GET READY FOR YOUR NEXT DIVE ADVENTURE WITH A REFRESHER
Exploring the underwater world is a beautiful privilege for the scuba diver. Unfortunately, sometimes life gets in the way of our diving plans and we blink; then years have passed since our last dive. When this happens the wise diver will elect to participate in a refresher.
Sound Dive Center has multiple options to assist diver's in refreshing their scuba competancy.
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Freshen Up* -
The Freshen Up option is for divers who dive intermittently and want to polish their dive skills
This is a 1-Day in-person experience that includes
- Equipment and Concepts dive briefings
- 1-Hour Pool session practicing scuba skills 1 on 1 with Dive Professional.
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This option is great for divers who have been dry for a while and need just a bit of cobweb clearing.
This is a 1-Day in-person class that includes:
- NAUI eLearning (which must be purchased, picked up, and completed prior to the beginning of class).
- 1-Hour lecture session reviewing eLearning, equipment, skills, and assessing gear in person at the shop.
- 1-Hour Pool session practicing the scuba skills 1 on 1 with Dive Professional.
- An open water checkout dive at Illahee State Park(discover pass required) is included in the class program, however, it is not mandatory. There is no change to the class cost if a diver elects to opt out of the recommended checkout dive.
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Refresher Course*** -
This option is for divers who need rust removed and iron sanded.
This diver feels they need to review the Open Water Course from beginning to end. This course will run in conjunction with our Basic Open Water course.
The divers in this course will need to complete the required eLearning and attend all lectures, pool sessions, and checkout dives.
The standard experience for this course is 6 total days spread over 3 weeks beginning on the first Thursday of the month with classroom time at the dive shop.
Overall it is 2 weeks of thursday class time in the shop and saturday sessions at the pool, and the final third weekend (sat/sun) performing 4 checkout dives.
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We want to emphasize that there is not Re-Certification available. Your initial Open Water Certification is valid. However, the top priority for every scuba diver should be safety, and although each diver's original certification is valid for the lifetime of that diver, when scuba skills have been paused for a while it is best practice to ensure fundamental confidence of the important basic skills/principles.
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*For this option, divers will need to provide their own gear or rent gear from the shop. Any gear rentals for Freshen Up experience will be available at 20% off retail cost. The diver will need to transport the gear they will use to/from the pool including weights/tanks from the shop if applicable.
**For this option, divers will need to provide their own gear or rent gear at retail price, with exception for weights and tanks which we will provide if needed. The diver will need to transport the gear they will use to/from the pool including weights/tanks from the shop if applicable.
***For this option, divers will need to have their own personal gear(mask, snorkel, boots, fins, gloves, SMB/Reel). We have package options available for students in the course. Also, any diver enrolled in this option will receive 15% off retail gear not already marked down.
