Instruction
Kohala Divers is a 5
Star PADI Dive Center that has been certifying
divers of all levels since 1984. Let our enthusiastic, professional
PADI instructors help you take your first addictive breaths
underwater, or further your love for the sport with an Advanced
Open Water, Nitrox, photography, or Divemaster class.
PADI Discover Scuba Diving course $204
You may opt to do only one ocean dive for $174.
Start by learning the basics in a confined pool environment
and then join your instructor on two exciting ocean dives.
Includes pool session, boat excursion and all equipment! (Inquire about how this can count towards your certification)
PADI Open water certification course $595 (includes manual)
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Also available as an E-Learner Course
This course is your entry into the world of SCUBA. Learn all
the basics of diving and become confident in a variety of
underwater situations. Learn about the equipment and dive
theory. Your certification is good for life, is accepted
world wide and allows you to move on to more advanced dive
training. (Includes all training materials and use of equipment)
PADI Open Water referral $395
After completing academics and confined water with a referring
instructor we will take you through the open water portion
of the course with 4 fun filled boat dives!
PADI Advanced Open Water and Adventures $450 (includes manual)
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Also available as an E-Learner Course
This course is all about becoming a more confident diver as
you sharpen your current dive skills and learn a few new
ones. By the end of this course we guarantee you’ll
love diving even more than you already do! The course requires
a deep dive and a navigation dive, but then you get to choose
3 elective dives to complete the course.
• Aware Fish I.D
• Boat
• Drift
• Computer
• Night
• Enriched Air Dive
• Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Underwater Naturalist
• Underwater Photography (our favorite!!)
Adventure Diver Certification $265
The adventures in diving program is good for the diver that either doesn’t have the time to complete the whole advanced open water course, is under 12 years old or just wants to expand their diving interests. Certification includes three of the elective dives above.
Rescue Diver course $445 (includes manual)
This might be the most valuable dive course you can take. Learn
how to be a safer, smarter diver, how to avoid problem situations,
and how to deal with them if they should occur. This course
is a fantastic confidence-builder and is a great course to
do with your dive buddy!
*requires current First Aid and CPR training.
(Check out our Emergency First Response course below)
Divemaster Course $1100
This challenging course brings you to a professional level
of SCUBA. It can open up a world of employment opportunities
(where your swim suit is your uniform) or just make you a
more independent, self reliant diver! We do this course as
an internship which means a lot of diving and a lot of real
life experience. Call for scheduling.
(Includes DM manual. Other library materials are required.)
Specialties
Want to expand on an underwater interest while enjoying great
dives? Completing a specialty course of your choice is a great
way to learn expertise in unique areas of diving.
U/W Naturalist $190 (2 dives)
Get in depth education on reef structure, marine animal interaction,
ecology and techniques on preserving our delicate aquatic
world. (Recommended readings include Hoover’s fish
and invertebrate books and Hawaiian Coral Reef Ecology by
David Gulko.)
Aware Fish identification $190 (2 dives)
Become a fish geek like us! Learn the difference between a
dragon wrasse and a rockmover wrasse and explore other juvenile
to adult conversions. Or, learn how to identify different
fish families, or spend time identifying Hawaiian endemics.
This is a great way to add more excitement and understanding
to every dive. (Recommended readings include Hoover’s
Hawaii’s Fishes and Randall’s Shore Fishes of
Hawaii.)
Peak Performance Buoyancy $260 (2 dives)
This is one of the best courses you can take to help decrease
air consumption while increasing your positive interaction
with the environment. Learn optimal buoyancy skills by examining
your breathing techniques, learning proper weighting, and
varying your kicks depending on your environment. This course
includes playing with hula hoops and exploring lava tubes.
Deep Diver $425 (4 dives)
Learn how to safely explore the depths of the ocean, witness
the exciting sea life that dwells over 5 atmospheres away,
and experience nitrogen narcosis under the watchful eye of
an Instructor. Maximum depth 130 ft. Computer provided.
Night Diver $520 (3 dives)
You will be addicted once you try a single night dive so why
not make it a specialty! Learn about night time navigation
and communication as well as all those weird critters that
emerge only after dark! Get started by making the full moon
night dive a habit.
Underwater Digital Photography (1 dive $179 / 2
dives $229)
Also available as an E-Learner Course
Digitally capture your underwater moments and share them with
friends. Getting that great shot will keep you diving for
years. Your instructor will share great u/w photo tips, will
help acquaint you with the cameras u/w features, will give
you imaging ideas and will even help you edit and burn a
CD of your images! No photography experience necessary. Use
your own camera or rent ours.
Enriched air “Nitrox” certification $145
Also available as an E-Learner Course
(Optional 2 dives $116.10 and $15 per Nitrox tank)
Why get certified for enriched air? The benefits include longer allowable bottom
times, more flexibility in dive profiles and surface intervals, less nitrogen
consumption, and you get a really cool green and yellow band around your
tank!!
Search and Recovery $460 (4 dives)
Learn the valuable skills of search patterns, compass use and practice with lift bags. Ask about pairing this with the deep diving course to work towards Divemaster certification.
Emergency First Response
$170 Private
$85 2 people or more
OSHA accepted CPR/ first aid program. Program is for divers
and non-divers alike. 6-8 hours.
PADI E-Learner Courses
Save precious vacation time by completing your academics online! Click on the link to the right to enroll with PADI for academics online. When prompted select Kohala Divers as your dive center.
$120* will be paid directly to PADI for use of online training (
$195* for the enriched air course). The following prices apply to the practical and dive portion of your elearning training when you are linked to Kohala Divers.
PADI E-Learner Open Water course $520*
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Complete the book-work portion of the Open Water course on
your computer at home then come do all your in-water training
and open ocean dives with one of our instructors.
PADI E-Learner Advanced Open Water $375*
Complete the book-work portion of the course on
your computer at home then come do all hands-on training at Kohala Divers.
PADI E-Learner Enriched air “Nitrox” certification $45*
(Optional 2 dives $116.10 and $15 per Nitrox Tank)
Complete the book-work portion of the course on
your computer at home then come do all hands-on training at Kohala Divers.
PADI E-Learner Underwater Digital Photography
(1 dive $104 / 2
dives $154)
Complete the book-work portion of the course on
your computer at home then come do all hands-on training at Kohala Divers. No photography experience necessary. Use
your own camera or rent ours.
