Try Scuba Diving In Denver


Bet You’ve Always Wanted To Try Scuba Diving… Right?

Maybe you watched a cool movie on television showing scuba divers playing with dolphins or one of your friends just returned from a fun dive trip to the “Islands” or maybe you’ve always dreamed of diving on a WWII wreck. Whatever your reason, in no time at all we’ll have you blowing bubbles underwater, doing somersaults, handstands and just about any other fun thing you can imagine.

Our Try Scuba Diving Experience is fun, easy, and a great way to experience what it’s like to be weightless an breathe underwater. The really cool part is that we have two Try Scuba programs from which to choose. One at A-1 Scuba & Travel Aquatics Center and another at the Denver Downtown Aquarium!

Try Scuba


Here’s What You’ll Learn

Your A-1 diving professional will describe and review some of the basic guidelines you need to know in order to safely dive underwater such as; breath continuously, dive with a buddy, techniques to equalize the pressure in your ears and sinuses, and more. After the briefing you’ll enter the water and quickly discover how easy it is to breathe underwater, swim effortlessly through the water, do summersaults/handstands, and so much more. It’ll definitely be one of the most unique activities you could ever imagine.


Prerequisites and Forms

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Prerequisites

  • Be at least 10 years old
  • Be in reasonably good health
  • Download and complete the following forms before arriving for the Try Scuba Experience

A-1 POOL AND DOWNTOWN AQUARIUM REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

AQUARIUM ONLY – IN ADDITION TO THE DOCUMENTS ABOVE

VERY IMPORTANT – regarding the Diver Medical/Participant Questionnaire.

If there is a YES response to questions 3, 5, or 10 on page 1 of the Diver Medical form or to ANY of the questions on page 2, the participant will need to sign and date the Participant’s Signature on page 1 AND take all three pages of the Participant Questionnaire to their physician for a medical evaluation.  Their medical professional must approve, date, and sign page three, the Medical Examiner’s Evaluation Form, and include their medical credentials MD, DO, NP, RN, PA, etc., with their signature.                     

UNFORTUNATELY, THE PARTICIPANT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENTER THE WATER, FOR EITHER PROGRAM, UNTIL THE PROPER DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, SIGNED, AND REVIEWED FOR ACCURACY BY YOUR INSTRUCTOR.

Inclusions and Exclusions

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Includes

  • Scuba diving in our on-site heated pool
  • Use of all diving equipment
  • A-1 diving professional
  • The experience from start to finish is approximately one hour

Not Included

  • Swimsuit, towel and personal hygiene items

Please note: This is NOT a certification course. Additional training is required in order to become a certified diver

Click to read inclusions and exclusions for Try Scuba at the Aquarium

Includes

  • Scuba diving in the Under the Sea Exhibit at the Denver Downtown Aquarium with Green Sea Turtles, Rays, Groupers and tons of their friends.
  • Professional A-1 Guide
  • Use of all Scuba/Snorkeling equipment and exposure suit
  • Entry pass (that day) to all Aquarium Exhibits
  • The experience from start to finish is approximately 2-hours

Not Included

  • Swimsuit, towel and personal hygiene items
    Sorry, no bare feet.  Please bring shoes (Keens, flip-flops) to wear on the wet deck

Please note: This is not a certification course. Additional training is required in order to become a certified diver

Click here for important logistical information about the Try Scuba Experience at the Aquarium.

A-1 Scuba
Standard Course
$50
Try Scuba Diving at A-1 Scuba & Travel Aquatics Center with a group
Semi-Private or Private
Private Request
$100
Try Scuba Diving at A-1 Scuba & Travel Aquatics Center with private instruction.
*Call for information on group discounts
The Denver Aquarium
$375
Try Scuba Diving at The Denver Downtown Aquarium — In Salt Water