Welcome to Scuba-Dog.com

• 25 years of scuba instruction experience
• 21 years as a PADI Master Instructor
• Staff Instructor at Island Divers

Specialties 

• Tec Rec Trimix Blender
• Oxygen First Aid
• Emergency First Response
• Altitude
• Dry Suit
• Fish Identification
• Multilevel
• Underwater Photographer
• Enriched Air Nitrox
• Underwater Navigator
• Boat
• Deep
• Drift
• Night
• Search & Recovery
• Wreck
• Equipment Specialist
• Aware Coral Reef Conservation
• Project Aware
• Peak Performance Buoyancy

PADI Divers carry the most respected and sought-after scuba diving credentials in the world. No matter where you choose to dive, your PADI certification card will be recognized and accepted. In fact, on most scuba diving adventures, you’ll be surrounded by other PADI Divers who made the same certification choice you did – to train with the world’s largest and most respected scuba diving training organization.

Education - The PADI System of diver education is the most instructionally solid system in diving. PADI courses are designed to make learning enjoyable and worthwhile. Under the guidance of your professional PADI Instructor, you gain confidence while mastering important safety concepts and skills. PADI Instructors are trained and held to diving’s highest standards, backed up by a solid, proactive quality management system.

Performance-Based Learning – You progress at your own pace as you demonstrate mastery of specific performance requirements essential to becoming a scuba diver. You must earn your PADI certification, but you do so in an encouraging and well-supported learning environment.

Educational Materials – Credentialed instructional designers use state-of-the-art technology and learning theories to create PADI materials with you, the student diver, in mind. Independent study materials, available in a variety of media – online programs, tablet-based apps, manuals, workbooks, multimedia discs, etc. – allow you to learn in a way that works for you. Instructional support materials allow your PADI Instructor to further explain important concepts and verify understanding.

Educational Standards – All PADI programs, from entry-level through scuba instructor training, fall under strict educational standards monitored for worldwide consistency and quality. PADI takes a proactive approach to quality management and randomly surveys PADI Divers to confirm their courses meet PADI’s high standards as well as the divers’ expectations. No other diver training organization works to maintain this level of professional reliability and integrity.

Continuing Diver Education – The fun and enjoyment of being a confident scuba diver is fueled by continuing to improve your scuba skills. Each PADI course builds on the previous one, teaching you skills and techniques when you’re ready to learn them. PADI specialty courses let you explore specific dive interests. Professional-level courses let you live the scuba diving lifestyle by becoming a divemaster or scuba instructor.

• 2025 Classes not scheduled yet
• 3/3/24-3/4/24: Confined Water, Denton Natatorium
• 3/15/24-3/19/24: Open Water, Cozumel
• 5/4/24-5/5/24:  Confined Water, Denton Natatorium
• 5/18/24-5/19/24:  Open Water, Scuba Ranch
• 6/8/24-6/9/24:  IDC Workshop, Island Divers
• 7/5/24-7/7/24:  IDC Island Divers
• 7/12/24-7/14/24:  IDC Island Divers
• 7/19/24-7/21/24:  IDC Island Divers
• 8/10/24-8/17/24:  Confined Water, Denton Natatorium
• 8/17/24-8/18/24:  Open Water, Scuba Ranch
• 9/20/24-9/21/24:  Open water, Cozumel Mexico
• 10/12/124-10/13/24:  Confined Water, Denton Natatorium
• 10/19/24-10/20/24:  Open Water, Scuba Ranch
• 11/2/24-11/3/24:  Confined water, Denton Natatorium

The cost to become a certified diver is similar to what you’d spend learning other outdoor activities. Tuition for an Open Water Diver course®, including 6-8 hours of pool practice and four dives with an instructor cost about the same as:

• a weekend of rock-climbing lessons
• a weekend of kayaking lessons
• a weekend of fly-fishing lessons
• about three hours of private golf lessons
• about three hours of private water-skiing lessons
• four private yoga lessons

Also, your PADI scuba certification is for life. You can level-up to new adventures with a PADI Instructor, but you’re also free to explore the ocean and #LiveUnfiltered with a buddy whenever you like. If you aren’t able to dive for a long time, PADI’s ReActivate® Scuba Refresher Program is a quick and easy way to restore any skills you may have forgotten

* Where do zombies go diving?

The Dead Sea.

* Why don't sharks attack lawyers?

Professional courtesy.

* Scientists say hydrostatic pressure from scuba diving is more harmful than previously known.

It just feels like something we all knew deep down.

* What do you call an overweight monk going scuba diving?

A deep fat friar.

* Why did the college student become a scuba instructor?

Because all his grades were below C level.

* Why do scuba divers do back rolls out of boats?

Because if they fell forward they would still be in the boat.

* Where do scuba divers hang out after work?

Dive bars.

* What is the difference between a scuba instructor and a pizza?

A pizza can feed a family of 4.

* How do you know someone is a scuba instructor?

Don't worry, they will tell you.

* What type of plant are you likely to see when exiting a shore dive on a windy day?

A face plant.

* What do you call a warm spot in your wetsuit?

A urinecline.

* Why don't skeletons tech dive?

They do not have the guts.

* How do you get an octopus to laugh?

Ten tickles

* What do you get when you cross a snow man with a shark?

Frost bite.

* What do you get when you cross a scuba diver with a janitor?

Jaques Custodian.

* I had a girfriend that went scuba diving.

One day I lobster her and never flounder again.

* Being a free diving instructor requires you to teach others how to hold their breath underwater while not using scuba gear.

It's a tankless job.

* What is the best thing about scuba diving?

It's the only time you can hang out with sea turtles and not get lectured about plastic straws.

* Why don't lobsters share?

Because they are shellfish.

* Why don't seagulls fly over a bay?

Because then they would be bagels.

* Why don't fish play the piano?  

Because you can't tuna fish.

* What did the fish say when it hit the wall?

Dam