Name: Zombie Apocalypse Diver Certification
Start: 2025-10-25T13:00:00.000Z
Location: Lake Phoenix Scuba Park, Family Campgrounds & Paintball

Picture this:

You have just arrived at your island paradise. You landed
three hours late, your airline lost the luggage and the bar is closed. How could this vacation get any worse? You ask yourself quietly. Then suddenly you have your answer: Zombies!

The Zombie Apocalypse has happened and hordes of the walking dead are aimlessly moving about. Your vacation was an inconvenience , now it is a disaster. Zombies are approaching fast and looking for their next meal: You.

Searching for any means of escape you can find it dawns on you....you have the most sought after SCUBA certification in the world, you are a certified Zombie Apocalypse Diver!

How will this story end?

That is up to you! Will you become another member of the zombie hoard or will you be able to survive the apocalypse alive and well? 98% of divers feel they are unprepared for a zombie apocalypse according to
a recent survey we created and then falsified. To answer this incredibly high demand, we created a fun and challenging dive course to allow divers of all levels a chance to hone their skills for an impending apocalypse. If you've been diving for years, or are brand new then this course has something for you.

Each student will be given a copy of the Zombie Apocalypse Diver Student Manual and Survival Guide. This book won the highly coveted Pulitzer Prize\*. Successful completion of the course will entitle each student to a Zombie Apocalypse Diver

**In Zombie Apocalypse Diver we learn about:**

* Zombies throughout history
* [Tetrodotoxin’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrodotoxin) use in zombification
* Methods of infection
* [Governmental stance on zombies](https://web.archive.org/web/20110612133939/http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/)
* Treatment of the infected

Once you get in the water it’s your turn to hone your Zombie Apocalypse survival skills. During our Zombie Open Water dives, ***we utilize skills from several other PADI Specialties***

* [Peak Performance Buoyancy](https://divewithfrank.com/padi-specialties/peak-performance-buoyancy/)
* [Underwater Navigation](https://divewithfrank.com/padi-specialties/underwater-navigator/)
* [Search and Recovery](https://divewithfrank.com/padi-specialties/search-recovery/)
* [Rescue Diver](https://divewithfrank.com/padi-courses/rescue-diver/)
* [Emergency First Response](https://www.padi.com/padi-courses/emergency-first-response-efr)

We do two (2) ***open water*** dives and cover such skills as:

* Zombie infectious material recovery
* Underwater zombie observation and (photographic) documentation
* Underwater navigation through (almost certainly) zombie infested waters
* Underwater communication with zombie-signs
* Underwater defense using the latest anti-zombie defensive technology
* Underwater zombie victim assistance & above water first aid

Upon successful completion of the course: A plethora, yes a plethora, of
accolades will be bestowed upon the diver, including getting your logbook stamped with the most sought after logbook stamp in the non-infected world!

**Note:** If you become infected during class your PIC card for class will feature your zombie photo! (This is with special permission from PADI)

You get your PADI certification card which clearly states that you hold the rank of Zombie Apocalypse Diver! Not that anyone will check your C-card after the world ends.
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***More Course Info:***

Yes, this is a real certification, from PADI, and it can be used as a cert towards your Master Diver certification.

The Washington Area Scuba Club is bringing in specialty instructor Frank Lewis of Dive With Frank fame to teach this course. Anyone who wishes to take the class should register on this site, but also register and pay for the course at [Halloween Zombie Apocalypse Diver in Lake Phoenix, VA](https://www.wetravel.com/trips/halloween-zombie-apocalypse-diver-frank-lewis-52520255). You will pay Frank directly for the course as the club is not certified nor does it offer certification training directly.

## What’s included

* ZAD Training Manual
* Open Water Zombie Dives
(2)
* PADI ZAD PIC Card
* A Whole Lotta Fun!

## What’s not included

* Equipment
* Tanks/Air
* Weights
* Entrance To Lake Phoenix
* Camping (register with the club on the other event for the camping)
* Lunch and other meals (unless camping with the club)

**Prerequisite** is Open Water/Jr. Open Water
Minimum Age: 12
Max Depth: 40 Feet

**Classroom:** There will most likely be a classroom session via zoom. Frank will provide that information after you have registered.

Find out more info about the certification and to view pictures, go to [http://www.zombieapocalypsediver.com/Welcome.html](http://www.zombieapocalypsediver.com/Welcome.html) and zombie.divewithfrank.com

This event will be in conjunction with other events that the club will be doing this weekend such as camping and other diving. We are awaiting information on the Pumpkin Carving Contest through Aquatic Adventures. too. If you plan to participate in the other events, please sing up for them also as they get posted.

There will be a lot of activities, so come on down.

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