$55 for the one-hour class.
Scuba Adventures owners, from left, Brent Webb, Scott Berry and Rusty VanMeter opened the facility in 2020.
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WHAT TO EXPECT IN THE SCUBA DISCOVERY PROGRAM • Basic overview of physics and physiology and how it relates to diving • In-water skills, such as pre-dive check, ear clearing and equalization, use of a buoyancy compensator device, mask clearing, underwater communications and more • A chance to swim in the 18-foot deep pool • Unique underwater experience under the watch of an experienced instructor
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Scuba Adventures co-owner Rusty VanMeter is also one of the dive instructors.
Scuba Adventures Business owners set goal to create diving fanatics in Plano A lthough Scott Berry, Brent Webb and Rusty VanMeter own multiple businesses, which they say are their primary means BY KAREN CHANEY
“Usually one or two [of three] things happen: It’s a super cool experience and it ends there, or maybe it activates the desire to get certi ed later in life,” Berry said. “Or they come out and say, ‘That’s the most
of supporting their families, they also have another thing in common—their love of scuba diving. The three like-minded entrepreneurs, who believe they have nearly 100 years of combined scuba experience,
amazing thing,’ and they sign up on the spot to get certi ed, because they want to go in the ocean or lakes.” The nal step to becoming a certi ed scuba diver is com- pleting SDI, or Scuba Diving International, open-water
“WE GET A LOT OF JOY SEEING PEOPLE THAT DON’T THINK THEY CAN DO IT ACTUALLY ACHIEVE IT.” SCOTT BERRY, CO OWNER
There is a full on-site retail shop at Scuba Adventures.
Scuba Adventures 2301 Central Expressway, Ste. 140, Plano
972-423-3483 (DIVE) www.scubaplano.com
opened Scuba Adventures in January 2020. Berry said they did so to make sure people did not forget about scuba. “We wanted to pay it forward and build something the younger generation would fall in love with like we did when we were coming out of college,” Webb said. “We got into it to make dive fanatics.” They o er multiple services, including a variety of levels of scuba classes, equipment servicing, equipment rental, diving vacations, scout badge courses and more. In the introductory class, called the Scuba Discov- ery Program, students will get in full diving gear and breathe underwater for the rst time.
training dives. Scuba Adventures has a pavilion at The Scuba Ranch, a private lake located in Terrell, which is where the open-water dives take place. This step follows e-learning and completing in-water skill-development training at the Scuba Adventures pool. In addition to being the business owners, Berry, Webb and VanMeter are also dive instructors. They say their students’ ages range from 10-80 years old. “We get a lot of joy seeing people that don’t think they can do it actually achieve it,” Berry said. Webb echoed Berry’s sentiment. “We don’t give up unless they give up,” he said. “If they have the desire to keep going, we do, too.”
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. closed
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