Kids!

Join our P.A.D.I. Seal Team!
Do you love swimming in the pool and ocean? Would you like to participate in a noncompetitive sport? Would you like to scuba dive? Then join our P.A.D.I. (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) Seal Team for some amazing underwater AquaMissions. Designed for kids 8 - 12 years old, this exciting program teaches you how to snorkel and dive in a pool and even in the Long Island Sound.

What's an AquaMission?
Our PADI Seal Team program has three integral phases. In Phase 1, you enroll in the 15 hour Skill Development Program which is conducted in a swimming pool with a 1: 4 instructor to student ratio. The Development Program encompasses AquaMissions 1 - 5 and teaches the basics of snorkeling and scuba diving. AquaMission 5 includes a demonstration for family and friends as well as a graduation celebration. Then you’re ready for Phase 2 - joining the PADI Seal Team Club. Club meetings are held once a month in the swimming pool. We conduct 10 specialty AquaMissions from September – June. Some of these are: Night Diving Specialist, Navigation Specialist, Underwater Creature Identification Specialist, and Snapshot Specialist. Each club meeting is an underwater pool adventure! Additionally, there are occasional field trips to places of interest like the beach and a recompression chamber.

During July, August, and September, Seal Team members who have completed a Discover Scuba program are eligable to participate in Phase 3 of our program - diving in the Long Island Sound in 8 – 10 feet of water. Dives are made from our boat – Sport Diver – which is docked in Ralph’s Fishing Station in Mt. Sinai’s Cedar Beach complex. These dives are instructor led at a ratio of 1:1 – one instructor with one Seal Team member. Dives last from 30 to 40 minutes. Young divers have the exciting opportunity to learn about our marine environment and even feed the fish during the warmer weeks. Parents who are scuba certified can join their child for a dive with the instructor from the boat.

And we’ll keep you diving! Kids have the opportunity to become fully certified divers as they age and mature.

Here are the proud graduates of our January 2009 PADI Seal Team Development Program with their instructors.. A new Development Program begins soon. Call if you're interested.