Now that ice atop lakes, swamps, and backyard pools has receded, there is nothing blocking antsy underwater explorers from entering the mysterious blue beyond. Celebrate the world beneath the thaw with today's deal: for $25, you get a Discover Scuba Diving class for yourself and another diver (a $50 value) at Splash Water Sports on Banksville Road.
Courses are offered the first and third Saturday of each month and must be scheduled two weeks in advance. Prospective scubathusiasts can be as young as eight years old, though those younger than 18 must have a parent or guardian present. In addition to covering parent and child, this two-person Groupon can be used to wet the exploratory dorsal fins of a loving couple, pair of friends, or duet of dueling banjo players.
Splash Water Sports is rated five stars by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), the only center to receive such an accolade in the Pittsburgh area. A certified PADI instructor leads each sub-marina course with caring supervision and a gilled neck. In less than two hours, participants will become familiar with navigating submerged highways in a weightless, watery world. After a short period of knowledge and skills instruction, divers will go on a shallow dive in open water to go swimming in newly acquired knowledge.
Groupon buyers will need to bring a swimsuit and towel, and Splash Water Sports will provide the needed scuba equipment.
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Under the Sea (Under the Sea)
Once you have your newfound scuba knowledge, also known as "sea cred," you'll be able to verify that life "under the sea" is a nonstop musical number, as proclaimed by Sebastian, the overbearing crab from The Little Mermaid. Through song, Sebastian insists that "the newt play the flute" and "the carp play the harp," but not every fish is a musical prodigy. What are some of the lyrics he had to cut?
- The fluke plays the uke.
- The flounder plays the hammered dulcimer at Renaissance fairs on weekends.
- The catfish played some bassoon in high school, but now just brings it out as an affectation at parties.
- The walrus comes through periodically and eats a fifth of us, but that's basically cool.
- Finding the music garish and coarse, the clownfish prefers to express himself through the refined art of mime, but is unable to compete with the nearby spectacle. He quietly returns home to his coral reef to find a grant-application rejection letter waiting for him. Again.
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