Scuba Lessons

[tankerman]

Are there any cruise lines that offer scuba certification?

[martylouie]

There sure are Princess for one, but to sane time and bandwidth check out this thread

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=619112

 

It was discussed before.

Lester

[CruiseKing]

Are there any cruise lines that offer scuba certification?

 

As the above poster mentioned Princess offers a PADI Certification Program. It's call New Waves. They have a website but it seems to be down. You can try it. It is http://www.newwaves.com

[10X]

Please keep in mind that the scuba course is not a two hour thing. Even if you do the book work in advance (and there is lots of it) you must still pass the written tests, profiency tests, pool dives, and open water dives while on your cruise. This can be very time consuming.

 

I would recommend that you get certified locally and use your cruise time to practice and enjoy your new sport by doing some diving. You'll get to enjoy the underwater world rather than spending time removing and replacing your mask, BCD, weight belt, etc. underwater, rather than enjoying your new environment.

 

The last I checked, onboard dive classes were comparable in cost to what I paid locally.

[helo driver]

We considered doing the course on the ship last year, but after considering the time involved, we did a discovery Scuba dive instead. Am now in the process of doing the certification locally so that we will be certified for our cruise next spring.