Bait and Switch


If you spend some time shopping around for the price of the Open Water Scuba Certification, you will find an amazing disparity in the prices quoted.

We have made a list of all the things that make up an Open Water course. We offer you two pricing plans to choose from while giving you an example of pricing schemes you will encounter!

SO! We are offering you a FREE Open Water Instruction. Our goal is to bait you into taking our course. But then on your first day, you will see how much more the course will cost you to finish. Too Late to change your mind! You are already here!

We hope this will help you make an educated decision when choosing who really has the best price for your Open Water Course.

But don't take our word for it... call around.. and keep this example in mind so you know what to ask to find out how much your Open Water Class REALLY costs!
FREE
Open Water
Instruction
Standard
Pricing $475
Rental Equip for 3 days
(Bcd, regulator and wetsuit)
$105
(3 X $35)
included
Open Water Book and Recreational Dive Planner
(required)
$60
included
Certification Card
$25
included
Mask, fins and snorkel

Required to buy personal set at shop - but don't worry, you get a 10% discount since you are a student!!!

$150 minimum
rental included
2 days of Open Water Dives

Shore Dives
$75 per day
(lots of heavy equipment in hot wetsuit walking over unyielding sand)

Boat Dives
$125 per day
(much easier walking off the back of the boat but more costly)

Boat Dives

2 days off a 36 foot boat

included

Scuba instructors are required to conduct couses at maximum ratios, meaning how many students can 1 instructor teach and guide in the open ocean at one time:

8 students to 1 instructor

OR

12 students to 1 instructor if they are assisted by a divemaster.

Please don't forget, an instructor was once a divemaster before receiving more training.

There will be 11 other students in your class. We need that many to make up for the cheap course price we offered you. Unfortunately our instructors require wages too.

That means you must sit patiently while each student does the required skills one at a time for the instructor. Hopefully you won't be in a class where someone has trouble mastering the skills. Could lead to a long boring dive without any personalized time.

Or worse, you are the one that feels you need more time to get comfortable but your instructor might not have the time for you since he has such a large group to attend to.

Maximum 4:1 ratios with your instructor.

Great news, the skill circuit didn't last long since there was only 4 of you so you get to spend the rest of your tank time exploring!
Final Course Price:
$490
$475

 

 

But don't take our word for it!
Shop around. We wouldn't be allowed to post it if it isn't true!



 

We do not offer the least expensive Open Water Course on Oahu, nor is it our intention to do so.

We are not willing to cut corners on our boat, staffing, safety and dive experience to our customers which is the end result of reduced pricing. We provide you with quality instruction and ensure when you are finished, not only did you pass the course, but that you will be a self-assured diver.