Advanced Open Water

Advanced Open Water builds upon skills acquired in your basic Open Water Diver course. This course can be taken immediately after completing Open Water and will advance your diving knowledge &...

AWARE Coral Reef Conservation

Interested in learning about coral reefs and their importance to the ocean? This course helps you appreciate the complexity of coral reef habitats and teaches how you can help conserve these vital sys...

CTS Cylinder Inspection

Become certified to inspect cylinders!   This one day course is compliant with U.S. Federal government regulations for Hazardous Materials training when dealing with high pressure cylinders...

PADI Deep Diver

The lure of the deep can be strong! Especially when there is a shipwreck or giant sponge belt beneath the limits you are currently trained to. The PADI Deep Diver course can adequately prepare you to ...

Diver Propulsion Vehicle

DPVs offer a thrilling way for scuba divers to see a lot of underwater territory in a short amount of time. They scoot you through the water allowing you to glide over reefs, buzz around a large wreck...

Drysuit Certification

Want to extend your diving season? Learn how to dive dry! Drysuits seal you off from the water, so you can stay surprisingly comfortable even in low temperatures. This 2 dive course will also expand t...

Enriched Air (Nitrox)

The academics for this course are done via PADI’s eLearning. The link will be emailed to you shortly after you register for the class. Since the email comes directly from PADI, please check your...

Emergency First Response

Learn the skills to provide first aid emergency care. CPR and rescue breathing, AED, preventing and caring for shock, spinal injury management, and the how to use barriers to reduce transmission of di...

Emergency Oxygen Provider

Knowing how and when to use emergency oxygen is a great skill to have and means you’re ready to help others should the need arise. Becoming an Emergency Oxygen Provider lets you breathe easy kno...

Equipment Specialty

Learn to manage basic scuba diving equipment repairs and adjustments, understand routine care and maintenance procedures and how dive gear works. We will go in depth about how gear works and basic mai...

Full Face Mask

Learn how to dive in a Full Face Mask! Learn new equalization techniques and experience diving with a completely dry face making the full face mask great for cold and warm water alike. Anyone interest...

Ice Diving

Take the icy plunge!   Teamwork is essential for ice diving, so we will start by learning the roles and responsibilities of support personnel, tenders, and safety divers. We will also discu...

Lion Fish Hunter

Native to the Pacific Ocean, lionfish are progressively invading the north-western Atlantic and the Caribbean, where they have no natural predators. Learn what action is needed to control the lionfish...

Navigation

Be the scuba diver everyone wants to follow because you know where you are and where you're going. PADI’s Underwater Navigator course fine-tunes your observation skills and teaches you...

Night Dive

See incredible nocturnal views while you develop the skills for night diving with the PADI Night Diver Specialty Course. -Learn the planning, organization, procedures, problems and hazards of night...

Peak Performance Buoyancy

Excellent buoyancy control is what defines skilled scuba divers. You’ve seen them underwater. They glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover almost as if by thought. They mor...

Photography

The Digital Underwater Photographer course gets you going quickly, whether you use a point-and-shoot camera or a sophisticated dSLR like the pros. The academics are done via PADI’s eLearning, in...

Rescue Course

One of Columbus Scuba's FAVORITE courses!! The PADI Rescue Diver course is one of the most challenging, yet most rewarding courses we offer! Why? Because you learn to prevent and manage proble...

Search and Recovery

At some point in your diving career, you or your buddy will either lose or find something underwater and the knowledge and skills you gain in the Search and Recovery Diver course will help you when yo...

PADI Self-Reliant/Solo Diver

This program has been designed to provide qualified divers with “self-reliant” training. During the Self-Reliant/Solo Diver course, you learn about potential risks of diving alone and the ...

Sidemount

($375 + $100 Gear Rental) Move your cylinder from your back to your side, take the pressure off of your back, and find more flexibility to move and enjoy your dive.

Underwater Criminal Investigat...

Ever play the game of Clue? Was it Plum with the candlestick in the library? Or Green with the wrench in the study?   In this course, you will learn about real life forensics, evidence reco...

Wreck Course

Wrecks are exciting windows to the past! Ships, airplanes, and even cars are fascinating to explore! Learn safety considerations for navigating and exploring wrecks, how to avoid common hazards, how t...