Scuba training · North Florida springs and both coasts

Learn to dive with Joe

From your first open water dive to caverns, nitrox and shipwrecks, train with an instructor who has logged more than 3,000 dives, in the clearest springs in Florida and on its best wrecks.

PADI MSDTNAUI InstructorAdvanced TrimixAdvanced CaveCCR Rebreather3,000+ dives

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Platinum Dive Destination

Training is based at Pod Diver Lodge in High Springs, with an on-site pool, diver lodging and the springs minutes away.

Courses

Certification through PADI or NAUI. Ask which agency fits your goals; full course outlines are available on request.

Core certifications

Open Water Diver Your first scuba certification: pool sessions at the Lodge, then open water dives in the springs.
Advanced Open Water Build skills and confidence with deeper and more varied dives, including navigation.

Signature program

Multi-Mission Capable Think of PADI's Master Scuba Diver program, which pairs five specialties with Rescue, taken further. Multi-Mission Capable combines six advanced PADI and NAUI specialty courses into one program that makes you a competent, all-around diver and prepares you to step into technical diving. WreckDeepEnriched Air Nitrox (EANx)CavernSearch & RecoveryFull Face Mask with Comms Also required: Rescue Diver, Advanced First Aid, and a U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary boating safety course.

Specialty training

Cavern Your first step into an overhead environment, within sight of daylight, in the springs that made Florida famous.
Nitrox Learn to plan and dive enriched air for longer bottom times.
Shipwreck Wreck diving skills taught on real wrecks off Destin and Stuart.
Deep Plan and make dives beyond 60 feet with the gas planning and skills deeper water demands.
Search & Recovery Search patterns, lift bags and recovery techniques for finding and raising objects underwater.
Full Face Mask with Comms Dive with a full face mask and talk underwater, the setup used on professional and broadcast dives.
Underwater Videography for Broadcast Learn to shoot underwater video to broadcast standards from a working network camera operator.
Expedition Logistics Plan the gear, people, permits and travel behind a successful dive expedition.

Where we train

Springs, caverns and wrecks across Florida, from the Lodge's home waters to both coasts.

High Springs

Pod Diver Lodge

The home base: an on-site training pool, classroom time and lodging for students.

Ginnie, Royal and Peacock Springs

North Florida springs

Clear, 72-degree spring water for open water dives and cavern training.

Florida Panhandle, Gulf of Mexico

Destin

Open water and shipwreck diving in the Gulf.

Atlantic Ocean

Stuart

Open water and shipwreck diving on Florida's Atlantic coast.

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Stay and train

Combine your course with a stay at Pod Diver Lodge: train in the pool and springs by day, dry your gear and swap dive stories by the fire pit at night.

Course dates, prices and lodging are at poddiverlodge.com.