Belize Diving Services

Belize Diving Services – Learn To Dive

Discover Scuba Diving The Discover Scuba Diving course is a one-day dive experience. After watching a 20-minute video and completing four shallow water skills, anyone 10 and over can go out to the reef and explore the underwater world under the direct supervision of an instructor. In completing this course, you have completed your first confined water training dive and your first open water dive. Both of these can be credited towards your full Open Water Course at Belize Diving Services or anywhere in the world.

Open Water Diver The Open Water Diver Course gives you the certification that you need to dive anywhere in the world. The course progresses you from shallow water where you can easily stand to 60-foot dives at one of the many beautiful sites on the Belize Barrier Reef. There are four portions to the course and several ways to complete them:

Classroom Before you begin your life as a diver, it is important that you begin with the basics that you need to know to stay safe while diving. There are several ways to approach this portion of the course.

Start at Home–We highly recommend the online learning programs offered by either SDI or PADI. This option allows you to prepare for your dive vacation before you leave home, so you do not spend valuable vacation time watching videos.

Start in Your Community–You may also visit your local dive center (any agency will do) where you can complete the classroom portion and the subsequent confined water training with them over several weeknights and weekends. This option is sometimes best for those who need a little more time to get comfortable breathing underwater.

Start with Us–If you desire a more personal experience, you can do your classroom with us. We offer an air-conditioned indoor classroom, an outdoor classroom, and provide all class materials. The onsite classroom portion typically takes 1 day.

Confined-Water Training (1 day) In the confined water portion of training, you learn the skills that enable you to deal with a multitude of situations that might arise on SCUBA. You can complete these skills with us in about a half day (more if you need the extra time) when you get down here. Alternatively, as mentioned before you can take these courses at a dive shop at home.

Open Water Training (2 Days) This is where all your work pays off. You go out on the dive boats with instructors and frequently with other divers who are already certified, and start your open water dives. Over the course of two days, you practice the skills that you learned in the confined-water training and explore the beautiful underwater world of Belize.