Specialties

Boat Diving
Diving from a boat is popular for many reasons. You'll have access to sites that lie beyond a reasonable swim from shore, no hike to the beach with heavy equipment, no shore entry through waves and no long surface swim! This is a great course to take before going on a dive vacation where there's a good chance the majority of your diving will be done by boat. You’ll learn basic boat terminology, how to prepare for a boat dive, entry & exit, safety/emergency equipment and procedures, how to prevent seasickness and protocol for diving with a boat charter. Course includes one evening of classroom, two open water dives and certification card.

Deep Diving
As an open water diver, 60 feet marks the depth limit to which you are qualified to dive. This industry standard is based on no-decompression limits, nitrogen narcosis and air supply. Learning how to “dive deep” means you’ll access new dives sites and participate in diving activities in a new way. You’ll visit many exciting things such as wrecks and the different aquatic life that lie at deeper depths. This course teaches deep diving techniques, dive planning and proper equipment. Course includes one evening classroom session, four open water dives (max. depth 130 feet), use of special equipment and certification card.

Tides & Currents
To fully enjoy diving in the Northwest, it's best to have an understanding of tidal currents. It's also likely that some of the diving you do on tropical vacations will include drift dives. The purpose of the Tides & Currents Specialty course is to familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of current diving.

Prerequisite certification: Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver or an equivalent rating. The course includes two open water training dives.

Drysuit Diving
The primary advantage of diving in a drysuit is warmth. Some of the best diving in the world is in the cooler waters of the Northwest and Canada. Offering superior thermal protection, diving a drysuit means you’ll be warm and dry while you visit these spectacular dive sites. Other advantages of diving a drysuit are improved air consumption, elimination of that cold water shock when entering the water and you’ll stay warm between dives. In this course, you’ll learn about the different types of drysuits, care, features and most importantly, how to use one in the water. When you buy a drysuit from Capital Divers this course is included at no charge.

Enriched Air Nitrox
Want to increase bottom time, shorten surface intervals and reduce narcosis? Diving Nitrox is the answer. Some people claim that the increase in oxygen eliminates the fatigue that can result from a long day of diving. Using blends of up to 40 percent, this course will teach you mixed gas theories for recreational use. Course includes one 3 hour evening classroom session, two open water dives and certification card.

Equipment Specialist
There’s nothing worse than traveling to your favorite site and not being able to dive because of an equipment issue. Learn how to do advanced field repairs for your regulator, BCD, gauges, valves and suits. Also find out what to have in your personal repair kit. Course includes two 3 hour classroom sessions.

Night Diving/Limited Visibility
Night diving is a great opportunity to see another side of your favorite dive sites. You'll see many different types of aquatic life that are not usually seen during the day such as blankets of shrimp, squid, free swimming eels and octopi, blooming anemones and much more. Even a relatively barren dive site will come alive at night. In the Northwest, you’ll also see Bioluminescence -- chemical light flashes generated by microscopic plankton. This course will teach you to be comfortable and navigate with confidence in dark water. Includes one classroom session and two dives.

Search & Recovery
One of the most gratifying experiences in recreational diving is setting out to find and recover a lost object and succeeding. Sooner or later, you or someone you know, will lose something in the water and need to find it. You’ll learn about the search & recovery environment, planning the dive, search patterns and recovery procedures. Course includes an evening of classroom, four open water dives and certification card.

Stress & Rescue
The Diver Stress & Rescue course focuses on accident prevention in order to reduce the need for accident management. Taking this course will help you become a better diver and buddy. You'll learn the basics of causes and prevention of stress; detecting and dealing with dive-related stress in yourself and your buddy; accident management procedures; rescue skills that assist the victim while protecting yourself; simple and effective search patterns; and dealing with situations that complicate rescues. Course includes two classroom sessions, one pool session and an open water day.

Underwater Navigation
The ability to find your direction and determine your location underwater is useful on every dive. There are several reasons why developing and practicing underwater navigation skills will make your dives safer and more enjoyable:

Reduce anxiety and confusion

Help avoid long surface swims

Increase the effectiveness of a dive plan

Avoid buddy separation

Help conserve air

Although underwater navigation is important for all diving, it’s especially valuable for some specialized activities like night and search & recovery dives. Course includes one classroom session plus two dives.

Wreck Diving
Wreck diving has become very popular for a number of reasons. Mainly because it offers diversity, attractions and opportunities not found in natural diving environments. The underwater world rapidly claims a sunken ship changing it into an underwater reef teeming with marine life. In this course you will gain practical knowledge of an overhead environment. You'll also learn how to plan, organize and make safe wreck dives, use of guidelines and redundant air systems. Pre-requisite is advanced or higher including Deep Diving specialty.

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Capital Divers
1621 Harrison Avenue NW
Olympia WA 98502
360.866.3684

info@capitaldivers.com