REFRESHER SCUBA COURSE
Available every week with the open water course in Brisbane.
Refresher Scuba Course Dates
June 5, 6, 19, 20, 26, 27
Refresher Course Details and Cost
Cost: A$149 (GST inc)
Includes all equipment
Why 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 are unable to join the dive because you haven’t been diving in the last 12 months.
The Refresher Scuba Course is designed to refresh the inactive diver skills learnt during the Open Water course. Importantly, the Refresher course gives you the confidence of being a safe diver. Moreover, Refresher Scuba Course will allow you to master any particular skills you are having trouble with.
This course is run in conjunction with the Open Water Scuba Course. Specifically, you can join in the pool or during the second day of the Open Water dive course in the open water. The duration of the scuba course at the pool is approximately 5 hours (9 am-2 pm). The advantage of doing this course at the pool is that you will get to refresh all the skills included in the Open Water course. However, if you decide to join on the second day of the Open Water course, you can practice your buoyancy in currents and swell. Nevertheless, most divers complete the Refresher course at the pool and join the social dive of the Open Water course for free (excludes gear hire, tanks and weights).
Furthermore, we strongly suggest considering completing the Refresher Course at the pool if your last dive was over 5 years.
In/Out Refresher Course
Importantly, this Refresher Course has been designed for certified divers only. It is a 2 hour course to refresh those skills you would like to cover prior to your adventure. As a result, this is not the course to do if your last dive was over 3 years. Normally, I would recommend the Open Water Course, if your last dive was over 10 years. Alternatively, you can sit in the first day of the Open Water Course and do a more in depth Refresher Course. Finally, I have created this course for the diver that has a busy schedule. In and out before lunch, just in time to make the afternoon happy hour. Lol
What happens after the course
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 can 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 own kit and practice the skills with the equipment you will use regularly.
Contact me to book your scuba course and get back in the water as soon as possible! Alternatively, please visit the calendar page to view any upcoming courses.
Why is Scuba Shane Diving Different?
Importantly, I offer the option to do your Refresher Course either in the pool in Brisbane or with 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 own equipment
- Either on Faber steel or Aluminium tanks – your choice
- Small groups of no more than 5
- Option to do the course in Brisbane or Gold Coast
- Optional In/Out refresher Course for tight schedules
- Upgrade to a 2 day course with Cook Island reef dive
- Join your friends on their open water course
Refresher Diver Prerequisites
- Provide proof of diver certification.
- Complete the medical and liability forms.
- Be physically fit and capable of swimming 200 metres unassisted.
- Provide your own transport.
- Dive within 10 years.
- Have a sense of humour.
I’ll tell you what often gets overlooked!
Garden fences.
Refresher Course Layout
- Pool Refresher Course
- Start Time 9 am at Brisbane pool
- Lunch approximately 10:45 am ( Food not provided)
- Finish 2:00 pm
- Debrief and release from course
- Log booked stamped
Open Water Refresher Course
- Start Time is 90 minutes prior to the high tide.
- Double dive at Tweed Heads or Gold Coast Shore dive site.
- Completion 4 hours after arriving.
- Debrief and release from course.
- Log booked stamped
I’ll tell you what often gets overlooked!
Garden fences.
Google Reviews
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I recently completed a refresher course with Shane to help me get back into diving after a long break. Off the back of that experience I have now also completed his Advanced Adventurer course and a Nitrox course. Shane is an excellent communicator and makes sure his students understand and can demonstrate the concepts and skills required to dive safely. His smaller class sizes ensure you get plenty of individual attention to help you get the most out of the course. He adds value well beyond the minimum required by the curriculum, and he spent additional time helping us fine-tune buoyancy with both steel and aluminium tanks, and further developing our underwater navigation skills. His extra tips and advice helped everyone on the course achieve an optimal swimming position to help reduce drag, and ultimately lead to a longer and more comfortable dive. I’m looking forward to joining Shane soon for a fun dive, and will absolutely be enrolling in his Wreck and Deep specialty courses in the near future.