NO CERTIFICATION REQUIRED TO SCUBA DIVE ON KAUAI !!!

Even if you have never tried scuba before ... you can dive with us !!!

People often will ask me, "Scuba Steve, what is it like to go diving on Kauai?"

I tell them that it feels strange the first time.

The mask. The awkward gear, a bit heavy. You ease into the water and your face slips below the surface.

Inhale; the air comes with a reassuring hiss, and for the first time, you breathe underwater. In moments, you forget the mask.

The equipment transforms to light and agile, and you're free like you've never experienced before. With that first underwater breath, the door opens to a different world. Not a world apart, but different nonetheless.

I tell them to "Go through that door. Once you try Kauai scuba diving with Scuba Steve, your life will never be the same."

No one but you can say what calls you to scuba diving.

If you seek adventure, you'll find plenty, whether it's in a sunken ship as you uncover its secrets, in a far corner of the world amid other peoples and cultures, or in your backyard - closer than you imagined possible.

If you love nature, you've come to the right place.

No other environment approaches the abundance, diversity and vibrancy of a pristine coral reef. You can see more different species in ten minutes there than in ten hours in the most unspoiled wildernesses above water.

But with time, you'll discover that even unlikely places that seem empty and sterile to the inexperienced eye - like a lake or flooded quarry - teem with intriguing organisms - a reminder that nature's imagination exceeds ours.

Come dive with us here on Kauai.

If discovery drives you, welcome to inner space.

It's somewhat cliché, yet true, that we know the surface of the moon better than we know the bottoms of the oceans. Even at the most popular dive sites, you'll see things most people never see and go where most people ever go.

Even with hundreds of dives under your belt, visiting a new dive site thrills you with discovery, and visiting a familiar one is a bit like coming home.

And scuba diving, especially scuba diving with Scuba Steve on Kauai, means rising to new challenges. It's one of the rare activities that deliver adrenaline and intensity, or serenity and peace.

You can take on challenges requiring training, planning and focus: searching for and recovering lost objects, descending to 100 feet (if your diving level permits) or exploring your favorite dive site after sunset.


Or you can drift along in some of the world's most tranquil and beautiful settings, with your biggest immediate worry whether you want to stop and photograph that star fish or not.

Either way, diving grows with you - there's always somewhere new to explore, something new to see, some new way to enjoy the experiences. No other endeavor so easily matches exactly what you're up for, right now, tomorrow, and ten years from now. You cannot outgrow it.



You've probably seen photos, television and films about Kauai scuba diving, but until you do it yourself, you can't really understand what it's like. Nothing on earth matches the sensations you experience - the thrill of breathing underwater, the freedom of "weightlessness", and unique sights and sounds.

Scuba Steve's "No Certification Required Guided Reef Tour"...
the ultimate scuba diving experience !!!

It is designed to quickly move you into the open water environment.

After a straight-forward knowledge and skill development session, you will dive in small groups (maximum of 4 divers) at a local dive site. You will learn basic dive safety information and overview skills that you will use during your open water dive.

The Water skills Development Session introduces essential dive skills, such as mask clearing, regulator clearing and alternate air source use. You will complete skills and gain confidence in confined water before diving in the open water. Then, together we will explore a local dive site.

The Open Water Dive Experience is where you will, under the close and watchful eye of your PADI Instructor, put into actual practice, these newly acquired skills !!!

You will become "best friends" with your new underwater neighbors in no-time .... and remember .... hand holding is available for scairdy cats !!!

PADI DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING COURSE INCLUDES :

• Safety Skills

• Instructor Demonstration

• Student Practice & Mastery

• Explanation of Equipment & Mask Preparation

• Effects of Pressure at Depth

• Equalization Techniques

• Regulator Recovery

• Regulator Recovery & Clearing

• Mask Partial Flooding and Clearing

• BCD Inflator/Deflator Techniques

• Proper Breathing Techniques

• Proper Swimming Techniques

• Use of SPG (Submersible Pressure Gauge)

• Underwater Communications

• PADI Hand Signals

• Hand Holding Available - As Necessary

• Questions and Answers Time

Practical Application of Classroom Lesson :

• Open Water Exploration Dive - Maximum of 4 divers in this course

• (Bottom time is determined by your own air consumption and comfortability.)

PADI Registration

• (This course can be applied towards your PADI Open Water Certification training.)

SCUBA STEVE'S SCUBA SHACK PROVIDES YOU WITH :

• Sherwood Regulators, Computers and Gauges

• Oceanic Integrated Weight System BCD's

• 3mm-5mm Full & Tropic-style Shorty Wet Suits

• Sherwood Full View Face Masks

• Zippered Dive Booties for Ultimate Comfort and Fit

• Power Fins for Ease of Travel under Water

OUR DIVE SITE COMFORTS :

• Full Protection from Sun and Rain

• American-sized Director-style Seating

• Clean carpeted staging area

• Fully secured and locked area for personal items

• Solar Showers for after-dive rinsing

• Beverages and (sometimes) local organic fruits

• Easy parking

• Easy directions from anywhere on Kauai

• Restaurants near-by for after-dive lunch

• Near-by beaches for snorkeling and sun bathing