PADI Rescue Diver Pool Refresh Get ready for the upcoming dive trip or dive season by refreshing your PADI Rescue Diver Skills with our knowledgeable, trained team in the pool. Check the calendar for dates.

Fun Dives in the Pool Join Patriot Diving in the George Washington Rec Center pool from 9am -12:30pm. This is for already certified scuba divers. You must provide your certification card.  Please Click here to Email us If you need any gear. If we do not hear from you, we will only bring tanks and weights for you.  ...

Discover Scuba Diving The PADI Discover Scuba Diving (DSD) is a short try-diving experience for adults and children aged 10+. This course introduces you to the basics of scuba diving without certifying you as a diver. The DSD program is a single-day activity.  Email us today! Ask about our BOGO DSDs!   Call today 703490...

Bubblemaker Bubblemaker is as fun as it sounds - a chance for kids to blow bubbles by scuba diving. Children who are at least 8 years old can use scuba gear to breathe underwater and swim around in shallow water.

Seal Team The PADI Seal Team is for young scuba divers looking for action-packed fun in a pool by completing exciting AquaMissions. Have you ever wondered what it's like to dive with flashlights, take digital pictures underwater or float effortlessly like an astronaut?

SASY SASY Program is developed to give children of 5 - 8 years a chance to experience the underwater world at this young age.

Open Water Diver Course If you have ever dreamt of exploring the ocean and seeing its amazing beauty, all while actually being able to breathe underwater, then it is time to become a PADI Open Water scuba diver! This course will teach you everything you need to know about how to scuba dive, how to be safe, and how to have a fantastic experien...

Advanced Open Water So you did your Open Water, and as we said, it changed your life. Now you want to improve your skills and become more confident while diving. This is where you do just that. Here you focus on five specialties that fine-tune you as a diver. Some of those specialties include Deep, Digital Underwater Photography, Dive Aga...

Adventure Diver This is a great way to do more dives with an instructor, but not go for your advanced yet.  This is three of the specialty dives, and the best thing is that it counts toward your Advanced Open Water when you decide to complete it.

Rescue Diver Time to get serious about diving here. This course goes in-depth on how to help other divers as well as yourself. You have some fun in this course while being tested on how to handle emergency situations. Prerequisites: Adventure Diver/Junior Adventure Diver (or qualifying certification) with completed Underwater Navig...

Master Scuba Diver Not ready to stop yet? I don't blame you! Join the best of the best in recreational scuba diving and live the dive life as a PADI Master Scuba Diver. The Master Scuba Diver rating places you in an elite group of respected divers who have earned this rating through both significant experience and scuba training.&nbs...

Reactivate ReActivate is an engaging, efficient way to refresh your scuba skills. Move quickly through topics you know well and dive deeper into topics where your knowledge may have lapsed. Most dive shops will require this while traveling if you have been out of the water for a year or more. Booking online- Sign up for the...

Enriched Air Diver Enriched air, also known as nitrox or EANx, contains less nitrogen than regular air.

PADI Adaptive Support Diver Increase your awareness of divers' varying abilities, and explore adaptive techniques to apply while diving or freediving with a buddy with a disability.

Boat Diver If you’re new to boat diving or want to learn more about diving from different types of boats, enroll in the PADI® Boat Diver course.

Dry Suit Diver Unlike wetsuits, drysuits are filled with air. During your drysuit course, your instructor will teach you how to control the air in your drysuit along with your buoyancy.

Diver Propulsion Vehicle If scuba diving is like taking a scenic stroll around a park, a Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) is like exploring a neighborhood on an (electric) bicycle.

Digital Photography During the PADI® Digital Underwater Photographer course, you’ll learn how to take underwater photos you’ll be proud to share with others.

PADI Fish ID “What was that fish?” is a common question heard after a dive. If you want to be the scuba diver with the answers, instead of the one asking the questions, then take the Fish Identification Specialty course. You'll enjoy your dives even more when you recognize the creatures that you see and can identify...

Night Diver The thought of dipping below the surface at night seems mysterious, yet so alluring. Although you've been scuba diving at a site many times before, at night you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive light.

Underwater Navigator Tired of getting lost? Learn how to navigate under water like a pro.

Peak Performance Buoyancy Excellent 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.

Search and Recovery Diver The next time someone loses an item underwater, you can be the hero that finds the missing object.

Sidemount Diver Discover the balance and efficiency of sidemount scuba diving with your PADI dive instructor.

Underwater Naturalist Get a better understanding about the local ecosystem and the differences between terrestrial and aquatic worlds. See new things, even in the most familiar dive sites.

PADI Divemaster So you want to be a PADI pro? Great! All of us here at Patriot Diving are and love it! Have you completed Open Water, Advanced, Rescue Diver, 40 logged dives, CPR and First Aid certification within 24 months, and medical clearance to dive? Then call us today. Becoming a PADI Divemaster is one of the most fulfilling cer...

PADI Instructor Development course. (IDC) If you are already a Divemaster but want to take the next step and become an Instructor, this is how you do it. You will learn everything you never thought you wanted to know and be able to teach people everything you learn during this course. This one does come with a formal exam, not to worry though, we prepare you f...

Emergency First Responder (EFR) The EFR course offers foundational skills for providing CPR and first aid in the event that you’re the first person on the scene of an injury or accident—whether you’re near the water or not.  This course covers many of the same skills you would learn from the Red Cross or similar organizations, ...

Equipment Specialist Don't miss a dive due to minor issues with your scuba diving equipment. Whether it's a missing o-ring, wetsuit tear or a broken fin strap, the PADI Equipment Specialist course teaches you to manage basic repairs and adjustments.

Coral Reef Conservation and Project AWARE Learn about the amazing coral reefs. Learn how they grow, how to protect them, and what makes them so important.

Discover Mermaid Come make your dreams come true and try being a Mermaid, Mermaid Mia! The Discover Mermaid™ experience introduces simple mermaid activities in confined water (i.e., a pool or place with pool-like conditions), shallow enough in which to stand. It is designed as a flexible, informative, enjoyable, and controlled ex...

Beginner Mermaid The PADI Mermaid™ course includes knowledge development and at least two water skill sessions that develop more dynamic mermaid skills beyond Basic Mermaid™, including many skills that make mermaiding an underwater self-expressive art, separate from other types of diving. (Note that the PADI Mermaid course ...

Mermaid Certification This is for 10 years old and up. It includes the Basic Mermaid certification but adds another portion. You will need to be able to swim 50m/160ft without swim aids, float comfortably at the surface for at least 5 minutes, and be in good physical health. And there is also an eLearning component. You learn how to sw...

Advanced Mermaid In the PADI Advanced Mermaid™ course, you'll build on your PADI Mermaid™ certification and apply it to the open water environment.