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Whidbey Island Dive Center

Dive Centre Center (English)

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Company description Welcome to the Whidbey Island Dive Center. Located in Oak Harbor on Beautiful Whidbey Island. We are the hub of all diving in the area with over a million visitors annually and thousands of divers who visit Keystone Underwater State Park. Although we are located only an hour or so from the big cities, our island is a wonderful place to stay. We offer some of the best diving the Puget Sound has to offer. From shore diving to boat diving, SCUBA instruction or a great deal on some new equipment, stop by we`ll take care of you.
Intro to Scuba: This is the safest and easiest place to begin your dive experience. After you complete a brief academic course in basic scuba, we`ll take you to the swimming pool where you`ll don the basics and give diving a try under the close supervision of a certified and insured instructor and assistants.
Open Water Course: If you liked your intro course, you`ll love this beginner course which will certify you to dive anywhere in the world. 6 nights of classroom work including 6 chapters of reading, 6 videos, chapter review questions and final exam cover the academic portion of this class.
You`ll also spend 5 relaxing nights in the pool covering some basic diving skills. Next you`ll head to the open water and complete five dives. This course generally takes 2-3 weeks
Specialty Courses: Learn more about many others types of diving under the supervision of an instructor. These course include but are not limited to:
•Drysuit diving
•Computer diving
•Search and Recovery
•Boat diving
•Deep diving
•Drift diving
•Night and limited visability
•Navigation
•Spear fishing
Unique Specilty Courses
•Bottle diving
•Kayak diving
Advanced Open Water Course: Completing four specialty courses earns you this rating. We have an all inclusive course already made up for your convenience which includes 6 dives.
Stress & Rescue Course: This is one of the most important training courses. Program includes training in realistic situations for the surrounding area . This allows students the to become proficient in all possible rescue situations. Six chapters of book work are required as well as completing the stress and rescue video, plus one night of pool work. Course is completed with written final exam and open water evaluation.
Dive Control Specialist: Teaches divers to be dive leaders. Candidates learn the fine art of teaching all levels of diver training by assisting with open water, advanced, and rescue courses. Apprenticeship program includes in store training with emphasis on retail sales, equipment repair, and daily store operations. Also included is training on supervising local, regional, and international dive charters as well as taking weekly, monthly dive tours.
Open Water Instructor Training: The Whidbey Island Dive Center is and SSI Instructor Training Facility. In our Instructor Training Course you will learn more about recreational scuba diving than you ever wanted to know. But more importantly you will learn the rewards of teaching others how to dive.
Our Dive Trips:
*Where: Sechelt, BC
How Much: $220 /per person
We`re staying at the Lodge, doing 6 dives including the wreck Chaudiere. Price includes meals
*Where: Port Hardy, B.C.
Why: Best cold water diving anywhere
How Much: $365.00 /per person
6 boat dives, unlimited shore diving, accomodations, meals, tanks and weights. Limit 8 persons.
Location description: Our staff:
* Pat Beach – Owner: At Store Since: 1996
* Henry Powers – Manager:
At Store Since: 1995
Certifications Held:
•SSI Instructor Trainer #6471
•PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer #99456
•IANTD Nitrox Instructor
•IANTD Nitrox Blender
•PADI Medic First Aid Instructor
•ScubaPro ProTech, Repair Technician
•Aqualung Reapir Technician
Other Accomplishments:
•Editor and Chief - Whidbey Island Dive Guide 1997-2001
•Writer, Photographer - Northwest Dive News
•Contributer - Sports Etc Magazine
•Contributer - Skin Diver Magazine
•Eagle Scout (Hard to believe isn`t it)
What was I doing before I worked here?
I was cannon fodder for the Untied States Marine Corps. I did my part to protect oil prices in the Gulf War. Now I`m just a little bit different because of it.
Best Dive to Date: Night Dive at Snake Wall, Sechelt, B.C. or Fantasy Island near Port Hardy, B.C. Both had unbelievable visibility.
Scariest Dive to Date: Wally`s Wall on North Pender Island, B.C. Canada Corey and I were doing research for Northwest Dive News. Bob Cooper took us to Wallace Pt., ``Wally`s Wall``. Everything was going good until we ran into a down current that wanted to suck us to the bottom of the shear rock wall. We couldn`t hang on, we couldn`t swim against it, we couldn`t move sideways. All we could do was inflate our BC`s and swim like crazy. The current was so strong that our bubbles weren`t going up. We made it, but I was definatly scared to the point where I was shaking.
Future Plans: Freelance Photographer
* Corey Downer – Instructor:
At Store Since: 1995
Certifications Held:
•SSI Open Water Instructor
•PADI Divve Master
Other Accomplishments: One of the only two to survuve Wally`s Wall in BC. Got a cool t-shirt for doing it to.
Best Dive to Date: Any dive inCanada, and the Red Sea in Muscat, Oman. Deception Pass is always good too.
Scariest Dive to Date: Wally`s Wall the closest to death you`ll ever come.
Future Plans: Once out of the Navy Become a Jedi Knight and rule the Galaxy.
* Jason Cunningham - Instructor:
At Store Since: 1996
Certifications Held:
•SSI Divecon
•PADI Divemaster
•IANTD Nitrox Diver
•Aqualung Repair Technician
Other Interests:
•Underwater Photography
•Technical Diving (if I can ever afford it)
Best Dive to Date: Cave diving inTazmania, Australia. The caves were so narrow your hands dragged the bottom while your tank scraped the top.
Snake Island Wall in Victoria B.C. The best vis I have ever seen.
Scariest Dive to Date: I was trapped in a concrete barge in Jebal Ali. My buddy and I entered this 30 ft passage only to have him leave and casue a silt-out. I was trapped fo twenty minutes before giving up. Not moving was the answer/
Future Plans: Work on getting PADI and SSI O/W Instructor then running off to Guam.
Have Henry Powers finally admit that I am the Master and he is the Apprentice. The only one superior to me is the Mighty Corey Downer. Oh how I worship him.

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Located in Oak Harbor, with information on instruction and trips, local dives, store staff biographies, and details on kayak diving.

Contact information:

Phone: (360) 675-1112
Fax: (360) 679-2247
Street Address:
1020 NE. 7th Ave #1
Oak Harbor
Washington
United States
98277
Spoken language(s): English
Open: from 09-00 till 18-00
Local time:  GMT - 8 Tijuana
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