North Shore Leisure - Birkenhead SCUBA Diving
Ever wondered what it would be like to breathe under the water?
Come along for an introduction lesson to SCUBA Diving.
After a simple safety briefing, you will have the chance to experience what it's like to live like a fish in the safety of our outdoor heated swimming pool.
You can also experience our underwater obstacle course. Bring your friends along and talk to them underwater using SCUBA Divings' unique underwater sign language!
Course information
- Open to eight-year-olds and older.
- If you're under 16-years-old, get your parents or legal guardian to complete the medical statement and liability release PDF (below) and bring it with you.
- Please book by telephone at least two working days before the course.
- Parents can participate too
-Try dives run regulary. Please contact us for further information.
Bubblemaker medical statement and liability release PDF 
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PADI Open Water Dive course
Cost: $499
Courses run regulary. Please contact us for schedules.
The PADI Open Water course is the beginner course and all you need in order to dive as a qualified diver. The PADI course is the most popular diver program in the world, usually taking between four and five days. This is your ticket to a lifetime of exciting underwater exploration. Virtually anyone can learn to SCUBA dive, from age 10 to 80.
What does the course involve?
Firstly, you'll spend a short time in the classroom over several days. Through video, self-study and your instructor's lectures you will master diving theory and the fundamentals of diving practices. Your knowledge will be evaluated through short quizzes and a final exam. You will be provided with your own good quality and fully serviced equipment to use throughout the course.
You will have pool sessions and that's where the fun starts! You'll set up your own equipment and then you'll first discover the feeling of breathing underwater. In a low stress environment you'll practice the skills and techniques that you'll use in the open water.
On the final two days you will conduct your open water dives at the amazing Poor Knights Islands, two
hours north of Auckland. These offshore Islands are home to an abundance of marine life and were
famously described by Jacques Cousteau as one of the top 10 dive sites in the world!
You will complete two dives per day. The final day's diving will be to a maximum of 18 metres – subject to age. During the dives you will be able to put your newfound skills into practice. Certification will be issued upon completion of course.
What's included?
- Open water kit (which includes manual, log book, PADI decal, vinyl satcheland dive table).
- All theory sessions and all pool sessions.
- Four open water dives.
- Full equipment hire, wall certificate, certification card and PADI fees.
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Cost: $499
Courses run regulary. Please contact us for schedules.
This course is designed to further your diving skills and what better method is there than providing you with the opportunity of simply going diving. This course consists of two core (required) dives and three elective dives.
Core dives: Natural / compass navigation and deep dive.
Elective dives to choose from: Night, boat, drift, multilevel, search & recovery, wreck and cavern.
You will receive the PADI Adventures in Diving manual, cloth emblem, wall certification and Advanced Open Water Certification Card.
Your dives will be made from our charter boat at the beautiful Poor Knights Islands. If you choose wreck diving as one of your electives, you will also have the opportunity to explore the amazing navy wrecks off the Whangarei coast.
PADI Rescue Diver
Cost: $499
Various dates and times to suit working people, including evenings and weekends.
By now you will be a competent and reasonably experienced diver. At this time, you must think about what you would do, should you become involved in a diving emergency.
This is the first stage in your training in which you focus your attention on others. This course will teach you about problem management and solving.
The programme develops your accident management skills and knowledge to effect a correct response in the event of a diving accident.
What you need to supply (for all courses)
- Doctors medical certificate (obtained from any medical practitioner) - can be used on multiple courses
- Two passport photos, mask, snorkel and booties.
What better passport to the underwater world? However, a quick warning - your holidays and free time will never be the same again!
