Tuesday - Saturday
11am - 8pm
Sunday
11am - 6pm
Closed on Mondays
11am - 8pm
Sunday
11am - 6pm
Closed on Mondays
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About Us
The world of underwater exploration, discovery and all that it takes to get started, [or just give it a try] is now conveniently located in Sterling VA´s Country Side Pigeon Hill Shopping Center. Loudoun County residents welcome this new company that will be a great resource for the avid diver as well as those new to scuba.NDC is a fully functional DSAT certified gas blending facility, so we are able to provide you with a variety of enriched air/nitrox blends. We have a blending facility allowing us to prepare gas blends to your specification.
Meet the staff...
Scuba Courses
NOVA Dive Center SCUBA courses are filling up fast!Our PADI (Professional Association of Dive Instructors), DSAT (Diving Science and Technology), and HSA . (Handicapped Scuba Association) certified Divemasters and Instructors take the fear out of learning for first timers as well as seasoned divers. We offer everything from kids programs for boys and girls as young as eight years old, to the latest in technical dive training through DSAT. On the recreational diving side, we offer certifications from Open Water Diver through Instructor ratings and everything in between. Take the Master Scuba Diver challenge by getting your Advanced Open Water and Rescue certifications followed by five specialty certifications. Choose from PADIs many specialty dive courses such as Deep Diver, Nitrox Diver, Night Diver, Wreck Diver, Underwater Navigator, Search and Recovery Diver, Underwater Digital Photography and many more.
At NOVA Dive Center, we take SCUBA training seriously. As students, you´ll be part of small, personalized classes run by Instructors and Divemasters committed to safety, personal attention, and above all, fun. We are staffed by a group of dive professionals committed to sharing their passion for experiencing the world aquatic in all its glory with anyone willing to try something new and exciting. Check out our training page or call us at (703) 421-6321 any time for more details.
At NOVA Dive Center, we take SCUBA training seriously. As students, you´ll be part of small, personalized classes run by Instructors and Divemasters committed to safety, personal attention, and above all, fun. We are staffed by a group of dive professionals committed to sharing their passion for experiencing the world aquatic in all its glory with anyone willing to try something new and exciting. Check out our training page or call us at (703) 421-6321 any time for more details.
Welcome to NOVA Dive Center--your dive adventure headquarters! NOVA Dive Center is owned and operated by trained professionals. Whether you need basic information on the proper gear, or a detailed outline for the path to your desired qualification, you can find the answers you are looking for with our staff.
Feel free to e-mail any of our team members with any questions or call us. The answers and the adventure await you!
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Mike Litton
PADI IDCS - 195563
Mike Litton is the owner and operator of Nova Dive Center (NDC). Mike is certified as a PADI Staff Instructor as well as a DSAT and TDI certified technical diver working towards his DSAT and TDI Technical Diver Instructor rating. Mike thoroughly enjoys all aspects of diving and being an active member in the local dive community. Mike’s greatest aspiration is to share his passion for diving with the world at large by helping others learn to dive and expanding their knowledge through continued dive education. We have great people who are active members in the NDC diving community who are here to have fun, meet people, travel, and advance their knowledge, experience and abilities in diving. This is why Mike is an integral part of the Nova Dive Center environment. He is really looking forward to meeting you and working with you towards achieving your every diving experience and aspiration.
Laurie Jo Litton
PADI OWSI - 231085
Laurie Jo started scuba diving at age 16 when she participated in her High School's Sea Explorers program. She became a PADI Dive Master in 2006, an Assistant Instructor in 2009 and most recently achieved the PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor (OWSI) and Emergency First Responder Instructor (EFRI) Certifications, thus allowing her to share her most prized passion, recreational scuba diving. She has done dives with Whale Sharks, loves all aspects of recreational diving specialties, and has a special affinity for warm water diving and wreck diving. She enjoys the adventure of cold water diving in both the Atlantic and Pacific in either her 7 mm wetsuit or her dry-suit. Laurie Jo loves the Dive Community and all the great people she has met diving and is looking forward to meeting many more and diving many new and wondrous places!
Keith Bierd
PADI MSDT - 197017
Keith was born in Michigan where he spent the first 23 years of his life. He graduated from Michigan Technological University with a degree in chemical engineering. Keith was certified as an open water diver in August 2002 in the wonderful Millbrook quarry of Haymarket, Virginia. Since being certified, he has logged dives in Sydney, Roatan, Cozumel, Curacao, Maui ad several quarries closer to home. Keith received his PADI Divemaster rating in 2005, and he received his PADI OWSI and MSDT ratings in 2009. He continues to enjoy diving the nearby quarries while waiting for his next dive trip to the Caribbean or Maui. 
Harry Arter
PADI MSDT
Harry first started diving in 1998 when his dad dragged him to a local dive shop in Missouri. Without his father's influence, Harry would have never have caught the bug!
After his open water certification Harry dove whenever he could over the years, but not as much as he has wanted to because he was in the military. After settling down in DC, "the bug" caught back up to him. Harry recertified (another story for another time) and then worked his way up to the professional diving levels. He is now a certified PADI MSDT who loves instructing divers of all ages and all levels of diving experience. Thankfully, Harry's day job provides him with plenty of ocean diving opportunities. He has been diving in the Bahamas, North Carolina, Hawaii, San Diego, as well as numerous lakes and quarries. He love wrecks and night dives, but won't turn any dive down. Harry is certainly not confined to just warm Caribbean waters, as his current goal is to dive in Antarctica!
Paul Watson
PADI OWSI – Instructor #256320
I started diving in 2004 and was hooked from the start. Once I achieved my open water certification, I just kept on going. I have dove in almost any puddle that is deep enough to get into. Some of my favorite dive sites are the many wrecks of the Carolina coast Go U352! I love the Bay Islands of Utila and Roatan off the coast of Honduras. The US Virgin Islands also offer much to be enjoyed. My most favorite place of all is the beautiful Millbrook Quarry here in our own Haymarket, VA! Diving is my largest passion in life and I hope it becomes yours too! So, let’s make some bubbles together.
Scott Gruver
PADI AI
Scott was certified as an open water diver in July 2000 and received his PADI Assistant Instructor rating in 2009. He has enjoyed diving in such places as Belize, Cozumel, St. Maarten, and Saba and looks forward to future trips to the Caribbean, Red Sea and South Pacific. Scott is an avid photographer and is rarely without his underwater camera to capture the dive.
Tina Clements
Tina is better known to her adoring fans as Wonder Woman or "the Pride of Jersey". She is a skilled PADI Assistant Instructor, preferring to frequent the most exotic of locations, such as the Millbrook and Dutch Springs quarries. Tina's wildest aspiration is to teach recreational scuba diving to the indigenous tribes of Antarctica. She enjoys piña coladas and getting caught in the rain. If she's the AI that you look for, go with her and escape.
Terry Wolfe
PADI Divemaster
