Small-group scuba and technical training with Joe Cocozza, PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer and NAUI instructor. Classes run in the Lodge's pool and the springs five minutes away, with open water and wreck diving off Destin and Stuart.
Classes are capped at four students, an instructor-set limit for safety and quality.
NAUI / PADI · ISO 24801-2
Your first certification, taught in a blended format with more pool time than a basic course: eLearning covers part of the theory so more of your hours go into the water.
46 hours of training in all · maximum 4 students
Price: coming soon
NAUI / PADI
Take it on its own, or add it straight after Open Water with two more days of open water training.
Price: coming soon
Each specialty follows the standard NAUI or PADI performance requirements, taught to Joe's conservative operating limits.
NAUI / PADI
Safe practices for recreational dives from 60 to 130 feet: physiology, physics, hazards and gas planning, proven on four progressively deeper open water dives.
Format: a 3-hour academic session and four open water dives.
Prerequisites: age 15 or older; Advanced Open Water and Nitrox certifications; at least 25 logged dives, two of them to 60 feet; and a water skills check: a 100-yard swim, a 300-yard snorkel swim and a 50-foot underwater swim.
You'll learn: narcosis and DCS, light absorption, Boyle's law, depth-to-ATA, oxygen partial pressure and MOD, SAC and RMV gas planning, and emergency ascents with an SMB.
Certification: NAUI Recreational Deep Diver or PADI Deep Diver, qualified to 130 feet within no-decompression limits.
Price: coming soon
Signature program
Think of the Master Scuba Diver rating taken further. Six advanced NAUI and PADI specialties, plus rescue, first aid and boating safety, combined into one program that makes you a competent, all-around diver and prepares you to step into technical diving.
Each specialty carries its standard agency performance requirements.
Six specialties
Also required
Price: coming soon
Professional training developed by Joe for a network news underwater production unit, now available to crews, productions and individual shooters.
Professional · 4 days minimum
Shoot the standard scuba news story with competence and safety at a working depth to 100 feet, in water above 60°F and less-than-perfect conditions.
Format: 6 hours of academics, 12 hours of equipment prep and setup, and 20 hours in the water at Ginnie Springs and Blue Grotto.
Certifications: PADI Deep Diver, Enriched Air Nitrox, Underwater Videography and Equipment Specialist.
Prerequisites: Open Water certification, a diver medical form, 15 dives in conditions like the shooting environment, and a swim test.
Instructor-provided gear: 4K camera rigs and housings, cinema lights, full face mask with comms, multi-gas computers and emergency oxygen.
Price: coming soon
Professional · 3 days minimum
For on-camera talent: learn to dive, report and carry yourself on camera underwater to 60 feet, including a full face mask and underwater communication system.
Format: online academics before you arrive, a day of pool skills, then at least four open water dives over two days.
Certification: PADI Open Water Scuba Diver.
Price: coming soon
Joe also leads guided cave dives of the local springs.
Fill in the form and Joe will get back to you. Prefer email? Write to joe@poddivertv.com.
Dates and pricing depend on group size. Email the Lodge and Joe will get back to you.
poddiverlodge@gmail.comAll courses are subject to prerequisites, instructor approval, site conditions and park rules. Certification is earned by meeting the required standards and isn't guaranteed by attendance.