The lure of exploring sunken vessels, airplanes is something most divers can't resist. The PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course introduces you to wreck diving and helps you develop the skills and knowledge necessary for safe and fun wreck diving.
Wreck penetration-training dives are limited to within the light zone of the wreck. If the wreck used for training is located in deep water, over 18 metres, the Deep Diver rating is a recommended prerequisite for the Wreck Diver program.
Information contained in your wreck diver speciality
- The planning, organisation, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of wreck diving.
- The preparation and use of lights, air supplies, special equipment, wreck penetration lines and reels.
- Limited-visibility diving techniques and emergency procedures.
How long will it take?
Four dives over two days.
Course Materials
wreck diver manual, DVD and log insert.
Prerequisites:
A PADI Advanced Open Water (or qualifying certification from another training organization) 15 years old (12 for Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)
"Oops sorry about this I've just dropped the car keys in the harbour..."
"NO !!The strap on my computer has broken and it fallen overboard!"
People accidentally drop things from docks, off boats or even loose things while scuba diving. If you’ve ever lost something in the water and wanted to go find it, then the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course is for you. There are effective ways to search for objects underwater that increase your chances of success, along with methods to recover small, large or awkward items. Search and recovery can be challenging, but a whole lot of fun.
What will you learn on the Search and Recovery Speciality?
Gathering information and resources, then carefully planning a search are the first important steps you learn. During four scuba dives you’ll practice:
- Planning a search operation based on facts gathered about a lost object prior to the dive.
- Locating large and small objects using various search patterns.
- Using a compass and natural navigation for search patterns
- Using a lift bag for large or heavy objects, plus other recovery methods.
- Limited visibility search techniques
How long will it take?
Four dives over two days.
Knowledge Development session
Course Materials
PADI Search and Recovery Diver manual
Prerequisites:
PADI (Junior) Advanced Open Water Divers who are at least 12 years old can enroll in the Search and Recover Diver course. PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers with a PADI Underwater Navigator certification also qualify.
Wanna stay warm and toasty on a dive? Then stay out of the water. What? Stay out of the water? Yes! Unlike a wetsuit, a dry suit seals you off from the outside water. In the PADI Dry Suit Diver Specialty course, you'll learn how to use a dry suit. And that keeps you warm! Even in very cold water.
What will you learn on the Dry Suit Speciality
- Preparation and "getting in and out" techniques specific to dry suits
- Undergarments
- Dry suit buoyancy control skills
- How to recover when air is in your boots and you are upside down
- Dry suit maintenance and storage
Buoyancy techniques for dry suit diving are different to wet or semi-dry suit diving. As such we spend 1/2 day in confined water practising skills prior to open water dives.
How long will it take?
Three dives normally over two days.
Course Materials
Dry Suit manual & DVD.
Prerequisites:
PADI Open Water (or qualifying certification from another training organization) 12 years old.
The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is PADI’s most popular specialty scuba diving course, and a superbly useful tool to add to your diving qualifications. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you
- More no decompression dive time.
- More time on repetitive dives
- Shorter Surface Intervals
There are of course limits on it's use and you learn about these on the course
The Enriched Air speciality course is a non diving course After successful completion of the course you will be able to dive with your preferred NITROX blend up to a maximum of 40% oxygen.
Enriched Air/Nitrox dives are an optional extra (a supplement applies). You will learn how to plan and conduct Enriched Air/Nitrox dives, analyze the oxygen content of your tank, complete a fill log and how to rent Nitrox tanks properly in the future
The Deep Diver Specialty course offers you the opportunity to see thing others can only dream about.
Deep diving opens your world to new and exciting dives such as ship wrecks, holes and deeper reefs.
The PADI deep diver certification this will not only give you the additional skills to dive deeper but provide you with the additional dive safe confidence that is necessary.
What will you learn on the Deep Speciality
- You'll learn deep dive planning.
- Organisation, procedures.
- Techniques and hazards.
- Test this knowledge as you dive in the 18 - 40M range
How long will it take?
Four dives over two days.
Course Materials
Deep Diver manual, DVD and log insert.
Prerequisites:
A PADI Advanced Open Water (or qualifying certification from another training organization) 15 years old.