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Manage your dive
courses.
Without the paperwork.

Ascent centralizes student progress, certifications and signatures for dive centers — from any device, at the pool or in open water.

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Already used by dive centers in Quebec
TLS encrypted Hosted in Canada Legally valid signatures

See Ascent in action

Everything your dive center needs, in one place.

Always know what needs your attention.

Your dashboard surfaces required actions automatically — missing documents, pending signatures, courses ready to close. No hunting around.

  • Required actions grouped by course
  • Missing docs flagged before it's too late
  • Courses past their date shown for easy close-out
  • Different views for admin vs. instructor
Dashboard
Students
24
Active
3
Courses
7
Upcoming
Open Water Diver
Confined Water · Jul 31 – Aug 1
📎 2 ✍ 3 In progress
Missing documents
Marie Côté📎 2 docs
François Plamondon📎 1 doc
Nitrox Specialty
Practical · Jul 28
⚑ Close outPast due
Advanced OW Diver
Deep, Navigation · Aug 24–25
Scheduled

Your full schedule, at a glance.

See all your courses and dive sessions on a single calendar. Drill down to any activity in one click — from the pool to open water.

  • Monthly calendar with course indicators
  • Color-coded by activity type
  • Multi-week courses shown as spans
  • Upcoming events list alongside calendar
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Open Water Diver
Confined Water · Aug 7–9
3 students
Deep Diver Specialty
Open Water · Aug 15–16
1 student

Complete student files, paperless.

Every student has a full certification file — skills, dive dates, digital signatures and generated PDFs — all in one place, accessible from any device.

  • Real-time skill progress per section
  • Digital signatures — drawn or typed
  • Auto-generated certification PDFs
  • Document storage and tracking
Marie Côté — Open Water Diver
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Marie Côté
Open Water Diver
In progress
Overall progress75%
Sections
Confined Water
✓ 5/5 dives
Knowledge Review
✓ 87%
Open Water
Aug 14–15
Signatures
Instructor
✓ Signed
Student
Pending

All documents, secure & centralized.

Medical forms, waivers, IDs — every student document stored securely and accessible when you need it. No more email attachments or lost paper files.

  • Centralized storage per student
  • Required document checklist per course
  • Instant access from any device
  • Encrypted, hosted in Canada
  • Bulk download as ZIP for your records
Documents — Marie Côté
Required documents
Medical form
Received
Liability waiver
Received
Photo ID
Missing
Uploaded files
PDF
medical_form.pdf
124 KB · Jul 15
PDF
owd_certification.pdf
312 KB · Generated
Encrypted · Hosted in Canada · Access logged

Everything you need

Built for dive centers — not a generic tool awkwardly adapted.

Progress tracking

Every skill, every dive — checked in real time from your tablet at the surface.

Digital signatures

Legally valid signatures — drawn or typed. No more paper forms ending up soaked.

PDF generation

Certification forms auto-filled with student data. Ready to send in one click.

Schedule & planning

Calendar view of all your activities. Plan pool sessions, dives and exams in a few clicks.

Multi-instructor

Multiple instructors on the same course, each responsible for their sections.

Mobile first

Works on phone, tablet and computer. No installation required.

Built for the real world

We know what happens when you run courses without the right tools.

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Paper forms end up soaked

Waterproof notepads, laminated sheets, backup photocopies — all workarounds for a problem that shouldn't exist.

Ascent → digital forms, signed on-screen
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Signatures get forgotten

Student left without signing. Instructor forgot to countersign. Now you're chasing people down weeks later.

Ascent → required actions visible at a glance
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Documents scattered everywhere

Medical forms in email, waivers in a folder, ID photos on someone's phone. Impossible to find at audit time.

Ascent → everything per student, in one place
"Before Ascent, I was spending 30 minutes after every course just organizing paperwork. Now everything is done before students leave the water."
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Jean-Sebastien Bejeau
Instructor, Plongée CPAS — Québec

Frequently asked questions

Simple, transparent pricing

Pay for what you use. Scale as you grow.

On-demand
$49
/mo
base fee + taxes
+
$3 / active student / mo
enrolled in at least one course
  • Unlimited instructors
  • All course types
  • PDF generation
  • Digital signatures
  • e.g. 10 students = $79/mo · Pro plan at 50+
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✦ Best value
Pro
$199
/mo
flat rate + taxes, best value at 50+ students
  • Unlimited instructors
  • Unlimited active students
  • All course types
  • PDF generation
  • Digital signatures
  • Priority support
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Enterprise
Custom
tailored to your needs
  • Everything in Unlimited
  • Custom course types
  • Multi-location
  • Custom integrations
  • Dedicated onboarding
  • SLA guarantee
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An "active student" has a student file that progressed this month (course, dive trip or specialty). No-shows and pre-enrolments don't count.

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