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DPDC Dive Training

Depth Perception Dive Center (DPDC) is the only dive shop in the Tampa Bay Area where the owner/operators are avid dive enthusiasts and certified instructors. This proven expertise ensures that DPDC customers will be offered the largest selection of high tech equipment, state of the art training and repair facility, and an attentive staff dedicated to making your diving experience the most rewarding possible.

DPDC boasts some of the most professional instructors available in the Tampa Bay area. We are a PADI Dive Center and a NAUI ProPlatinum Dive Center and Technical Training Facility. As such, we can offer you a variety of courses from novice to technical to career oriented. Please speak with one of our staff instructors available to answer all of your questions.

 

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Open Water - Beginner Classes

 

Open-water - (3 week class)

 

Includes books, certification card and use of all SCUBA equipment. Dives are not included.

 

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Week-end Open-water - (2 consecutive weekends)

 

Includes books, certification card and use of all SCUBA equipment. Dives are not included.

 

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Private Open-water - (1st person)

 

Includes books, certification card and use of all SCUBA equipment. Dives are not included.

 

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Private Open-water - (additional 2nd-3rd)

 

Includes books, certification card and use of all SCUBA equipment. Dives are not included.

 

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Referral

 

Includes Instructor and c-card.  Does not include Dives or rental equipment.

 

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Refresher Course

 

Includes Instructor and is completed on an Open-water class schedule.  Rental gear and dives are additional.

 

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Specialty Classes

 

Manatee Snorkel/Dive Speciality

 

Learn about the Florida Manatee and how to interact with these wonderful, peaceful creatures. You will swim with them in their natural environment and learn about the hazards they face everyday.

 

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Night Diver Specialty

 

View a different Varity of life that appears only at night along with an interaction between divers and sea life that makes night diving extremely rewarding. This course will provide the diver with the skills and knowledge needed to maximize the experience of diving at night.

 

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Underwater Photography Speciality

 

Show all your non-diving friends the beauty of what you see and preserve your memories....learn fundamentals of underwater photography, equipment, films, lighting and photo techniques. You will participate in "photo dives" and learn how to set up your shots and critique the results to improve your skills.

 

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Spearfishing Specialty

 

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Underwater Hunter & Lobstering Specialty

 

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Search & Recovery Specialty Class

 

Have oceans of fun and improve your navigation skills with this specialty class. You may have to recover a lost item from underwater someday so why not baffle your dive buddies with your search and recovery skills!

 

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Equipment Specialty Class

 

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Underwater Fish I.D. Specialty Class

 

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Introduction to Rebreathers

 

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Wreck Diver Specialty

 

Listen for the sounds of old sailors voices as you glide around the deck of an old wreck, looking in windows and wheel houses. Look at the new home for a variety of aquatic life on artificial reefs created by sinking prepared ships...just for divers and sea life... what an experience! Learn about diving these sunken vessel, aircraft and debris fields. Emphasis is on external survey including overhead environments, entanglement and limited visibility. You will also learn about location of wrecks, artifacts and search methods. (For Wreck Penetration a course in Cavern and/or Cave Diving is recommended.)

 

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Drysuit Diver Specialty

 

Are you c-c-c-c-old? Or planning on diving the kelp forests of California or the Pacific Northwest? We'll help you stay warm by keeping you dry. This specialty class will teach you everything you need to know to dive safely in a drysuit.

 

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Navigation Specialty

 

Actually enjoy underwater navigation by learning how to do it properly and practicing what you learn. Use patterns, natural navigation techniques, estimating distances and compass techniques. Underwater Navigation is not hard to learn and can be lots of fun.

 

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Continuing Education - advanced Diving Classes

 

Advanced Open Water

 

Includes books, Instructor and c-card.  Does not include dives or rental gear. 

 

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Nitrox

Includes books, certification card and two nitrox fills in either the student tanks or DPDC rental tanks.  No dives included or required for this certification.

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Rescue

 

Includes books, Instructor and c-card.  Does not include dives or rental gear.  .   

 

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First Aid/CPR

 

Includes books and certification card.

 

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DAN Oxygen Provider Course

 

Includes books and certification card, pocket and oronasal masks.

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