Planing to go on a Caribbean vacation this year? Wouldn’t it be great to be able to scuba-dive when you get there? Imagine being under water, face to face with tropical fish in their natural environment instead of a fish tank. And to be able to explore along beautiful coral reefs and maybe even look for buried treasure. Now that would make for a first class vacation experience. If you life in Boston, you can learn to scuba-dive before you go. The lessons do not take a long time to complete, at least for the basic course and your instructor can tell you exactly what if any extra lessons you would need to take for your trip. And Boston Harbor is a divers paradise in and of itself. There are scuba diving lessons available for children as young as eight and as long as you are in good health, there is no age limit. Take a look at the different schools and the scuba-diving lessons they have available. Fine the instructor that you are most comfortable taking lessons from. And then just go an have a good time and start on a new adventure that will last a lifetime.
The Allston/Brighton YMCA 615 Washington St.
Brighton,( Boston) Massachusetts has scuba diving lessons for anyone 15 and over. Come to the Y and Wednesday evening at 6:30 and join in. You start with lectures and pool sessions for eight weeks then move on to open water diving lesson, on any weekend you can. Then you go to get certified. This is one of the most reasonably priced of the scuba lessons programs, the instructor has forty five years experience and there is a special price if you are a member, which might not be a bad idea, if you are not already. The Y has some great programs going on all year long.
Boston Harbor Diving Company has both group and private scuba-diving lessons available all year long. They take students as young as twelve. You can start out getting certified at the beginner level and go all the way up to professional, if you find that scuba diving is the one thing and the only one thing you want to do. The course takes less than 25 hours and is a combination of lectures, pool dives and finally open water scuba diving lessons. They are located at 87 Woodside Ave., Winthrop, (Boston)Massachusetts 02152
United Divers has as scuba diving program for children 8-12 where they can take a try diving session, sort of try before you buy. They also have group and private scuba diving lessons, advanced scuba diving lessons and scuba diving lessons week days at the Salem YMCA. They are located at 59 Washington Street
Somerville, (Boston) Massachusetts 02143
Burlington Scuba has lessons for divers at all levels. The beginner’s classes have no more than six students and after you have taken the basic pool diving lessons, you can take scuba diving lessons for Basic Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Stress Rescue, Dive CONtroller, Night Diver,
Multi-level Diver and Navigation. They are located at 189 Cambridge Street Burlington, (Boston)Massachusetts. 01803
