Our school's program has been successfully run since 1987 and continues to be offered at many Central Coast High schools. Pro-Dive have successfully taught students from:
- St Peters High
- Tuggerah Lakes Secondary
- Wyong High
- The Entrance High
- Central Coast Adventist High
- Henry Kendall High
- Lisarow High
- Mater Dei Catholic High
- Gorokan High School
- Berkeley Vale Community High
- Erina High
- Kincumber High
- Central Coast Grammar
- Northlakes High
- Umina High
- Gosford High
- Brisbane Waters Secondary
To commence training, pupils will register a profile on mydivessi.com
Pupils under 16 require parent/guardian endorsement.
Following registration Pro Dive opens an online learning program for students to complete before any in-water training takes place.
Week 1
Introduction to the program-
Registration, collect dive medicals if necessary
Week 2
The first pool session is where your students take their first breaths underwater and learn the skills required for demonstration in the ocean.
ProDive Central Coast has the only indoor heated diver training pool, on the Central Coast.
Confined Water dives 1+2
Week 3
The second pool session where we continue the basic skills and graduate to some more complex skills, that will be practised in the ocean.
Confined Water dives 3-5
Week 4
Our first two dives in the ocean.
We take a relaxed underwater tour of a local bay that will enable students to get comfortable with their equipment, in this exciting new environment.
Fill out online Log books
Open Water Dives 1 & 2
Week 5
The second ocean dive session.
We recap some of the skills from the pool and then proceed to complete two underwater tours to gain more confidence and a greater degree of comfort, with the underwater world.
Fill out online Log books
Open Water Dive 3 & 4
Finalise certification processes.
Week 6
Time to catch up on any ocean dives that may not have been completed due to weather concerns.
Students who have completed all requirements for certification have the opportunity of completing two more social, leisure dives as certified divers.
At all times during the in-water sessions, students are supervised by one of our professional Instructors or a certified safety assistant/Divemaster.
The program is designed for up to eight students with one instructor and 16 students with two instructors however, they may be broken into smaller groups for the ocean sessions.
Advanced Adventurer Course
This is the second program that will take the students to the Adventure Diver certification, which will help your students to grow their diving experience and knowledge, of the underwater world.
This program will teach students more diving skills and improve their knowledge of aquatic plants and animals.
The program requires students to complete all five modules.
Each module contains online theory, with reviews and practical diving components.
There are compulsory scuba training dives and two elective dives.
The compulsory modules are:
- Perfect Buoyancy
- Underwater Navigation
- Deep Diving
Two further elective dives with a sixth bonus dive.
- Underwater Naturalist
- Search and Recovery dive
- AWARE-Fish ID
Week 1
Perfect Buoyancy Dive.
During this dive session, students will practice the necessary skills to help them gain complete control of their buoyancy.
Week 2
In water compass and natural navigation techniques.
During this dive- students will demonstrate a range of navigation techniques
Week 3
Underwater Naturalist dive.
During this dive- students will use techniques to make notes underwater that will, enable them to successfully identify flora and fauna they encounter, whilst diving.
Week 4
Deep dive where students will complete a boat dive to a maximum depth of 30m.
Week 5
Students will complete the Search and Recovery dive using techniques to recover lost objects from the dive site.
Follow on-
As with the Open water program, when all dives and theory have been completed students will go on supervised pleasure dives.
Make-up dives are to be completed during these weeks.
This program is open to students aged 15 years and above- who have successfully completed the Open water diver program, either through the school program or in their own time.
At the conclusion of this program, students are certified to dive to 30m and will have gained experience to dive in more adventurous areas.
