Refresher Options

We highly recommend all divers to conduct a pool self-check upon arrival to ensure you are familiar with your gear, try any new additions you might have added and verify that everything is in working order before your scheduled dives with us. This can give you a much clearer idea of what you think you remember about scuba diving versus being faced with actually using the scuba gear underwater within the safe confines of the pool. We want the best for you and your diving experience with us and the best way to ease back into scuba diving is by joining us for a shallow 1-Tank orientation boat dive on our house reef.

Our PADI ReActivate options (included in the list below) are ultimately the best way to review your understanding of scuba diving risks and practice the essential scuba skills and safety checks required of a responsible dive buddy. You will be issued a PADI ReActivate eCard with the reactivated date to take with you on your future diving trips.  We offer a premium service to all our ReActivate divers by including the eLearning in our course price so there's less steps for you and more free-time spent learning and having fun. The course paperwork will also be sent ahead of your arrival to be filled out online to ensure there are no unexpected delays to the start of your course with us. NOTE: The PADI ReActivate program requires you to be medically fit to dive (review the Medical Questionnaire here).

How long has it been since your last dive?

1 to 2 years

• 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 predive 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, familiarising 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.

3 to 4 years - Option 1 - US $ 80

• 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.

3 to 4 years - Option 2 - (Private Guide for 2Tank = $ 125 / 1Tank = $ 100)

• 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.
• 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.

5 to 10 years - Option 3 - US $ 270

• 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 (US$ 195)
  • includes PADI eLearning & ReActivate eCard (US$ 75)
  • 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). 

11 to 19 years - Option 4 - US $ 350

• 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 (US$ 275)
  • includes PADI eLearning & ReActivate eCard (US$ 75)
  • 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)

20+ years

• We require you to retake your scuba certification course.
• You can learn more about our Open Water Diver premium course on our website.

NOTE: Any certified diver may upgrade to a more comprehensive option (ie - upgrading from Option 3 to Option 4) regardless of their time spend out of the water. The above policies are general requirements and can be changed, modified or altered at the discretion of Ocean Frontiers management for the safety and enjoyment of our customers and dive staff.

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