Private and family certification
You learn to dive once. Do it with an instructor whose attention is not divided between eight strangers.
PADI Open Water Diver
Academics online at home, pool sessions, then four open-water dives in the Gulf or springs at Panama City Beach. Private or family group of up to four.
Typically three to four days on site · quoted per group
Discover Scuba (try dive)
A half day in the pool and, conditions permitting, one shallow open-water dive. The right first step for a nervous partner or teenager.
Half day · quoted per person
Advanced Open Water
Five adventure dives including deep and navigation; the certification most liveaboards ask for. Often paired with Nitrox.
Two days · quoted per group
Rescue Diver + Emergency First Response
Taught by a former paramedic and tactical medic. The course that changes how you dive with the people you love.
Three days · quoted per group
Enriched Air (Nitrox), Deep, Wreck, Night
Built around the trip you are planning: Nitrox before a liveaboard, Wreck before Truk, Deep before the Red Sea walls.
One to two days each · quoted per group
Divemaster preparation
Mentored path toward professional ratings, with Red Alert Diving's IDC as the destination.
By arrangement
Pricing. Every course is quoted for your group and dates, including pool time, boat charters, gear rental, materials and certification fees, so the number you approve is the number you pay. Travel to Panama City Beach is separate.
How a private course runs
- A conversation
Who is diving, medical fitness, comfort in water, dates, and where you want this to lead.
- eLearning at home
Academics done before you travel, so time on site is spent in the water.
- Pool and open water
Private sessions in Panama City Beach with Red Alert Diving; certification dives on Gulf wrecks, reefs or the springs.
- Certified, and planning the first trip
Your card arrives; so does a shortlist of first destinations suited to what you just learned.