Before the scuba diving fun begins, you should understand that by signing up for or if you participate in a scuba course through Divers West Inc, you agree to the following:
The participant/guardian/financially responsible party, herein referred to as "diver," understands that diving with compressed air involves certain inherent risks; including but not limited to decompression sickness, embolism or other hyperbaric/air expansion injury that require treatment in a recompression chamber. The diver further understands that the open water diving trips which are necessary for training and for certification may be conducted at a site that is remote, either by time or distance or both, from such a recompression chamber.
In consideration of being allowed to participate in any scuba diving course, the diver hereby personally assumes all risks of this program, whether foreseen or unforeseen, that may befall them while they are a participant in this program including, but not limited to, the classroom, confined water and/or open water activities.
The student diver must be in generally good health and must also understand that skin diving and scuba diving in the pool and the ocean are physically strenuous activities and that the diver will be exerting themselves during this course, and that if the diver is injured as a result of heart attack, panic, hyperventilation, drowning or any other cause, that they expressly assume the risk of said injuries and that they will not hold Divers West Inc and their Professional Staff, or PADI and their agents, responsible for the same.
We all remember signing up for a college course, right? So by signing up for, and participating in, a scuba diving certification course, the diver understands that the course tuition does not guarantee a scuba diving certification. To earn a PADI scuba diving related certification, the student diver must satisfactorily complete all PADI and Divers West course requirements including academics, confined water training, or open water training as it relates to the particular course. Once the the student has started a course, failure, inability, or unwillingness to complete a course at Divers West, the students forfeits certification and fees paid.
We just want to have fun scuba diving and teaching. We are very flexible, but unfortunately we have to implement rules to discourage abuse. Therefore...
Student/guardian/responsible party understands that they are registering for one class schedule with one instructor and may not combine dates from different class schedules or request multiple instructors in order to complete a course. Please inquire about Private Lessons or Class Splitting for a customized schedule.
Because of the possibility of costs increasing in the future, when "gifting" or purchasing scuba lessons with an "undetermined start date," the student must select a class date AND ATTEND the class within 90 DAYS of paying for the course. If no date is chosen, OR CLASS IS NOT ATTENDED within 90 days of the original purchase date, the price paid and service promised are no longer guaranteed or there may be additional costs to deliver the same service. Additionally, if the course is abandoned(over 90 days from purchase date without setting start date) or is cancelled, a $100 cancellation fee will appy.
For consistency of teaching and safety of the PADI Open Water Diver student, classmates and instructor(s), Divers West will provide the primary scuba training equipment, which includes, tanks, weights, wetsuit, BCD(Buoyancy Compensation Device), and regulator set which includes computer and compass. The instructor will not adapt his training method nor has the time to learn different equipment brought in to the class. Additionally, there is no practical way for Divers West to know if outside scuba equipment is in good, safe working condition, therefore Divers West prohibits the use of primary scuba training equipment, new or used, purchased outside of Divers West, for the PADI Open Water Diver training. Additionally, all scuba diving students must provide their own Personal Gear which includes Mask, Snorkel, Fins, Gloves, and Booties. These items may be purchased, together, at Divers West with a student discount.
Divers West is a full service dive shop and offers scuba rental equipment, upon request, to certified divers.
No Cancellations/Refunds 0-7 days prior to departure, or after Scuba Course Begins( Class Orientation)
50% Dive Boat Credit for Cancellations 8-14 days prior to departure.
100% Dive Boat Credit for Cancellations over 15 days prior to departure
Cancellation 30 days or more prior to scheduled class: No fee.
Cancellation 21-29 days prior to scheduled class: $50 cancellation fee, or reschedule for $20
Cancellation 7-20 days prior to scheduled class: $100 cancellation fee, or can be rescheduled for $25
Cancellations 6 days prior start of class: $150 cancellation fee
NoShow or Cancellation after start of Class(orientation Date): No Refund