Special needs children from all over the Central Coast got the opportunity to dive headfirst into the world of scuba diving Saturday. For many of them, it was their first experience in the ocean.

Suzie Dudas's two children were were in a family friend's swimming pool when they used scuba tanks filled with helium instead of oxygen.

Suzie Dudas' two children, Zale, nine, and Saxon, seven, were in a family friend's swimming pool when they used scuba tanks unknowingly filled with helium, which caused them to lose consciousness ...

After the Addis girls completed their open water dive in Key Largo, the family planned a multi-generational family scuba trip to Fort Lauderdale, where the parents, children and the grandmother ...

Children each day tried quick lessons on scuba diving for one week under the supervision of PADI-certified expert divers.

The love for scuba diving runs in Morgan's family. Echo started diving as a teenager, and she and her children - Matt and his sister Marley - were certified together in 2007.

The school offered Islander veterans, staff and their children scuba diving as a therapy session. It was the first-ever event of its kind and it happened at the Dugan Pool on campus.