Open Water Diver Certification

Start your Scuba Diving Adventure with RMDC and SSI, it's as easy as 1-2-3!

1. Home Study
You’ll start your scuba education from the comfort of home! SSI’s Open Water Diver course comes with convenient home study materials designed to make your scuba learning experience fun! SSI student manual is easy to read and filled with colorful photos of the underwater world, the home-study experience is enhanced through you choice of a DVD or VHS video!

2. Classroom and Pool Sessions
This is where it gets really fun! You’ll take what you’ve learned and apply it in reality-based instructional scenarios in the pool. The RMDC on site pool is a comfortable 88 degrees. Our knowledgeable staff will fit you for your scuba equipment, so you become comfortable in your “second skin.”

3. Open Water Dives & Certification
Once you finish your training, you’ll complete the open water dives necessary to receive your Open Water Diver scuba certification. With just a little more training, you can go even further… imagine diving, underwater shipwrecks, with sharks or becoming an underwater photographer! You’re going to love it!

Local Open Water Certification Summer months, local lakes here in Colorado

Homestead Crater, Open Water Certification Winter months, open water dives at Homestead Resort in Midway Utah.

Classroom and Pool Sessions Do your Classroom and Pool with RMDC and complete your Open Water dives, on your vacation.

Private Pool & Lecture and Private Open Water Certification Please contact us for details.

Prerequisites:
10 years old and up
Be comfortable in the water
Complete a SSI Medical History Statement

Required Books and Equipment:
SSI Home Study Student Kit Mask, Snorkel, Fins and Mouthpieces

Provided by RMDC:
Regulator with Safe Second and Gauges, Buoyancy Compensator, Tanks and Weights Exposure Suit for Open Water Dives