YSCUBA and Tropical Breeze Diving

Tropical Breeze Diving, LLC is committed to bringing you the highest quality SCUBA instruction and SCUBA trips in the Nashville area. We offer trips on a first come first serve basis. All trips are supervised by either a Dive Master or Instructor and the focus is on safety and fun. Instruction is offered under the YMCA SCUBA Program; the oldest and most respected agency in the US. The YMCA stands for quality and develops the entire you; Body, Mind and Spirit. When you see the familiar Y logo, you think of quality and excellence. The YMCA is seen as a leader in aquatics. YMCAs are found worldwide, so you know your certification card will be recognized no matter where you go. Come learn to dive with a leader.

Learning to SCUBA Dive

Learning to SCUBA dive is safe, affordable and requires a modest amount of training. An entry-level certification course takes approximately 32 hours to complete during day and evening classes for a couple of weeks. In order to earn a SCUBA certification, you will participate in classroom sessions and practice essential diving skills in a pool. Finally, you will test your knowledge on a written exam and apply your skills during training dives in a lake, quarry, spring or ocean. Upon completion, you will receive a certification card that identifies you as a trained diver, allowing you to rent SCUBA equipment, participate in advanced training and explore diving destinations.

Upon completion of all classroom, pool, and open water dives, the student will receive a certification card, and a wall certificate. You will be certified as a YMCA Open Water Diver.

YSCUBA's Long History

The history of national dive training in the United States began with the development of the YMCA SCUBA Program. As divers and instructors, we have dedicated ourselves to the quest for ever-better ways to teach others to enjoy the underwater world. That is our heritage. Throughout the history of sport diving, the YMCA has maintained unsurpassed standards. Those standards have changed as our knowledge and depth of experience have improved. A standard others have tried to follow. That is our record.

The first instructors, certified in Chicago, Ill. in 1959, provided the dedication, experience and knowledge that became our tradition. We have now trained divers throughout the world and have helped to form other dive training organizations. Throughout our history we have worked tirelessly to improve diver safety and enjoyment with a parallel sense of responsibility toward the underwater world which we explore.

Our accomplishments are known. Today, as yesterday, no sport diver in the world is better trained than the man or woman who has met the high standards of YMCA SCUBA.

In the 40 years since our inception, YMCA SCUBA continues to provide the highest level of community-oriented education for divers and instructors based on the principles of the YMCA triangle: the Spirit, the Mind and the Body. These principles are the core philosophy of the YMCA, and YMCA SCUBA bases all training and programs on these ideals.