Private Courses

Overview

Ready to begin or advance your SCUBA diving adventures in San Diego on your own terms? House of Scuba offers fully customized private PADI certification courses tailored to fit your personal schedule and learning style, covering Open Water, Advanced, and Rescue diving.

1. Private PADI Open Water Certification

Want to learn on your own terms? Our fully personalized Private PADI Open Water Certification course provides dedicated, one-on-one instruction tailored entirely to your schedule. Before joining us, students must complete a medical questionnaire and the PADI e-learning course. All pool and ocean sessions are led by an experienced, certified instructor focused exclusively on you. Your PADI certification lasts a lifetime, allowing you to dive independently with a buddy to depths up to 60'.

Schedule: Fully flexible and customized to fit your calendar. Pool training and open water ocean dives are scheduled directly with your instructor to match your availability.

Price: $1285 + $96 personal gear rental + PADI eLearning

2. Private PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course

Ready to explore deeper, navigate with confidence, and build new underwater skills? Our Private PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is designed to fit your personal schedule with one-on-one guidance from an expert instructor. Complete five Adventure Dives—including Deep and Underwater Navigation core dives, plus three custom elective dives—at your own pace.

Schedule: Completely flexible. Dates and times are arranged around your calendar across 2 to 3 days of ocean dives.

Price: $899 + $206 boat ticket + rental + PADI eLearning

Requirements: PADI Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another agency) and PADI Advanced Open Water E-learning completed prior to ocean sessions. Minimum age: 12 years old.

3. Private PADI Rescue Diver Course

Challenging and rewarding best describes the PADI Rescue Diver course. This private course expands your knowledge on how to prevent problems and manage dive emergencies if they occur. With dedicated, one-on-one instruction, you'll practice self-rescue, recognizing stress in other divers, managing panicked divers, and performing rescues for unresponsive divers through practical pool and ocean scenarios tailored to your pace.

Schedule: Flexible private schedule. Pool and open water rescue scenarios are scheduled directly with your instructor to accommodate your availability.

Price: $895 + rental + PADI eLearning + $99 EFR + EFR eLearning

Requirements: PADI Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water Diver certification, current Emergency First Response (EFR) Primary and Secondary Care training (or qualifying CPR/First Aid within the past 24 months), and PADI Rescue Diver E-learning completed prior to in-water sessions. Minimum age: 12 years old.

Locations & General Requirements

Locations
Shop: House of Scuba – 5141 Santa Fe St #A, San Diego, CA 92109

Pool Dives: USD – Torero Way, San Diego, CA 92110 or at a private pool

Ocean Dives: La Jolla Shores – 8300 Camino del Oro, La Jolla, CA 92037

General Open Water Requirements

• E-learning must be completed prior to your first pool session
• Moderate water comfort required. You will be required to swim 200 yards and do a 10-minute tread/float
• Ages 10+ welcome for Open Water courses (special pricing for ages 10 and 11)

What’s Included & What You’ll Need

Included:

• Dedicated one-on-one instruction from certified PADI professionals
• Use of SCUBA rental gear (wetsuit, BCD, regulator, cylinders, weights, computer, gear bag)
• PADI Digital log book

Required (Student-Provided):

• Personal gear: Mask, Snorkel, Fins, Booties, Gloves, Hood (also available to rent for duration of course for $96)
• Corresponding PADI E-learning Course

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