Change Your Life: Experience the Sheer Joy and Simplicity of Scuba Diving
My name is Don Ferris, and over the past 40+ years, I have trained over 2500 people to scuba dive on Cape Cod. While doing so, I literally wrote the book on scuba diving on Cape Cod, (four books actually) ‘Exploring The Waters of Cape Cod’, ‘Beneath The Waters of Massachusetts Bay’, ‘Beneath The Waters Of Cape Cod’, “Cape Cod’s Anthology of Shipwrecks” and my newest book, “Don Ferris Diving Guide to Massachusetts”.
Our Scuba Instruction Approach
You should truly enjoy your training, not just “get through it”. I believe Scuba instruction should be as fun and easy, as diving itself. The key is to learn and train in a realistic environment, with a real diving expert. I’ll make sure you’ll achieve your underwater goals in a safe, fun, and time efficient manner. Frequently Asked Scuba Certification Questions.
The fundamental skill of being underwater is simple, “Swim, Kick, Breathe, Repeat”. But there is a lot that can go wrong, as one woman told me after her first lesson, “You’re not really teaching me how to scuba dive, you’re teaching me how not to kill myself 100 different ways”. I call this the “What If” list. What if, you lose your air supply; What if, you cant find the boat’s anchor line at the end of a dive?; what are your choices?
Don’t be fooled by cheap, learn to dive prices.
There is an enormous difference in scuba instructors. It’s critical you learn the sport from someone who really cares if you become a good diver, not just another “certification” so they can sell you some dive equipment. I don’t sell equipment – I just teach scuba diving. Just How Safe Is Scuba Diving?
I learned to scuba dive when I was just 12 years old. I grew up diving the fresh water lakes of Wisconsin and Minnesota and the deep water shipwrecks of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. I worked in the tropics before finally moving to Cape Cod in 1983 and falling in love with the local shipwreck diving. For more than four decades I have explored every area of the Cape underwater, both salt and fresh waters.
• PADI Master Instructor
M-11401 Over 2500 students certified.
• Certified to train 18 different levels of scuba diving
• Medic First Aid Instructor Trainer – Adult, Pediatric and Auto Defib. Over 14,000 students certifed.
• Retired Red Cross Lifeguard Instructor Trainer
• Retired Red Cross Water Safety Instructor Trainer
• Author of four books on Scuba Diving Cape Cod and Massachusetts
• Over 50% of my student certifications isssued are for Advanced or higher levels of training.
• Dive Trainer for many local fire departments including Hyannis, Yarmouth, Orleans, Chatham and Harwich MA.
Other instructors just seem to hand out certification cards – we don’t.
During any of our courses, you will work, dive, and study hard, but when you are through, you’ll experience a wonderful feeling of diving confidence. A confidence that comes from really knowing your stuff.
From the moment you first submerge with us, you will be trained to be in control of your buoyancy – neutrally buoyant and nicely horizontal in the water, like you are laying on a cushion, perfectly suspended in mid-water, relying on your controlled breathing patterns to control your depth.
Having that kind of control, not just for the sake of the ocean, but for your own safety, is empowering. The better your buoyancy control, the safer and more confident diver you will be; always comfortable in the water so your awareness can focus on your dive buddy and your environment.
All of our programs are taught in very small groups or often, one-on-one – this ensures you are getting the attention you need and deserve!
Frequently Asked Learn To Dive Questions
Don Ferris Dive Training.
We don’t teach the most students – just the best.
NOTE* My fee for instruction is far less than local dive shops charge for crowded “group lessons”. Their program may sound cheaper, but then they make you buy a ton of equipment and also “rent” gear for your training dives. I don’t do any of that stuff. It’s one price, all inclusive. My program will save you as much as $600. over local dive shop classes! Remember, the scuba lessons I teach are private or semi-private only. Not crowded group lessons.
