Skydiving Suggestions

Last Updated: August 3, 2005

This page contains links to places that offer skydiving services. Other favorite event info exists for:

Hiking, Horse Back Riding, Skydiving, River Rafting

Skydiving outfits come and go, so this information may be out of date. We recommend that you decide if you wish to to take a certification course (~10 jumps, $1-1.5K) or just single tandem jump to have fun and check it out.

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Skydiving Directories and Companies

We recommend that you first visit a few skydiving directories to see what businesses are close to you, then select one based on price, safety, and features. The prices we've captured are probably old, please see each companies web site for current pricing.

Skydiving Directories

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Skydiving Operations close to Santa Rosa

Bay Area Skydiving: Altamont pass, past Livermore. Probably 2 hours drive. (Prices as of August 2005)
- Tandem: 10K=$150, 12K=$170, 14K=$185. Group discount $5/off 3-9 people.
- AFF: 8 dive AFF is $1450.
- Solo: Plane ride for certified divers is $20.
Skydive San Francisco (aka Skydive Cloverdale): Probably 45 minutes drive. 707-894-9241. (Prices as of August 2005)
- Tandem: 7k=$130, silver, 10K=$160, 13K=$200, site has online $10 off coupons, though they said these quotes had internet discounts already applied.
- AFF is 8 dives.
- Offers 3K static line jumps.
Skydance Skydive: Located in Davis. Probably 1.5 hour drive from Santa Rosa. (Prices as of August 2005)
- Tandem: 9K=$149, 13K=$200, 18K=$349 (includes video)
- Group discount: $20 off each jump, package discounts for aff program.
- Solo: Plane ride for certified divers is $19. Night skydives for $25.
- High Altitude: 30K and 24K jumps, expensive, require licenses and lots of previous jumps. Also has water training.
Skydive Santa Rosa: Out of business.

Information on heights

7,000 foot: 15 minute aircraft ride, 20 seconds freefall, 5 minutes parachuting to ground.
10,000 foot: 20 minute aircraft ride, 40 seconds freefall, 5 minutes parachuting to ground.
13,000 foot: 25 minute aircraft ride, 60 seconds freefall, 5 minutes parachuting to ground.
18,000 foot: ~1.5 minutes of free fall.

Notes:

Age: You must be 18 years old or older for most places.
Weight: Maximum weight is 225 pounds, with a surcharge for people over 200 pounds.
Time: Plan for 4 hours for a first time tandem jump. (not AFF program)
Health: Do not do this if you are sick or congested. Kerstin tried it when she had allergies, and her ears would not clear on the way down and it hurt. Rob didn't have allergies, but normally has problems clearing his ears while scuba diving. Rob was fine skydiving.

Skydiving Events

Club Events

We're currently researching an Event for our club for Fall 2005.

Skydiving experiences outside of the club

Rob and Kerstin: Video of 15K foot tandem skydive in Queenstown, New Zealand. (March 2005)
Judy: Tandem skydive out of Santa Rosa
Jonathan: Tandem skydive in the Central Ca. valley.