Welcome to Underwater Safaris

KEEPING DIVERS AND STAFF SAFE DURING COVID 19

• Face covering is required for entry into store. (Ask if you need one.)
• Temperature and wellness check required for all staff EACH DAY.
• Temperature and wellness check required for all divers before entering pool.
• Class ratios in the pool reduced from 8 students to 3 students per class.
• Pool area and store sanitized each day with commercial ozonator and uv system.
• Pool chemicals tested daily and passed City of Chicago Inspection 8/4/2020.
• Sanitization stations in store and pool area.
• Class and rental equipment sanitized according to Divers Alert Network standards.
• Students must have their own mask, fins, snorkel, NO rentals will be allowed.
• Students must use their own defog. No spitting into masks. (Yes, some do that.)
• Respect social distancing guidelines.                                                                  
• Face coverings that can be worn in water required for pool and open water dives

ABOUT UNDERWATER SAFARIS

Established in 1983, Underwater Safaris is the only PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center in Chicago, with an 84 degree in-store pool and over 3,000 sq. feet dedicated to diver education, equipment sales, rentals, repair and travel. In addition to quality equipment, we offer a variety of certification courses through PADI. Course offerings range from beginning scuba diver certification to Advanced and Specialty Diver programs and on to Instructor.  Per industry standards, all of our courses are taught by certified and insured instructors or divemasters. 

PADI is the world’s leading scuba diver training organization. It stands for Professional Association of Diving Instructors, which basically says it all! The PADI system of diver education is based on progressive training that introduces skills, safety-related information and local environmental knowledge to student divers in stages, providing maximum practice and realistic practical application in the process.