How to Get Started

Getting started on your way to becoming a certified scuba diver takes three simple steps. They are:

• Reserve your space.
• Do the necessary pre-course paperwork.
• Begin the self-study process.

Reserve Your Space

Adventure Scuba Company’s beginning scuba courses tend to fill quickly. The best way to ensure that someone else doesn’t get your place is to reserve it as soon as possible. Because doing so involves completing some important paperwork and picking up your self-study materials, you will need to do this in person.

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Do the Paperwork

Download Required Paperwork

You can save time by completing all of the required paperwork before you come in to sign up for class. You can download these forms, in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF), using the link on the right. The form package includes:

• A learning agreement.
• A waiver of liability.
• A medical history form.

What if I have to answer YES (to any questions other than those concerning motion sickness or contacts) on the medical history form? Don’t panic. It just means that you have a condition that requires a physician’s approval prior to taking part in any in-water activities. Here is what you do:

• Take the completed Medical History form to your physician, along with the Guidelines for Recreational Scuba Diver’s Physical Examination (4 Pages; 204K).
• Discuss the medical history/exam form and guidelines with your physician. If he or she has a question, the guidelines have a number at Duke University Medical Center you can call.

Assuming your physician is okay with you diving (which is generally the case), he or she can sign the form where indicated Bring the signed form with you when you come to class.

This is Important: You must either bring the medical history form with a NO to all questions (except the ones concerning motion sickness and contacts), or the same form with one or more YESs (but signed by your physician), with you or you will not be allowed to participate. No exceptions.

Begin The Self-Study Process

We will go over what to watch and read, and what homework assignments to complete when you pick up your self-study materials. Just bear in mind that you will need to complete all of the homework assignments prior to the start of class.

Among the reasons we are able to offer a complete learn-to-dive course in such a convenient time frame is that a lot of the learning that students could once only master through long hours of traditional classroom lectures can now be accomplished through self study.

If you don’t complete the homework ahead of time, however, it will be as though you never came to class.

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