REFRESHER SCUBA COURSE

Why is risk forfeiting your dive after paying good money? Perhaps, you suddenly forget how to set up your equipment. Or, what if you don’t remember what to do if you run out of air? Then, the dive leader says you cannot join the dive because you haven’t been diving in the last 12 months.

Significantly, the Refresher Scuba Course will refresh the inactive diver skills learnt during the Open Water course. Notably, the Refresher course gives you the confidence to be a safe diver. Moreover, the Refresher Scuba Course will allow you to master any particular skills you struggle with.

The scuba course at the collection is approximately 5 1/2 hours (8:30 am-2 pm) in conjunction with the Open Water Scuba Course. The advantage of this course at the pool is that you will refresh all the skills included in the Open Water course. Most divers complete the Refresher course at the pool and join the boat dive (2 days later) to refine the skills and practice in the open water whilst enjoying a double boat dive at Cook Island all at a discounted rate.

Furthermore, we strongly suggest completing the Reactivate Course if your last dive was over five years.

Haven’t you dived for ten years? Is it worth turning up to your expensive day trip, assembling your equipment backwards, and looking like a fool? I would suggest this is your scuba course! Alternatively, you can enrol in the Reactivate Diver Course and do a more in-depth Refresher Course with E-Learning for a piece of mind.

The general outline of the Pool Refresher Course is as follows:

• Scuba system assembly
• Weight adjustment (integrated weights) is a NEW skill
• Mask defog
• Adequate entry for site conditions
• Computer checks the NEW skill
• Regulator clearing
• Regulator recovery NEW skill
• Mask clearing
• Fin use
• Buoyancy control
• Controlled ascent; (computer-assisted) NEW skill
• Exit
• Disassemble scuba system
• Air sharing ascents NEW skill
• Underwater emergency scenarios NEW skill

The River Open Water Refresher Course will not cover as many skills. Still, it will re-introduce you to the open water conditions. This course is taught on the slack high tide with the Open Water Course at Tweed Heads. 

Finally, this course does not provide a certification. However, please bring your logbook so that your instructor can sign it. This is very important. Most dive operators will not allow you to dive unless you prove you have dived within the last 12 months.

Please note that courses at Scuba Shane Diving include all diving equipment. However, you are more than welcome to bring your own. This will allow you to test your kit and practice the skills with the regularly used equipment.

Contact me to book your scuba course and return to the water soon! Alternatively, please visit the calendar page to view any upcoming classes.

Importantly, I offer the option to do your Refresher Course in the pool in Brisbane or the Open Water Course in the open water. Therefore, you are ready to dive immediately after completing your Refresher Scuba Course.

Your Refresher Diver Course includes:

• All equipment included- no hire cost ( Integrated weight system)
• Option to use your equipment
• Either on Faber steel or Aluminium tanks – your choice
• Small groups of no more than 5
• Optional In/Out refresher Course for tight schedules
• Three versions of the scuba course to suit your needs
• Upgrade to a 2-day course with Cook Island reef dive
• Join your friends on their open water course