Diving Courses
Salty Anchor Dive company hosts some of the best dive instructors in the Northeast Florida area. We offer courses through NAUI, IANTD and DAN.
As part of our philosophy we believe that the best instruction cannot be delivered to large groups, however it is also best if you have a teammate, so we do our best to keep classes to less than 4 students. We don't sugar coat things here at Salty Anchor Dive Company, some our classes may cost more than area competition, It's because we focus on quality over quantity, we spend more time in the water, and we teach in neutral buoyancy...simply put we spend more time with you the paying customer. Unlike other others we do not just hand out certification cards, we follow the loved one concept, we won't certify you if we would not trust you to dive with someone we love. All of our classes are scheduled on demand, so don't hesitate to reach out.
SCUBA COURSES
Open Water Scuba Diver ( Autonomous- ISO Level 2)
This is our entry-level scuba certification course. Learn the fundamental knowledge and skills necessary to scuba dive independently. Upon successful completion of this course, graduates are considered competent to engage in open water diving activities without supervision, provided the diving activities and the areas dived approximate those of training. This is essentially your license to learn!!
Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver
This continuing education course for certified divers from any agency. It is an enjoyable program of continued supervised experience designed to introduce divers to a variety of diving activities and to be taught entirely in an open water setting. Its entire purpose is to build experience and try new things under the supervision of an instructor. This course requires a minimum of six dives to be completed, expect to do more than this! Out of those six dives, we will do at least one navigation dive, one night or low visibility dive, one deep dive and two boat dives in the ocean. We don't do "Springs only" advanced courses.
Rescue & Advanced Rescue Scuba Diver
This course trains divers in the knowledge and skills needed to manage risks and effectively handle limited in- water problems and diving emergencies. Included are: assists, transports, surface rescues and rescues from depth involving both boat- and shore-based skin and scuba divers. We require our students to be current in CPR and First Aid as a requirement and you will get lots of practice during this course!! ( Our primary instructor has over 20 years of lifesaving, Scuba and medical experience!!!)
Altitude Diver
this course is to provide the diver with the skills and knowledge needed to minimize the risks of diving at altitude (above 300m/1000 feet of altitude). Graduates of this course are considered to have the theoretical knowledge and practical experience that allow them to adapt what they have learned to future diving at altitude. We require that you be certified in the use of a drysuit prior to this course, you will be expected to provide your own. Since Florida is flat as a pancake this is a remote course, our training site is in Idaho, because so much travel is involved it is only typically offered once or twice a year and is only recommended for divers with extensive experience.
Deep Diver
This course is to provide the diver with the knowledge and skills to plan and make deep dives while minimizing risks and avoiding the need for staged decompression. Deep diving is defined as dives made between 60 and 130 feet. The dives for this course will be in South Florida or Pensacola Florida. Advanced Open Water and Nitrox diver are prerequisites.
Drysuit Diver
This course provides the student in the use of dry suits to become familiar and comfortable with their thermal protection options, controls and buoyancy characteristics. Upon successful completion of this course, graduates are considered competent to engage in open water diving activities while using a dry suit, without supervision. We include a free drysuit class with the purchase of any of the drysuits we offer.
Master Scuba Diver
Just Call us..... this course is one of the most challenging Scuba courses you can take.... we promise to kick your butt academically and in the water. This course is a prerequisite for leadership courses we offer.
Night and Limited Visibility Diver
Pretty much what it sounds like.... we teach you how to do it right.
Nitrox Diver
During this course the student is provided with the information necessary to utilize Nitrox as a breathing gas. The course is offered as a stand-alone specialty course to certified open water divers who have not yet taken it or as part of one one of our open water courses ( Air is for pool floats). As part of this course we will introduce students to how Nitrox is made first hand at our gas blending station and the students will get the opportunity to analyze multiple samples of breathing gas. We require two open water dives utilizing Nitrox prior to certification. upon successful completion of this course or program, graduates are considered competent to utilize Nitrox (up to 40% oxygen).
Refresher Scuba
Been out of the water for a while? This is the course for you. This is a non-certification program which affords supervised refresher experience at the Scuba Diver level for divers who need to re-establish proficiency owing to diving inactivity in light of intended dive trips or other factors. Divers who have completed the Refresher Scuba course may use the documentation to assist dive guides, Divemasters, resort owners, boat captains and others in evaluating the diver’s training level and readiness to participate in specific diving activities.
Search and Recovery Diver
Divers in this course learn the skills and knowledge to do those underwater tasks commonly needed by the experienced recreational diver and to minimize the risks of such tasks while searching for and recovering items that have been lost in the aquatic environment.
Underwater Archaeology
It is not often you get to take a course from someone who actually has a degree in Archaeology!!! This course is to expose divers to the methods used by underwater archaeologists in their studies and preservation of submerged historic sites. The use of past accounts of submerged archaeological finds and site work are an important part of this course.
Underwater Digital Imaging (Go Pro)
Learn the basics of how to utilize an action camera for underwater imagery, topics discussed will include equipment, composition and most importantly situational awareness.
Underwater Hunting and Collecting (Lionfish & Scalloping)
Spearfishing was too offensive to print on the certification card we focus on Lionfish hunting or scalloping( when in season) during this course.
Wreck Diver External Survey.
This course is to provide the diver with the skills and knowledge needed to gain experience and minimize risks in wreck diving. Wreck diving (external survey) is defined as diving around a sunken vessel,
aircraft or debris field. We will cover safety, hazards and cautions, special risks of overhead environments, entanglement, limited visibility, deep diving, equipment (additions and modifications), location of wrecks, sources of information, search methods, underwater navigation, legal aspects, artifacts, treasure, salvage, archaeology and appropriate material from other specialty courses. This course pairs well with our underwater archaeology course. We offer this course in South Florida, Pensacola and for a real adventure Lake Erie.
Leadership Courses
We offer Divemaster and Assistant Instructor.
NON-DIVING COURSES
Basic Life Support: CPR and First Aid
Emergency Oxygen for Scuba Diving Injuries
Diving First Aid for Professional Divers
Contact
We love teaching and are always looking for new opportunities, reach out today and let us know how we can help.
Phone: 904-257-3770
E-mail: Rob@saltyanchordive.com