We are a family owned and operated full service PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Dive Center. This means we can take you from a Jr Diver all the way through a career as a scuba instructor with the backing and support of the world's largest diver training organization. We are family friendly and located right in heart of Southern Indiana, just across from Louisville, Kentucky. We are ready for you to come and join our divers exploring the magical wonders of the underwater world. You, too can discover one of the most exciting, stimulating environments on earth. Soon you will realize, that although you have lived on the same planet, the diverse range of marine life make the Oceans that cover 70% of the earths surface a completely different world.
Seaweed Diver, Inc, caters to all the needs of both divers and snorkelers. We have a wide range of products available in our dive center. We are stocked to supply every divers need, from the complete diver equipment package to air and nitrox tank fills from our filling station. We are here to fulfill your needs. We have an in house service workshop, our technicians provide maintenance and repairs for nearly all makes of popular diving equipment. We are the only PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center and National Geographic Dive Center in the Louisville Metro Area. Diving is not just a hobby or a passing trend for us. Diving is our full time profession.
All of our teaching staff has completed the rigorous training to certify as PADI Scuba Instructors, Assistants & Divemasters. We have a very experienced team of instructors with 30 years experience ready to take you discovering the under water world. We have a full time PADI Course Director on staff to teach all levels of instrutor programs. Our diver training staff, offers the entire range of diver training courses from teaching people to dive for the very first time, to courses teaching the latest instructor programs through Master Instructor. We also train DAN instructors.
Our programs are fast, fun and convenient with most having an indepenent study option. For the tech-savy student we even have on-line training available and private lessons are available for those with a time crunch. If you wish to start diving, then please contact us to join one of our Free Discover Scuba programs.
All of our students recieve a 10% lifetime customer discount card that never expires. All of our open water divers get the opportunity to try Nitrox/Enriched Air during their open water training dives which are included in the training fees and for those who would like to complete their training while on vacation, we offer a FREE Refferal. During the entire open water training course we also include the use of all Scuba equipment (excluding mask, fins, snorkel, booties, gloves & mouthpieces). When your finish your course at Seaweed Diver, your PADI certifiation is the most recognized diver credential in the world.
At Seaweed Diver we specialize in kids training programs. Kids are welcome in all our programs, but we also offer them kid only programs like our summer scuba camp or PADI Seal Team training progams. Check out our kids page for more program details. Moms and Dads will also love the fact that most all our PADI programs include an hour of college credit after course completion.
Our and First Aid training is conducted by qualified Emergency First Response Instructors and DAN Instructors. We offer Emergency First Responder, Caring for Children, and ALL the DAN Courses including, specialised courses in Advanced Oxygen Administration and the use of Automated Electronic Defibulators.
Once our divers are trained, we have a friendly, active dive club for you to enjoy. The variety of activity ranges from local daily dive outings, to weekends and weeks away plus many social evenings for you to bring along your non diving partners and friends to enjoy. The regular club meetings are the 2nd Thursday of the Month at Seaweed Diver. We usually have pizza and/or some snacks and a short activity.
Our travel department offers both domestic and International travel destinations for divers and non divers to the most popular resorts and dive locations Worldwide. We specialise in travel to the Pacific as well as many locations in Florida and the Caribbean.
We have been in business since 1985. We are easy to find, located at 1121 State Street in New Albany, Indiana just across the river from Louisville. We hope you find our website informative and look forward to seeing you at our next program or dive.