Guided Dives
| What | Current Rate |
|---|---|
| Monterey 2-tank | $200 (1 diver) or $150 / person (2-4 divers) |
| Point Lobos 2-tank (Weekdays only) | $300 (1 diver) or $250 / person (2-4 divers) (Includes Point Lobos reservation and State Parks permit fees.) |
| Monastery Beach 2-tank advanced dive | $260 (1 diver) or $210 / person (2-4 divers) (Includes State Parks permit fees.) |
| Boat diving | Same rate! Customers pay guide's spot on the boat. |
| Night diving | Same rate! Just meet later. (You'll need a light; I rent them if you don't have your own.) |
| Add third dive | +$60 / person |
| Guaranteed private tour | +$50 (flat rate for 1-4 divers) |
| Dive light rental | +$10 / person |
| GoPro rental | +$35 |
| DPV rental | +$150 (Requires DPV Certification or the DPV Adventure Dive) |
Reservations recommended. No refund for cancellations <24 hours before tour start (including no-shows), unless I can fill your spot.
Equipment rental (tanks/weights/gear) not included; I recommend Diver Dan's if you're coming from the Bay Area or Aquarius if you're already in Monterey. Note that on weekdays, dive shops in Monterey open at 9am, too late for a morning dive.
If we're doing multiple days of diving in a row, I'll need a hotel room (and I recommend you get one too). Driving down from the Bay Area two days in a row is not fun. Cost depends on time of year and weekday vs. weekend.
Instruction for Certified Divers
| What | Current Rate |
|---|---|
| Add PADI Specialty course to guided dives | +$100 / person (2 dive specialty) +$130 / person (3 dive specialty) +$160 / person (4 dive specialty) |
| Add PADI Advanced Open Water course to guided dives | +$190 / person (5 dives) (Requires a total of 5 guided dives: Underwater Navigation, Deep, and three other adventure dives - Night, Boat, Peak Performance Buoyancy, etc. If you already have a PADI specialty or two, I only charge for the dives we need to do.) |
| Add individual Adventure Dive to a guided dive | +$30 / person (Includes knowledge review and skill practice during the dive.) |
| Scuba Refresher or Underwater Photography pool session | $150 (1 diver) or $100 / person (2-4 divers) (Up to 3 hours; Diver Dan's charges a separate $25 pool fee for use of their gear.) |
| Underwater Photography classroom session | $100 (1 person) or $75 / person (2-4 people) (Up to 3 hours; learn about gear, theory, and/or processing images in Photoshop) |
| Dry Suit Diver | $470 (1 diver) or $360 / person (2-4 divers) (Includes pool session, 2 ocean dives, PADI Certification. Diver Dan's rents drysuits.) |
| DPV Diver | $450 (1 diver) or $325 / person (2 divers) (Includes 2 ocean dives, PADI Certification, DPV rental.) |
| Enriched Air Diver | $150 / person (3 hours: classroom, measuring tanks, PADI certification. No dives required.) |
| Kelp Restoration Diver | $150 / person (minimum 2 divers) (Includes classroom session, 2 ocean dives, PADI certification; Beachhopper II boat charges a separate $50 fee for the ocean dives.) |
| Rescue Diver | $400 / person (minimum 2 divers) (Includes pool and ocean sessions, PADI certification. Requires PADI eLearning.) |
| Self-Reliant Diver | $590 (1 diver) or $515 / person (2-4 divers) (Includes classroom session and 3 ocean dives, PADI certification. Requires checkout dive / skills assessment if I haven't dived with you before; this can be done during a separate day of guided dives.) |
For most classes, you'll also need to purchase the PADI textbook from your local dive shop, or do the PADI eLearning online. Some classes require additional gear (for example, you'll need a DSMB to take the DSMB Diver specialty, and it's kinda hard to do Dry Suit Diver without a dry suit).
Some examples of instructor fees:
- Underwater Naturalist is a 2-dive specialty. For one person, $200 for a 2-tank guided dive + $100 for the class = $300 total.
- Deep Diver is a 4-dive specialty. If two divers wanted to do 2 dives at Monastery and two dives off a boat, the cost would be $210 for Monastery, $150 for 2-tank boat guided dives, and $160 for the class = $520/person total.
- Advanced Open Water takes 5 dives. Two divers could do 3 shore dives in one day, and then 2 boat dives on a second day. The cost would be $150 for a 2-tank dive + $60 for the third dive on the first day, $150 for a 2-tank dive on the second day, and $190 for the 5-dive class = $550/person total.
- A diver who already has the Dry Suit and Deep Diver specialties only needs 3 more dives to finish Advanced Open Water. The cost would be $200 for a 2-tank dive + $60 for the third dive, and then $130 for a 3-dive class = $390 total.
- Two divers want to do two dives, with one of them being the Underwater Navigation adventure dive. The cost would be $150 for a 2-tank dive + $30 for the adventure dive = $180/person.
Safety Courses
| What | Current Rate |
|---|---|
| Emergency First Response | $200 (1 person) or $150 / person (2+ people) (4-6 hours classroom. Meets most workplace first aid / CPR requirements and Rescue Diver requirements. |
| Emergency Oxygen Provider | $150 / person (3 hours classroom, skill practice, PADI certification) |
Instruction for New Divers and Snorkelers
| What | Current Rate |
|---|---|
| Snorkeling Lessons | $150 (1 person) or $100 / person (2-6 people) (up to 3 hours; Diver Dan's charges a separate $25 pool fee for use of their gear.) |
| Try scuba in the pool | $150 (1 person) or $100 / person (2-6 people) (up to 3 hours; Diver Dan's charges a separate $25 pool fee for use of their gear.) |
PADI Open Water Diver
| What | Current Rate |
|---|---|
| PADI Open Water eLearning | Purchase directly from the PADI Website. |
| Course registration fee | $50 / student |
| Pool session (3 hours) | $170 (1 student) or $120 / person (2-4 students) (Diver Dan's charges a separate $25 pool fee for use of their gear) |
| Ocean day (2 dives) | $300 (1 student) or $225 / person (2-4 students) (Rent gear separately from Diver Dan's or another dive shop) |
| Certification fee | $50 / student (Includes PADI Open Water card) |
Why do I charge by the lesson instead of giving a single rate for the entire class? So we can take as much time as you need to feel comfortable. If that's 3 pool sessions, great! If you need a 4th session to work out buoyancy issues, or gain confidence with mask skills, I want you to have that time so that you hit the ocean feeling confident. Alternately, if you're an outstanding student, or you've already done part of the course with another instructor (maybe you're switching from a group class), I'm not charging you for training time you don't need. Or you want to do one day in the ocean with me, and then do your second day in the ocean on vacation.
Doing the whole course with me (registration, 3 pool sessions, 2 ocean days, certification) typically works out to an instructor fee of $1225 (1 diver) or $910 / person (2-4 divers).
An open water referral (registration, 3 pool sessions) typically works out to an instructor fee of $575 (1 diver) or $410 / person (2-4 divers).