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(713) 523-3483 (dive)
5808 Newcastle Drive
Houston, TX 77401

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Scuba Skills Update

$175.00

Refresh your diving skills, check-out your equipment and get ready for your diving vacation!  A Scuba Skills Update is designed to help you get comfortable before you go diving again.  This is our regularly scheduled session.

As a special offer for this program, you will receive a $50.00 gift card to spend in the store on equipment for your next adventure!

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SKU: OVI655 Categories: Recreational, Training Tags: Recreational, Training
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Have you been out of the water for a while?  Do you remember how to assemble your equipment?  Do you remember how much weight you need in fresh or salt water?

If you have been away from diving for a few months or a few years, a Scuba Skills Update is an ideal way to get comfortable again and get ready for your diving vacation.  This program is designed to help you get comfortable again while reviewing your basic diving skills and relearning what if means to be neutrally buoyant underwater.  This is also your opportunity to pull out your diving equipment and let us help you check and make sure it is operational before your trip.  You can even trade-in some of your equipment and get some newer stylish things to help make you look as good as you feel when you are floating weightlessly in the water.

There are some forms for you to complete and some reading you should do beforehand.  The reading is on-line and just serves as a review of some of the basic diving concepts. 

What is the class schedule?

Before your class Turn in your forms and bring your equipment (even if it is just your mask, snorkel and fins) into the store and let us help you make sure it is ready for your class and your trip.
Classroom Session Introductions, Orientation, Review of Dive Planning, Review of Diving Skills
Pool Session Equipment Set-Up, Review of Basic Diving Skills, Ascents and Descents, Neutral Buoyancy, Equipment Disassembly

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To benefit most from the course, you should complete all of the reading and textbook exercises prior to attending class.

Like any training program, your ratings and certification cards will be awarded when earned and by completing all of the requirements and paperwork.

Joe Henry in the Solomon IslandsWhat is included in the program?

  • Instruction for all class, pool & open water sessions
  • Educational materials including, lecture notes and cards when earned
  • Use of rental equipment (BCD, ADS)
  • Use of Cylinders for pool

Not Included: a Personal System (mask, fins, boots, etc.)  The staff at Oceanic Ventures can help you find just the right things for your trip and things that are personally fitted to you.

 

What equipment is required?

Required Equipment: Your personal system; your Oceanic Ventures Dive Leader will work with you to determine what is best for your needs and goals (please wait and talk to your instructor prior to purchasing new equipment so you don’t purchase things you may not be able to use or don’t fit you.

When do the classes meet?

We have a regularly scheduled Scuba Skills Update the first Saturday of every month.  The class starts at 10:30 AM and meets in the store.  We can also schedule a class to meet your schedule (class cost is $150.00 for another schedule);  please call us and we will make it happen.

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Bellaire, TX 77401 United States
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04 November 2023

Scuba Skills Update – a Refresher

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What Paperwork do I need to complete as part of the enrollment?

To enroll in a session, you will need to complete the Enrollment Form Packet and return it to us at least one-week prior to the start of class.

What is the minimum class size and the maximum class size?

  • Minimum: 2 person minimum for class, 
  • Maximum: 8  people

Become eligible for the Master Diver Challenge and Drawing

 Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ann Keibler at 713.523.3483 or via email.  

 

What are the prerequisites?

Open Water Certification or Junior Open Water Certification

What specialty classes are covered?

Scuba Skills Update

 

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Class Session

SSU 5: May 2, 2020, SSU 6: June 6, 2020, SSU 7: July 11, 2020, SSU 8: August 1, 2020, SSU 9:September 5, 2020, SSU 10: October 3, 2020, SSU11: November 7, 2020, SSU 12: December 5, 2020, I need another date

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What People Say…

Kelley Jones Minor

Appreciate the personal service and care at Oceanic Ventures

Ann really took her time helping to fit my niece with her first mask and fins. We so appreciated the personal attention, and we loved that she was open to talking about dive certification, but she wasn't giving us the hard sell. We live out toward Tomball but would happily drive back here vs. going to a nearby competitor simply for the service.

Jean Jansen

Oceanic Ventures is wonderful

They gave been wonderful all the way. My son started in Scuba Rangers and now we are both certified; thank you for taking care of us!

I loved it

I loved the course!

Holland Geibel

Oceanic Ventures is great with children

They are great with children!

Andrea Lebovitz

Thank you for the memories

I will never forget diving with my teen aged son for the first time. Thank you for the memories.

Dick Long

Eric Keibler is an Ambassador

Eric is a real ambassador for the rebreather world. Thanks for all of your hard work.

Pam Radford

I learned a lot from Oceanic Ventures

I really enjoyed my Technical Diver Course and I learned a lot.

Pam Radford

Oceanic Ventures is the best dive shop

Best Dive Shop I've ever used. I've been diving since 1984 and you will not find more talented staff anywhere else. They are small, family owned and service oriented #1. You get personal service from start to finish from people who actually dive all over the world. I've taken simple to advance courses from them and the trainers are excellent. Dive trips are well organized to unique locations and always fun. This type of depth of knowledge is very difficult to find, especially in Texas.

Nancy Easterbrook
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Oceanic Ventures is a great dive shop

Great dive shop with wonderful instructors to share your passion for the underwater world. They have fun for the whole family from kids diving programs through advanced diving. Checkout their scuba diving vacation to some of the best diving in the world. I really like the Diva dive vacation to Grand Cayman.

Charles Franklin

Oceanic Ventures is the best

I have been to many scuba stores in Houston and this one is by far the best. Most scuba stores have a couple of salespersons who will show you one of the 40 types of fins and 10 types of regulators that they have in stock and immediately try to sell these to you. Most of these same stores really cater only to people just getting certified. Oceanic ventures has a very different business model. While they do have an inventory, it is not as large as other stores. The difference is that they really try to foster a dive community. It works. People come back again and again. Further, unlike many stores, they teach just about everything possible. If you want to teach your child how to snorkel, they teach that. If you want to learn how to dive 350 feet down on a rebreather using helium gas mixes and several additional scuba tanks, they teach that. They teach everything in between. Not many stores do that. Additionally, the staff is very knowledgeable about all the equipment they sell. You will never get an "I don't know about that" type of answer.

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People choose their friends carefully just as they should choose their adventure partners and Scuba Diving Instructors.  Oceanic Ventures is the premier scuba dive shop in Houston, Texas, and the Southwest because of our exceptional service and our sense of adventure.  In talking with our clients and friends, people choose us for a number of reasons such as: Passion – We love what we do and we want to share the beauty and excitement of the underwater world with everyone we meet. Caring- Our clients tell us they love us because we truly care about people and strive to make their scuba diving experiences safe, fun and enjoyable. Professional – Our staff members are the … [Read more …]

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