Scuba Training Center was established in Amarillo in 1976. Steve Strickland is a PADI Master Instructor and longtime Amarillo native. All levels of Scuba training through P.A.D.I. are offered. Come on our adventures. Come dive with Scuba Training Center.
I'm heading down with my wife to Ramon's Village for the 4th time this upcoming October. We've never scuba dived before but would love to try it out. Awesome Video by the way!
Hello Im 14 years old and about to do my advanced is their any other major things I should know besides what I learnt in my open water that you could tell me or help me get though the test.
You will enjoy the Jr AOW. You are limited to 70’. Deep and Nav are required. You and your instructor will pick the other 3, depending on logistics. Pay attention to your instructor and practice good buoyancy control. Good luck 👍
New divers should take advanced diving and nitrox. Then just dive,dive,dive. Rescue diving and other speciality courses are not only fun ,but makes a well rounded diver.
I did my PADI Open Water Diver training in the UK. I didn't find it fun nor easy. I hated every minute of it but completed the course and earnt my c card. As my wife paid for it i thought i should finish the whole course.
@@scubatrainingcenterofamarillo never dived again not even in a pool to practise skills. Still have all the gear stored away. My wife was not happy then and is not happy now. She was hoping for a buddy she knew. She thought she could practise her Rescue Diver skills on me. Never mind nothing lost apart from approx $500 for the course and a lot more for the gear. And about 6 months of my life.
You'll hear this a lot if you watch more of these training videos: student experience depends almost entirely on the instructors and dive masters involved in the training. sounds like you may not have trained with a good group. hopefully, you'll give it another shot one day.@@robharris5245
@@scubatrainingcenterofamarillo the instructor was fine. I was one of three students being looked after by the instructor and a dive master. The open water was a well known and popular dive centre in the UK. Stoney Cove. I just didn't find it fun nor easy. Perhaps it was something else. My wife did her Open Water and Advanced Open Water in nice warm water with great viz. However she did her Rescue Diver course in the UK. Perhaps I was not meant to Scuba Dive as I spent most of my working life in risk management I could see too many things that could go wrong.
Students tell me after taking the rescue class that they now have a keen awareness of potential problems that could occur not only for themselves but others as well and that they now feel a responsibility to look after other divers especially the inexperienced. I believe this to be true and it makes you much more responsible.
Update, we were able to go back again this year and we brought the whole family. Not only did we have fun diving, but the kiddos had a blast doing all the other fun water activities they have.
The base level certification for scuba is pretty easy and strait forward. It's also pretty standard across every training agency. Although it's more than enough to make you a safe and competent diver, we do recommend our students continue their training to more advanced levels including specialty certifications.
Thank you for producing this video. I loved the process of getting my AOW and strongly recommend that all divers take this program regardless of where you dive.
@@scubatrainingcenterofamarillo I am not a braggart…. Did that course that was the most stressful and physically intensive course I took in my dive training and yea I am going to take it again in a couple of years so I can keep my skills current
Great video. :) Received my basic open water in 2004 at Vortex Springs. Haven’t dove since due to moving to Clovis, NM. Just recently moved back to FL and plan to dive the springs again soon. Plot twist… work moved me BACK to Clovis for 40 days. Eventually I’ll get back into the water. Lol
make the drive up to the Blue Hole in Santa Rosa! We'll be there May 26th through the 28th and we'd love to dive with you! It's only about 8 degrees colder and just as clear!
@@scubatrainingcenterofamarillo Thanks, I had an intro drive when I was 14yr and panicked when I had to take off the regulator, however, I recently to Hawaii and sparked an interest in learning when I snorkeled over there.
True story….2006 and at my dive center in AZ we had our first pool session. We had 2 gentleman from India/Pakistan get set up, jump in the pool and literally freaked out when we took off the gear to do the swim and tread water portion. They had no idea they had to “swim” to be a SCUBA diver. Walked away feeling pretty low for sure.
I’ve never turned anyone away because they couldn’t swim. I have had a few who opted for the mask snorkel and fins 300meter option instead. And there is the 10 minute water tread required before Open water dive 2.
This is one of those random areas that just oddly exist, and it's enjoyable at the same time. I practice breath endurance here by descending below those diver-resting bars where the ropes merge into one, and it's quite a view, to be honest. I don't know if you would happen to know how far down that is? I don't own one of those fancy depth meters, so I'm not certain about how deep I'm going. Otherwise, it's still a great place, although it's fairly chilly.
The PVC platforms are set at 25 feet and depending on which one you are talking about, they are anchored around the 70 foot mark. The bottom of the blue hole is between 60 and 80 foot (it slopes downward towards the inlet).
