Your First Skydive!

Prepare to enter the exciting world of skydiving!

Thank you for considering Skydive Charleston for your skydiving experience. Our skilled skydiving experts will assist you in selecting the first skydive that is right for you, provide you with expert training, and be with you throughout the most thrilling experience of your life! The experience of skydiving in South Carolina is like no other!

Use the information provided below to choose which first jump you wish to make at Skydive Charleston. Either way, you will be trained and accompanied by the top professional skydivers in South Carolina!

Tandem Skydiving

Skydive Charleston highly recommends this method for your first skydive. Tandem skydives require the least amount of training (usually less than an hour), and maintain the highest degree of safety. Your instructor will be with you through the entire skydive and parachute ride. Your jump will include approximately 60 seconds of freefall, followed by a canopy ride that lasts anywhere from 7 to 9 minutes. Should you request it, you may also assist in steering the parachute.

Accelerated Free Fall

Accelerated Free Fall (AFF) is the most advanced method of training to become certified to skydive on your own. Before your first jump you will attend a 4 to 6 hour training class that will teach you the fundamentals of skydiving. Your jump is made in the company of two USPA rated AFF Jump masters who provide direct assistance during the exit and freefall. You will have the opportunity to deploy your pilot chute, which will release your main canopy. Once your parachute is deployed, you will (with radio assistance) control a solo parachute descent back to the drop zone.

Contact Charleston Skydive today at 1-800-585-5555 and book the adventure of a lifetime!

*To make any skydive you must be at least 18 years of age.