About our PADI Scuba Courses! Class Schedule: Before coming to class you will receive DVD or Video and Textbook package and watch the dvd which is about 3 hours. Complete the five knowledge reviews while watching the dvd. Please Note do not purchase any equipment before class and pool. We provide all equipment like mask, fins, snorkles, Scuba Diving Texas Open Waters, weights and belt, Bouyancy Compensator, regulator sytem with SPG, Depth guage and compass. When you go on your dive vacation, Tanks, weights and belt are furished on the dive boats. You can rent everything else including mask, fins and snorkle. If you want to compartively shop, Divers Depot has a number of stores that are PADI Development Centers which drop ships to our students or you can shop online at www.leisure-pro.com or www.ebay.com has regulator which starts at about $125 for a good complete sherwood regulator used. They do offer used gear onlin also. Classroom Lecture - Thursday night 6:30pm at 13114 Chimney Sweep 77041, From hwy. 290 out bound past Beltway 8 second exit is West Rd/Eldridge Turn left at first red light puts you on West Turn left at Second red light puts you on Eldridge Going South The first street with houses is Chimney Sweep (It is just past Traders Village.) Turn Right My house is fourth on right. Pool Class - Friday is 6:00pm till 10:00, or Saturday Morning 7am - 11:00 Depending on pool water temperature. During the winter we use a heated pool on Friday nights Directions to the pool will be given out in classroom sessions Openwater Dives - Several locations depending on water temperature and weather. Winter Schedule - Saturday Mornings 9am - 2pm Comal River in New Braunfels then lecture of Module 4 & 5 and final exam. Sunday morning is 9am - 1:00 Exam if not completed Saturday and then training on compass navigation and last two dives. One weekend you complete all training. Regular schedule - when Blue Lagoon, Huntsville, Texas is open and water temperature is above 66 degrees, as of November 28th temperature was 61 degrees. Hunstville 1:30 till 6pm is Open Water dives then Class lecture till 9pm at restaurant in Hunstville. Bad Weather schedule or Special arrangement at Travis Lake Austin Texas. Will be discussed in the classroom lecture. Sunday 9am - 1pm Exam if not completed Saturday and then training on compass navigation and last two dives. One weekend you complete all training. Please select which s you are wanting to take the class. If you need to have different weekends or attend different s and can join different classes or do make up lectures or pool training due to work schedule, let us know as soon as possible and we will work with you at no additionial charges. Note Kids between age 10 and 12 must be accompanied by a parent and must attend classroom, pool and openwater dives. Children between 12 and 17 must have parant sign certain paperwork at first night of classroom. College credit is avaliable for Open Water 1 hour Credit, Advance Open Water 1 hour Credit, Rescue 1 hour Credit and divemaster 2 hour Credit. Adventure dives three dives are completed on Saturdays which includes the night dive. Advance Open Water last two dives are completed on Sundays or special arranged s at Travis Lake at the Mansfield Dam, Entry is $5.00 per vehicle. Rescue dives are completed on selected weekends on Saturday and Sundays. Medical Form Knowledge Reviews Openwater Knowledge Reviews Advance Openwater Map and directions to Dive Sites College Transcript form Lost Card form Liabilty Release Liabilty Release for youth Adventure Diver and Advance Liability Statement of Understanding PADI Course Completion form and Referral Never recieved Certification form Certification Replacement Card Form Please select which s you are wanting to take the class. If you need to have different weekends or attend different s and can join different classes or do make up lectures or pool training due to work schedule, let us know as soon as possible and we will work with you at no additionial charges. Note Kids between age 10 and 12 must be accompanied by a parent and must attend classroom, pool and openwater dives. Children between 12 and 17 must have parant sign certain paperwork at first night of classroom. College credit is avaliable for Open Water 1 hour Credit, Advance Open Water 1 hour Credit, Rescue 1 hour Credit and divemaster 2 hour Credit. Monte Lee Thornton PADI Master Instructor Underwater Photographer Please Email US In three days you can become a PADI Open Water Diver. This is a life time certification recognized anywhere in the world. We provide all diving equipment you'll need for the course, all dive resorts can rent you all you need for your dive trip. As part of the course you will get to try out equipment, learn proper fit and selection. The course is taught by Monte L. Thornton, PADI Master Instructor, who has taught over 1700 people to love scuba diving. Feel free to contact Monte for further information at Please Email US or email. Checkout who has taken Classes Email Us Now to Enroll!     SiteMap For More Information: E-mail: Interested in? Dive Career Kids Programs Openwater Class Advance Class Rescue Class Divemaster Class Speciality Courses Travel Cayman Little Cayman Photo of Monte at Pirates Week Festivale 2008 Explore Underwater Online Magazine, is our way of sharing our explorations with friends around the world. We hope that you will visit often, and send us news of your explorations, and favorite discoveries. We'll share them with others through this online magazine. Together, we'll all promote the adventure of exploring under water. Monte, Irene, Jessica, and Alec Our 10 year old son Alec, who loves movies, especially the Disney productions of Pirates of the Caribbean, was facinated when we showed him the hull of an old shipwreck at 35 feet, at the Eden Rock dive site. It had been uncovered due to the waves of Ivan. Irene pointed out a Cleaner Shrimp hiding in the wreckage to Alec, and later explained to him that it is now a cleaning station for fish. After that experience Alec determined that it was in fact an old pirate shipwreck, and who are we to correct a ten year old. Afterall they know more than the parents, right? Top of Page Web site first created 14 March, 1996