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Discover Scuba Diving
$75.00
*$40 Rebate off your Discover Scuba Diving course when you decide to sign up for our Full Open Water Diver course*
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to breathe underwater? If you want to find out but are not quite ready to take the plunge into a scuba certification course, then Discover Scuba Diving is for you! This intro to the world of scuba will let you try it and see if you like it. Our version of this program is conducted in a safe and fun pool environment.
While not an actual scuba certification, Discover Scuba Diving will teach you how to use scuba equipment in both shallow and deep waters and allow you to get a quick and easy taste of what it is like to explore the underwater world.
Group packages are available, please call for more info: 416-604-4203
*All participants must complete and sign the Medical and Liability Release forms. If you answer any of the questions with a YES, you will need to provide a note from a physician stating that you can scuba dive, before the pool session.*

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Open Water Referral (Materials + Pool)
$399.00 – $1,122.00*PLEASE NOTE: There is a $50 fee for less than 1 weeks’ notice of rescheduling or cancelling your course.*
Welcome to the renowned Open Water Diver course! At Aquarius Scuba, many of our students opt for the convenience of conducting their academic and confined water training locally before heading elsewhere for their 4 Open Water certification dives. Our Open Water Referral (eLearning + Pool) Course facilitates this seamless transition.
Included in this course are all necessary materials, a referral signed by your instructor, classroom and pool sessions with your instructor, and complete scuba gear rentals, including mask, fins, and snorkel for your pool training. This allows you to experience the benefits of high-quality gear before making a purchase, with the added bonus of a $50 coupon towards your first gear acquisition. Rest assured, there are no hidden fees—everything is transparent.
Embrace a weekend in Toronto to complete your Open Water (eLearning + Pool) training! It’s a fantastic opportunity to delve into the scuba world efficiently and enjoyably.
Course Duration
eLearning:10:00 am – 5:00 pm (Saturday)
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Sunday)Manual + Classroom:
9:00 am – 5:00 pm (Saturday)
9:00 am – 4:00 pm (Sunday)On the go or simply can’t make it on weekends? Ask us about private scuba lessons or choose eLearning or Open Water Diver Touch.
**Please allow enough time to review the materials before you come to class. For eLearning students, the approximate duration of the online theory is 6-8 hours. If you answer “YES” to any of the questions in the Medical Questionnaire, please allow enough time to obtain a physician’s signed approval.**
Includes:
- Classroom and pool training sessions with Instructors
- Chosen training materials (Manual OR eLearning Access Code) *PLEASE NOTE: if you choose the elearning option, the access code includes your “PIC” processing fee for your certification card. If you complete your certification dives elsewhere, let them know you already paid for your cert-card.*
- Diver’s Log and Training Record (referral form signed by Instructor) for your 4 open water certification dives
- Full equipment rentals (tank, regulator, BCD, weights, and mask/fins/snorkel)
- $50 Voucher towards purchase of a select new Dive Computer, BCD, Regulator, or Mask/Fins/Snorkel/Boots Package
- $50 Voucher towards purchase of a Continuing Education Course
- FREE access to pool practice at the Etobicoke Olympium Pool every Monday from 9-11 pm. Gear rental is extra.
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Enriched Air Diver
$149.00 – $249.00*PLEASE NOTE: There is a $50 fee for less than 1 weeks’ notice of rescheduling or cancelling your course.*
The Enriched Air Diver course (Basic Nitrox) is our most popular specialty scuba course. Why? Because scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression time, especially on repetitive scuba dives. If staying down longer and getting back in the water sooner sounds appealing, then don’t hesitate to become an enriched air diver.
If you’re a (Junior) Open Water Diver who is at least 12 years old, you can enroll in the Enriched Air Diver Specialty course. Note that in some regions the minimum age is older than 12.
Can’t make it to class? We’re flexible! Choose the Elearning option and contact the store to schedule a “Quick Review” with an instructor at your convenience.
Course Time: 7:00 – 9:30 pm
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Rescue Diver
$100.00 – $399.00*We are only offering courses via e-learning until further notice. Thank you for your cooperation.*
Rescue Diver will expand your knowledge and experience beyond purely recreational level because you’ll learn to look beyond yourself and consider the safety and well being of other divers. Although this course is serious, it is an enjoyable way to build your confidence. Anyone 15 years or older (12 years for Junior Rescue Diver) and in reasonably good health, Open Water Diver, Junior or equivalent certification can participate. Rescue Diver training will prepare you to prevent problems and, if necessary, manage dive emergencies.
During the in-class, in-pool, and open water sessions you’ll cover, Self-rescue and diver stress, Dive first aid, Emergency management and equipment, Swimming and non-swimming assists, Panicked and non-swimming assists, Underwater problems, Missing diver procedures, Surfacing the unconscious diver, In Water artificial respiration, Egress (exits), First aid procedures for pressure related accidents, Dive accident scenarios.
Extra Costs
Equipment rental for pool and open water:
$20 – Tank
$30 – Regulator
$20 – BCD
$10 – Weights -
Peak Performance Buoyancy
$150.00Excellent buoyancy control is what defines skilled scuba divers. You’ve seen them underwater. They glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover almost as if by thought. They more easily observe aquatic life without disturbing their surroundings. You can achieve this, too. The Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course improves the buoyancy skills you learned as a new diver and elevates them to the next level.
(Junior) Open Water Divers or higher, who are at least 10 years old, are eligible to take the Peak Performance Buoyancy course.
Course materials required.
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Master Scuba Diver
$100.00 – $899.00Take the Master Scuba Diver Challenge for only $899*
Earn your “Black Belt” of scuba diving! Sharpen Your Skills with the Master Scuba Diver rating. You have the passion. You want to join the best of the best in recreational scuba diving. You want to live the dive lifestyle and explore the underwater world and go places and see things you have never experienced.
More than a pipe dream? Absolutely! Do it by becoming a Master Scuba Diver – a rating that puts you in a class of distinction – writing your ticket to endless adventure and opportunities through the experience and scuba training that sets you apart.
Includes the following courses:
- Advanced Open Water Diver
- Emergency First Responder
- Rescue Diver
- 5 Specialties
* Course materials, eLearning, boat charters and rentals not included.*
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Freediver
$195.00 – $849.00Have you ever wondered how some people can hold their breath for very long and dive? This is the fairly new and growing world of freediving! Aquarius Scuba is proud to begin it’s very own freediving training at the Etobicoke Olympium on Monday nights.
What is freediving?
Freediving is any of various aquatic activities that share the practice of breath-hold underwater diving. Examples include breath-hold spearfishing, freedive photography, apnea competitions and, to a degree, snorkeling. The activity that garners the most public attention is competitive apnea, an extreme sport, in which competitors attempt to attain great depths, times or distances on a single breath without direct assistance of an underwater breathing apparatus.
The sport of freediving is becoming more popular all over the world, especially with younger generations, and we are proud to say we have helped it grow in Toronto. Join our class and pool session, and you will meet pro freediving coaches, who were part of the world-record breath-hold dive.
AIDA is the worldwide rule and record-keeping body for competitive Freediving events. It aims to set standards for safety, Official World Record attempts, and Freediving Education.
Join our optional 1 year Club Membership for only $150, to benefit from world class coaching and quality practice at the Etobicoke Olympium Pool.