PADI instructors teach fundamentals on land, then guide students through one hour of in-water exploration

• Expires Sep 30, 2012
• Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased. Reservation required. 72hr cancellation notice required. Subject to availability. Must be 12 or older. Must sign waiver. Subject to weather. Must use promotional value in 1 visit.
• See the rules that apply to all deals.

• $60 for a Discovery Scuba course with intro dive for one (a $125 value)
• $115 for a Discovery Scuba course with intro dive for two (a $250 value)
• $220 for a Discovery Scuba course with intro dive for four (a $500 value)

Instructors use PADI curriculum to introduce students to the water for the first time. After 30 minutes of on-land instruction, divers strap on gear and explore the water for 60 minutes. Instructors teach the skills needed to traverse submerged landscapes and breathe underwater using dive equipment.

It's hard for Andrew and Christine Edwards to remember a life without scuba diving. From an early age, they both would plunge into the depths of Vancouver's waters, gazing across underwater landscapes where wolf eels swam and octopi stretched their sneaker-covered tentacles across a carpet of strawberry anemones. These experiences stuck with them, and in 2007, the couple opened Ocean Planet Adventures to share their life's passion with others.

From Discovery Scuba classes to advanced PADI certifications, Ocean Planet Adventures' instructors guide their students at dive sites in Sooke Basin and East Sooke Park. During these expeditions, instructors and groups feast their eyes on jungles of aquatic plants and animals, including whales. Aside from open-water diving, the staff teaches specialty courses such as drift diving, which lets divers explore experience a feeling of weightlessness.