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Expand your underwater outdoor programs with OCD Divers
Operating since 2009, OCD Divers is a home-based SCUBA shop run by a Wood Badge trained adult leader, offering certification training, gear, and travel. Whether going to Sea Base or you just want to make amazing memories, we can help you expand your scouting program to the underwater outdoors. We have a shop/pool in Colleyville and pavilion at The Scuba Ranch in Terrell with a fire ring and plenty of room for lakeside camping. Having worked with hundreds of scouts and families over the years, we invite you to dive in and become an OCD Diver!
Open Water Certification Program Schedule Offerings:
- Scuba Campouts—Arrive Friday PM or Saturday AM, camp onsite, and do pool work and lake dives at The Scuba Ranch
- Weeknights/Weekends —Three weeknights in the Colleyville pool and a weekend at The Scuba Ranch
- Winter programs—Pool sessions in Colleyville and check-out dives in San Marcos or Balmorhea State Park
- Custom private schedules are available and talk to us if you would like to explore options for alternate locations
Types of Classes
Please visit our Open Water Details page for how different courses work.
- Try Scuba Diving Experience: If you have youth, leaders, or family members who want to try Scuba, we can set-up a special two-our discounted Discover Scuba session so they can try it in a pool first and see if it is for them.
- Scuba Campout (new): Arrive at The Scuba Ranch Friday night and set-up camp at our pavilion, or arrive early Saturday morning. Saturday morning we use the lake and on-site pool to complete exams, confined water, and two open water dives. Sunday morning we wrap-up the last Open Water dives and Merit Badge requirements, finishing around noon, in time to caravan back.
- Scheduled Group Classes: We offer several types of scheduled group classes and Scouts are welcome to join them. To register for a group class, Scouts and family members can simply register online to register for any of the classes offered on the calendar.
- Private Group Classes: If you want to set-up a private class for your unit we can work with you directly or visit your meeting, talk about Scuba, and set-up a custom schedule. Private classes cost more than scheduled classes for 1-6 participants, but as long as we get 7 or more divers, the price is the same. We can accommodate large groups by scheduling eight at a time in dive patrols. Agency standards limit the number of divers based on age, but don't worry, we are good at making this work!
- Refresh: If you are a family member who has not been diving for a while, this is a great opportunity to refresh skills and credentials while your youth gets certified and dive together.
- Referral: When weather's too cold to lake dive locally or if you have a vacation planned, you can do your knowledge development and pool work with us, then complete your Open Water dives and certification with a destination resort. Destination resort scheduling and fees are student responsibilities.
Discounts: We offer a 15% BSA/Crew/Ship youth and 10% family member discount for the Open Water Diver course and continuing education courses. We offer a 50% BSA youth and family member discount for the Discover Scuba program.
Scuba Diving Merit badge: To earn the Scuba Merit badge, one must be certified as an Open Water Diver. In the spirit of scouting, the Scuba Merit Badge class is offered at no additional charge alongside the SDI Open Water Scuba Diver course. Anyone participating must be able to swim 200 yards and tread/float for 10 minutes. The first Scuba Merit Badge requirement is that scouts already have their Swimming Merit Badge. Click here for the full list of the Scuba Merit Badge requirements. If a Scout is already certified as an Open Water Diver from SDI or another BSA approved agency, we can work with them to complete this badge at no charge too.
Locations: Knowledge development is independent study. Pool sessions are at our pool in Colleyville or at The Scuba Ranch using the one-weekend option. Lake dives are at The Scuba Ranch, which offers primitive camping, showers, and flushing toilets for only $5 a night. You could add a Scuba Campout to your unit's annual plan easily. Keep in mind local diving months are May-October, and the water's warmest June-September.
Fundraiser Opportunity: Schedule a try scuba pool event and charge your participants regular market pricing $50-$75, and just pay OCD Divers the Scout Rate of $25. You make $25-$50 per participant. You may schedule eight divers in the first two-hours, then you may add eight divers for each additional hour, up to six consecutive hours and up to 40 experiences. Your unit can fundraise as much as $2,000 in just one day!
BSA Youth Protection: Because we are focused on safety and evaluating divers, we cannot provide shore supervision or two-deep leadership for YPT purposes. We recommend youth and parents take their class together. Parent already Open Water certified? We are limited to eight divers in the class, so if it has been a while since you certified, you might take the refresher course with your scout or take Advanced Open Water or a dive specialty and join us in the water. Anyone under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or your troop's provided two-deep leadership while on shore or for any camping activities. On dives, you will be assigned your buddy for both dive purposes and Merit Badge YPT buddy rules.
