Why Tropic Scuba

Tropic Scuba is a NAUI Training Center and NAUI Dream Destination that specializes in providing expert, private, scuba instruction and dive guiding services. We also provide private scuba diving charters in the Florida Keys on our boat out of Bass Pro Shops in Islamorada as well as into Biscayne National Park.Now in partnership with Austin’s Diving Center, we are able to bring you the level of service and attention previously only available to private classes.

What You'll Learn

You will be trained as a scuba diver and prepare you to dive in up to 60-feet (over 18m) of water, anywhere in the world. You will become proficient and comfortable with all required scuba diving skills, self rescue, rescuing others, compass and natural navigation techniques, and dive planning. You will also have a good understanding of dive physics and decompression theory.

How You'll Learn

You will learn in a very small class with direct supervision of your instructor with a ratio of no more than three students per instructor and a maximum class size of 2 instructors to 6 students. This allows us to provide you with a direct, hands-on approach, where we can customize your learning experience to your needs and you will not get lost in a crowd.

Your academics will begin by completing your online eLearning at your pace that will need to be completed prior to your pool session. You will also receive an academic lecture that will teach you in detail about your selection, use, and maintenance, of your scuba gear. Additionally, you will learn about dive planning, dive physics, and decompression theory.

During your two pool sessions, you will learn how to scuba dive in a confined water environment where we not only introduce and teach you the skills required to dive safely and proficiently, but we do so by graduating from introductory skills, to layering more complex learning application of the skills. We don’t move forward until you are proficient. By the time you perform in an open water environment, you will have performed each skill flawlessly, dozens of times.

Open water training is putting together all the skills you have mastered in the pool, in an open water environment but still with the direct hands on supervision of your instructor. Remember, you will already have mastered all the skills in confined water prior to getting to this point.

Where You'll Learn

Pool sessions (2 sessions) will take place either in Tropic Scuba’s pool in South Miami, or at AD Barnes swimming pool.

The first open water session (2 dives) will take place at Tigertail Lake which is a training facility that allows us to spend as much time as we deem necessary to get our divers comfortable. This way, we are not rushing to fit into the tight schedule of a charter boat and it allows us to expand on what we are spending time on.

The second open water session (2 dives) will be performed off of a charter boat in the Florida Keys.

When You'll Learn

Pool sessions will be scheduled Tuesday Evenings and Thursday Evenings (these may change with plenty of notice).

Open Water Sessions will be scheduled for weekends to accommodate what most people request.

How to get Started

Instructions: Purchase one of the Austin’s gear packages below to receive your registration discount promo code. Then, register for your Tropic Scuba class using your promo code.

1. Tusa Package (Price: $269.95 | MSRP: $339.85)

2. Cressi Package (Price $319.95 | MSRP: $412.80)

3. Atomic Package (Price: $399.95 | MSRP: $498.80)

Step 2: Book your Tropic Scuba class online with your discount promo code Here »

Note: If you purchase your class registration first, you will be credited for your discount afterwards.