Classes | Charleston Scuba

Beginner or advanced, there’s a class for that!

Whether you want to try scuba diving, advance your training, or become a dive professional, let the PADI scuba diving experts at Charleston Scuba guide you to your goal. As a PADI Diver, you carry the most respected and sought after scuba credentials in the world. No matter where you choose to dive, your PADI certification card will be recognized and accepted. Please note that listed classes prices do NOT include the cost of required certification dives. Certification dives are priced and booked separately.

Most Popular!

Open Water Scuba Diver Course

If you’ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures, or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it all starts!

From $575

All Scuba Diving Classes

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Refresher Courses

Get back into diving the right (and smart) way! If you’re certified and it’s been a year, this is a great way to safely get back into diving.

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Discover Scuba Experience

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to breathe underwater? If you want to find out but aren’t quite ready to take the plunge into a certification course, Discover Scuba

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Advanced Open Water

Have your PADI Open Water and looking for the next challenge? Pick up your Advanced Open Water by completing our dive program!

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Nitrox Course

If you need a refresher or are looking be certified to dive with Nitrox, this is the class for you!

EFR

Emergency First Responder Course

Learn the fundamentals of life-saving skills needed to act quickly and potentially save lives. It’s also a prerequisite for the PADI Rescue Diver course!

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Rescue Diver Class

This course expands on what you already know about how to prevent problems, and how to manage them if they occur.

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Open Water Scuba Instructor

Find fulfillment in helping others by becoming a Scuba instructor! A great opportunity to help others reach their diving goals!

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PADI Digital Underwater Photographer

Underwater photography is one of the most popular diving specialties! This course focuses on digital camera photography and more modern equipment.

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EFR Instructor

Emergency First Response Instructor CPR and first aid are key skills that are important to everyone, not just scuba divers. As an Emergency First Response Instructor, you teach skills based

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PADI Wreck Diver Course

Whether sunk on purpose as an artificial reef or the result of mishap, wrecks open fascinating windows to the past.

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DAN Emergency Oxygen Provider

When a diving accident occurs, being able to recognize the problem and respond with the appropriate care can make all the difference.

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DAN Basic Life Support

Knowing the basic life support functions like CPR can double or triple a victim’s chances of survival in a medical emergency.

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DAN Dive Emergency Management Provider (DEMP)

Diving Emergency Management Provider Why Take This Course When a dive accident occurs, multiple things happen. Separate small problems can compound to create a larger problem. DAN’s Diving Emergency Management

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DAN Hazardous Marine Life Injuries

Be prepared for the variety of injuries that may be sustained by people when they encounter the vast array of underwater life.

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DAN Neurological Assessment

Stroke is the third-leading cause of death and the leading cause of long-term disability according to the American Heart Association.

Discover Snorkeling

Discover Snorkeling Scheduled every other Sunday. COST: $55.00 – SNORKELING GEAR PROVIDED IF NEEDED Get the most out of your tropical vacation by learning to snorkel! Snorkeling can be exhausting,

Gas Blender Course

Gas Blender More people are diving with enriched air and this means the demand for enriched air fills is also increasing. However, there needs to be someone qualified to administer

Divemaster

PADI Divemaster Course Looking for the first step in working with scuba as a career? Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational scuba diving begins with the PADI Divemaster

Assistant Instructor Course

PADI Assistant Instructor If you like people, have a passion for scuba diving and want an extraordinary life – become a PADI Instructor. Teaching scuba diving allows you to share

AWARE – Fish Identification Specialty

Project AWARE Fish Identification Course Have you ever been scuba diving and asked yourself, “What was that?” The PADI Project AWARE Fish Identification Specialty course provides you with the fish

Boat Diver Specialty

PADI Boat Diver Whether you’ve never made a boat dive or you’ve logged dozens, the PADI Boat Diver Specialty course can benefit almost every diver because different boats in different

PADI Deep Diver

PADI Deep Diver Course The lure of the deep. There’s something exciting and mysterious about exploring deeper dive sites while scuba diving. Sometimes it’s a wreck that attracts you below

Project AWARE Specialist Course

Project AWARE Specialist Course Project AWARE’s philosophy is to mobilize a global force of scuba divers and water enthusiasts who care about protecting the world’s water resources and choose to

PADI Drift Diver Specialty

PADI Drift Diver Specialty The PADI Drift Diver Specialty course introduces you to the coolest magic carpet ride you’ll ever experience. This course shows you how to enjoy rivers and

PADI Drysuit Diver Specialty

PADI Dry Suit Diver course Wanna stay warm and toasty on a dive? Then dive dry. Yes! Unlike a wetsuit, a dry suit seals you off from the outside water

PADI Equipment Specialist Course

PADI Equipment Specialist Course Don’t miss a dive due to a scuba gear issue. Whether it’s a blown o-ring, regulator problem, wetsuit tear or a broken fin strap, you can

PADI Night Diver

PADI Night Diver Course As the sun sets, you don your dive gear, slip on your scuba mask and bite down on your dive regulator. A deep breath and you

PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Course

PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Course What is neutral buoyancy? Scuba divers like to be neutrally buoyant so they neither sink nor float. It can be a tricky thing. Divers who’ve

PADI Search and Recovery Specialty

PADI Search and Recovery Diver Course What is neutral buoyancy? Scuba divers like to be neutrally buoyant so they neither sink nor float. It can be a tricky thing. Divers

PADI Underwater Naturalist Course

PADI Underwater Naturalist Course Look closer to see more on your next dive. Look for symbioses, predator/prey and other relationships between aquatic plant and animal life. Learn not just what

PADI Underwater Navigator

PADI Underwater Navigator Course Be the diver everyone wants to follow and make your sense of direction legendary with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course. Cost $195.00 includes the Underwater

Full Face Mask Specialty