SCUBA Rangers

Kids 7 to 12 Learn to Scuba Dive

Learning to scuba dive is not just for the young at heart. Kids ages 7-12 can now join Denver Divers’ Scuba Ranger program and “dive” in our heated salt water pool. Rangers use all the same gear as their parents – just scaled to size. And Rangers learn the same scuba skills, but learn them through fun, interactive games. Working their way through five Ranger levels, your kids earn a pool-only certification card with rewards for each Ranger level achieved along the way.

Initial SCUBA RANGERS training is offered through five or six separate classroom and pool sessions of about three hours each.  During the school year, classes are every Thursday or Friday afternoon for six or seven weeks.  During the summer, Denver Divers hosts camps of about three hours over five afternoons.

The sixteen hours of instruction includes all gear, snacks, Scuba Ranger card, and a party!  Also Included is the Scuba Ranger student kit including a text book and homework, a Ranger Log, and DVD for

Class 1 – Red Rangers review swimming skills and learn how to snorkel with a mask, a snorkel and fins.  Red Rangers learn surface rescue skills like fin push and use of a safety ring and resuce hook.  Red Rangers also learn to free dive from the surface.

Class 2 – White Rangers learn the reasons for each piece of dive equipment and begin equipment assembly.  White Rangers use BCDs, regulators, fins, masks, and wetsuits all sized accurately to their smaller frames – a critical step toward comfortable diving.  During the White Rangers class, Rangers wear their equipment on the ledge, learning how to breath underwater.

Class 3 – Blue Rangers learn specific open water skills like regulator retrieval skills, mask-clearing, air-sharing, and taking off and putting on their BCDs underwater.  Blue Rangers are expected to demonstrate neutral buoyancy through fin pivot, “budha position,” and threading the obstacle course.

Class 4 – Silver Rangers learn about marine life and ocean activities in the classroom.  In the pool, Silver Rangers practice their skills to demonstrate to instructors, family members and friends.

Class 5 – DEMO Rangers show off their skills to parents, other family members, and friends who can watch underwater on scuba or snorkeling gear.  In the Denver Divers’ pool, your child will show you what he or she has learned.  DEMO Rangers even graduate underwater!

Make sure you stay for the party.  This is a very fun graduation!