SCUBA Refresher Options

We require you to do a Pool Self-Check.

This is unsupervised by Ocean Frontiers staff and is strictly to be done only by certified divers with a buddy. If you are a solo traveller - a staff member may be available upon request only. This should be done with your own equipment if you have it or the gear you will be renting.

The best use of this self check would be to do - at the very least - the following:

• Ensure you know exactly how your dive computer works and how to view your dive log.
• Setup your own equipment, enter the pool and do a pre-dive safety check.
• In the shallow end, attempt a regulator recovery and mask removal and replace.
• Surface and orally inflate your BCD.
• Descend over the deep end into a hover without touching the bottom.
• Without looking, do a touch test with every component of your BCD, familiarizing the exact location of everything.
• Swim around and practice good breathing and kicking habits.
• Ascend slowly and inflate your BCD with the power inflator upon surfacing.

NOTE: If you are renting gear for any subsequent dive trips with us then it will be included in your Pool Self-Check.

We require you to to do a Pool Self-Check & 1 Tank Orientation Dive

• The Pool Self-Check is unsupervised by Ocean Frontiers staff and is strictly to be done only by certified divers with a buddy.
• If you are a solo traveller - a staff member may be available upon request only.
• Following the pool check, you will be taken out on our student dive boat with an instructor to a shallow reef with a maximum depth of 23 feet (7 metres).
• This will help you ease back into scuba diving, giving you the best opportunity to practice hovering, mask skills and equalising before diving off the Cayman Wall.

NOTE: This only includes the cost of the dive + air tanks & weights. Rental gear is not included for the dive.

We require you to do a Pool Self-Check & Private Guide add-on.

• The Pool Self-Check is unsupervised by Ocean Frontiers staff and is strictly to be done only by certified divers with a buddy.
• If you are a solo traveller - a staff member may be available upon request only.
• Private Guide for 1-Tank = US$ 100 or for a 2-Tank = US $ 125
• Following the pool check, on your first dive trip booked with us, you will meet your private dive guide.
• The private guide will be one of our instructors who is dedicated to just you throughout the dive trip. 
• This ensures you can go at your own pace, preferred depth and get the most out of having your own experienced dive guide.

NOTE: This only includes the cost of a private guide and is priced as an add-on to your dive package. Rental gear and the dive trip itself are not included.

We require you to join the PADI ReActivate program

• This ensures that your foundation of scuba diving knowledge and skills are reactivated before returning to the underwater world.
• This half day program involves a comprehensive pool session led by one of our patient instructors guiding you through all the essential skills at your own pace.
• PADI ReActivate premium course:
  • includes Training Fees, Pool Session, Full Rental Gear, Tank & Weights
  • includes PADI eLearning & ReActivate eCard (US$ 85)
  • includes PADI Mobile App Digital Logbook
• Independent Online Study Commitment: 2 - 3 hours
• Half Day of scuba training at Ocean Frontiers

NOTE: The PADI ReActivate program requires you to be medically fit to dive (review the Medical Questionnaire here). 

We require you to join the PADI ReActivate program & 1 Tank Orientation Dive

• This ensures that your foundation of scuba diving knowledge and skills are reactivated before returning to the underwater world.
• This full day program starts with a morning pool session led by one of our patient instructors guiding you through all the essential skills at your own pace.
• Following the pool review, they will accompany you in the afternoon on a 1 Tank orientation dive.
• This shallow dive takes place on a nearby site within the barrier reef to a maximum depth of 23 feet (7 metres).
• PADI ReActivate premium course:
  • includes Training Fees, Pool Session, Full Rental Gear, Tanks & Weights, 1 Tank Orientation Dive
  • includes PADI eLearning & ReActivate eCard (US$ 85)
  • includes PADI Mobile App Digital Logbook
• Independent Online Study Commitment: 2 - 3 hours
• 1 Full Day of scuba training at Ocean Frontiers

NOTE: The PADI ReActivate program requires you to be medically fit to dive (review the Medical Questionnaire here). 

We require you to retake your scuba certification course.

You can learn more about our Open Water Diver premium course on our website.

Once you have booked and paid for your PADI course with us, we will send you a student registration Google Form to fill out with the necessary information we need to assign the PADI eLearning to each student that has signed up with you. This includes a unique email address per student, birthdate and legal names. You will then receive 2 emails directly from PADI. 1) is to create a PADI account and start the eLearning course 2) is the course paperwork including the Diver Medical which needs to be filled out before arriving. 

You have lifetime access to the eLearning content, however the quizzes, exam and practical training all need to be completed within one year to meet the standards of a PADI course.

Once you finish the eLearning portion of the course, the Ocean Frontiers Dive Center is notified that you have completed it and that you are ready for the practical phase of the program.

No, you do not. Feel free to contact reservations@oceanfrontiers.com in respect to this and they will tailor a course package for you.