Enroll in this 1 hour in water scuba experience if you're a little apprehensive and would like to try scuba before you take the full certification course.

This is the schedule for the weekend classroom and pool training portion of the Open Water Scuba course. 

To complete your Open Water Certification you'll need to do 4 Open Water Training Dives. You can do them on vacation or with Sea Level Diving May thru October. If you're doing them with us, pick your dates from the list in Open Water Training Dives. It is best to pick your dive weekend when you pick your class and pool time.

Please call 815-479-0996 to schedule private lessons.

This is the schedule for the weeknight classroom and pool training portion of the Open Water Scuba course. 

To complete your Open Water Certification you'll need to do 4 Open Water Training Dives. You can do them on vacation or with Sea Level Diving May thru October. If you're doing them with us, pick your dates from the list in Open Water Training Dives. It is best to pick your dive weekend when you pick your class and pool time.

Please call 815-479-0996 to schedule private lessons.

After the class and pool training you will need to do the Open Water Certification dives. all 4 dives can be done in one weekend.

This is the Specialty course for Enriched Air Nitrox certification.

The React Right course combines First Aid, CPR, Resuscitation, Automated Defibrillator and Emergency Oxygen provider all into 1 course. This is a 2-year certification and is needed for the Diver Stress and Rescue Course and professional level courses.

The Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty course can help you learn how to take your first underwater photograph or fine tune your existing skills to produce photographs that will stun your friends.

This course emphasizes self rescue and the rescue of other divers.

Here you'll find a list of fun events offered at Sea Level Diving.

The Advanced Adventurer course allows a diver to complete 5 task specific dives over 1 weekend. The most popular dives are Deep, Perfect Buoyancy, Navigation, Search & Recovery and Wreck, however you can choose any 5 dives you like. If you choose to do the corresponding specialty course at a later date, the dive you did for the Advanced Adventurer will count as one of the required dives for that specialty.  

Begin Your Professional Scuba Career 

Imagine leading divers through the underwater world you love, assisting instructors, or going all the way and becoming a scuba Instructor Trainer yourself. Begin a new, exciting career as a scuba instructor. Start today by taking the Dive Guide Professional and Science of Diving courses to become a Divemaster. Next, become an Assistant Instructor and move on to complete the Instructor Training Course for your Open Water Instructor rating. Becoming a scuba instructor does not stop here! This is just the beginning of an exciting career pathway. Broaden your horizons by teaching various exciting dive specialties by becoming an SSI Specialty Instructor. SSI offers endless teaching opportunities all the way up to the ultimate dive professional rating, Instructor Trainer. Whether you dream of training future scuba instructors or just leading scuba divers on a tropical island dive, being a scuba instructor is a dream come true.