SCUBA Training and Certification Courses

Upcoming Courses

Note: Class dates beyond the current class are subject to change, please check back regularly.

Enriched Air NITROX

Date(s): TO BE SCHEDULED (9:00am till 1:00pm)

Location: To Be Announced

The NITROX specialty course is designed to familiarize the individual diver with the issues and procedures necessary to evaluate the application and utility of using oxygen enriched breathing mixes of 22% to 40% oxygen content for recreational scuba diving.

** Limited spots available **

Course Fee: $200 + HST.  Includes all materials and exam/practical.

Advanced Open Water SCUBA Diver

Date(s): Runs all year, contact us for dates

Location: The Dive Shop

If you are looking to add some extra skills to your dive toolbox, this is the course for you. The Advanced Open Water SCUBA Diver course includes deep dives (between 50 and 100 feet), current dives, night dives, navigational dives, and search & recovery dives. By the end of this course, you will be a well-rounded diver with some added confidence and skills. The course is taught over the course of the dive season with dive dates dependant on weather and other conditions.

Course Fee: $300 + HST.  Includes the written exam. Travel to dive destinations and any charter fees are not included.

Open Water SCUBA Diver - 5 Week!

Date(s): July 4, 2024 at 6:30pm

Location: Nature Fresh Farms Recreation Centre Pool

This is the first certification if you want to be a SCUBA diver. This course includes the classroom and pool/practical component of the course. The course is 10 classes over 5 weeks (Tuesday and Thursday nights) at the Nature Fresh Farms Recreation Centre Pool in Leamington. Successful completion of this course leaves you eligible for the Open Water checkout dives to obtain your Open Water SCUBA Diver certification to 100 feet (30 metres). 

Requirements: You will require a mask, snorkel, fins and boots to take the course. Equipment is available from the The Dive Shop at special student pricing.

Course Fee: $550 + HST.  Includes the written exam.

Open Water SCUBA Diver

Date(s): September 17, 2024 at 6:30pm

Location: St. Clair College Pool

This is the first certification if you want to be a SCUBA diver. This course includes the classroom and pool/practical component of the course. The course is 10 classes over 10 weeks (Tuesday nights) at the St. Clair College pool in Windsor. Successful completion of this course leaves you eligible for the Open Water checkout dives to obtain your Open Water SCUBA Diver certification to 100 feet (30 metres). 

Requirements: You will require a mask, snorkel, fins and boots to take the course. Equipment is available from the The Dive Shop at special student pricing.

Course Fee: $550 + HST.  Includes the written exam.

Open Water SCUBA Diver

Date(s): October 20, 2024 at 5:30pm

Location: Nature Fresh Farms Recreation Centre Pool

This is the first certification if you want to be a SCUBA diver. This course includes the classroom and pool/practical component of the course. The course is 10 classes over 10 weeks (Sunday nights) at the Nature Fresh Farms Recreation Centre Pool in Leamington. Successful completion of this course leaves you eligible for the Open Water checkout dives to obtain your Open Water SCUBA Diver certification to 100 feet (30 metres). 

Requirements: You will require a mask, snorkel, fins and boots to take the course. Equipment is available from the The Dive Shop at special student pricing.

Course Fee: $550 + HST.  Includes the written exam.

Open Water SCUBA Diver

Date(s): January 14, 2025 at 6:30pm

Location: St. Clair College Pool

This is the first certification if you want to be a SCUBA diver. This course includes the classroom and pool/practical component of the course. The course is 10 classes over 10 weeks (Tuesday nights) at the St. Clair College pool in Windsor. Successful completion of this course leaves you eligible for the Open Water checkout dives to obtain your Open Water SCUBA Diver certification to 100 feet (30 metres). 

Requirements: You will require a mask, snorkel, fins and boots to take the course. Equipment is available from the The Dive Shop at special student pricing.

Course Fee: $550 + HST.  Includes the written exam.

Available Courses

Why train with The Dive Shop?

Why train with The Dive Shop? We have instructors with over 40 years of experience. We teach to the highest standards in the industry thus ensuring our students not only attain certification, but are also comfortable in the water and with the equipment.

SCUBA Educators has been certifying divers for over 60 years. Born out the YMCA SCUBA program, SCUBA Educators still teaches to the same quality standards set-out by the YMCA program.

International Training (TDI/SDI/ERDI/PFI) offers world-leading courses for beginner and advanced divers alike. SDI covers the full range of recreational diving, while TDI offers technical training from Nitrox diver all the way to decompression and rebreathers.

No one cares more about diver safety than Divers Alert Network (DAN). For over 40 years DAN has been the centre of safe diving and diver health. DAN also offers reasonably priced evacuation and chamber insurance.

We chose these organizations based on their history and dedication to high standards and safe diving. If you want more than just a piece of paper, if you want peace of mind and the proper skills, then you want to train with The Dive Shop.