Refresher in the Pool
Been awhile since you’ve hit the open water? Heading out for a dive vacation? A refresher is a great way to brush up on your skills. If it has been over 12 months since your last dive, a refresher is highly recommended. A lot of resorts will ask to see your c-card and your logbook and may insist on a refresher prior to entering open water.
During a Refresher, you will work with an instructor and review all of your scuba skills including equipment setup, entering/exiting, mask removal & clearing, regulator recovery & clearing, ascending/descending, BCD removal/replacement, emergency ascent, air sharing. Please remember, a refresher is only that, a refresher.
If we have to “re-teach” you all the skills, that is tough to do in a 2-2.5 hour pool session. So if it has been more than 5 years, we recommend either the Pool & Classroom Audit or retaking the Open Water Diver course again. Students who have done this after a long absence from scuba diving have always commented about how much they didn’t realize they had forgotten and were very happy to go through the training again.