibility.
• Be able to swim 200m unaided in any stroke.
• Students will register and pay for the online learning course and DAN insurance independently. These costs will be deducted from the fees paid to the school.
• Sunday to Saturday

Approximate Cost: $2,000 - $2,500

Sponsors: Ms. Emrich, Mr. Jasiewicz and Mr. Baird

Course Location: Saipan

Course Category Adventure and Skill Development

Student Leaders: Students interested in being a leader for this course will be asked to submit an application. Ideally there will be one leader seeking Open Water Certification and one seeking Advanced Open Water Certification (Application form below).