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| Specialty Courses Dive course and Description | Price | Deep Diver Specialty: This course is designed to be an introduction to deep diving and to help the student diver develop the necessary skills, knowledge and techniques to safely participate in deep diving activities. Course Overview: Planning, organisation, procedures, techniques, problems and hazard of deep diving Risk factors and decompression-table review Safety stops and emergency decompression procedures Special equipment, descent lines and buoyancy-control considerations Orientation to recompression chambers
The goals of PADI Deep Diver training are: To develop the student's theoretical knowledge of deep diving. To enable the student to plan, organise and make no-decompression dives between the depths of 18 to 40 metres.
Course Duration
Independent study and completion of knowledge reviews
4 open water dives
(The Deep Dive from the PADI Adventures in Diving program may be counted toward Dive 1 of this speciality at the discretion of the instructor)
Pre-requisites
You must be certified as a PADI Adventure Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another training organisation similar to that of a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver)
Complete a medical statement form
Price Includes
Academic Materials (Excluding Video/DVD)
PADI registration fee What you will need to bring
2 passport-sized photographs Dive kit
Academic Materials | £150.00 minimum age15yrs | Dry Suit Specialty: This course is designed to be an introduction to dry suit diving and to help the student diver develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary for dry suit diving Course Overview: The planning, organisation, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of dry suit diving Proper procedures for buoyancy control Ascent and descent technique training Routine, user-level, preventative maintenance
The goals of PADI Dry Suit training are:
To develop the student's knowledge of dry suits - when to use dry suits, types of dry suits available, dry suit accessories, their maintenance, and how to make minor repairs To develop the student's ability to perform the skills needed, or that may be needed, when diving in a dry suit To enable the student diver to plan, organise and conduct dives using a dry suit
Course Duration:
Independent study and completion of knowledge reviews
2 open water dives Pre-requisites:
Your must be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organisation.
Complete a medical statement form Price Includes:
Academic Materials (Excluding Video/DVD)
PADI registration fee What you will need to bring:
2 passport-sized photographs Dive kit
Academic Materials | £65.00 minimum age12yrs | Emergency Oxygen Provider Specialty: Oxygen is the prime method of first aid for almost any diving related injury. Providing oxygen to an injured diver can make a huge difference in that diver's chances of recovery. Learning how to provide oxygen is easy and the PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider program is the perfect way for a diver to learn how and when to provide oxygen to someone suffering a medical emergency, particularly a diving emergency.
Course Overview: Recognise the signs and symptoms of a diver injury. Know the benifits of providing oxygent to injured divers. Know the potential hazards of working with oxygen. Know the components found in a oxygen unit. Scenario Practice: Demonstrate the use of each mask option for a breathing and non-breathing diver. Course Duration:
Independent study and completion of knowledge reviews. A ½ Day course which focuses on application and scenario practice. Pre-requisites: Students must be old enough to successfully complete all stated perforement requirements (First aid and CPR training is recommended). Price Includes: Academic Materials (Excluding Video/DVD)
PADI registration fee What you will need to bring: Academic Materials
4 passport-sized photographs
| £85.00 | Enriched Air Specialty: This course is designed to be an introduction to qualify recreational divers to use enriched air ("nitrox") for no stop recreational diving. The program addresses the use of enriched air with 22 percent to 40 percent oxygen, with the emphasis on enriched air with 32 and 36 percent oxygen. Course Duration:
Independent study and completion of knowledge reviews
Knowledge development assessment and practical application session Pre-requisites:
Your must be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver* (or have a qualifying certification from another training organisation.) * Open Water Diver course students who have completed Open Water Dives 1, 2 & 3 may complete Enriched Air Training Dive 1 combined with Open Water Dive 4. Students completing this option must be certified as PADI Open Water Divers prior to Enriched Air Training Dive 2.
Price Includes:
Academic Materials (Excluding Video/DVD)
PADI registration fee What you will need to bring:
2 passport-sized photographs
Academic Materials | £85.00 minimum age15yrs | Night Diver Specialty: This course is designed to be an introduction to night diving and to help the student diver develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary to safely participate in night-diving activities Course Overview: The planning, organisation, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of night diving. Proper procedures for buoyancy control, navigation and communication. Use of dive lights and buddy system techniques. Disorientation and emergency procedures. Orientation to nocturnal aquatic life
Course Duration:
Independent study and completion of knowledge reviews
3 open water dives Pre-requisites: You must be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organisation.
Complete a medical statement form Price Includes:
Academic Materials (Excluding Video/DVD)
PADI registration fee What you will need to bring: Academic Materials Dive kit
4 passport-sized photographs | £150.00 minimum age12yrs | Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty: The purpose of the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Speciality course is to polish a diver's buoyancy control beyond the Open Water Diver level.
Course Overview: Buoyancy check Fine-tuning buoyancy underwater Weight position and distribution Use of PADI's "Basic Weighting Guidelines" Establishing neutral buoyancy during all segments of a dive
The goal of PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy training is: Course Duration:
Independent study and completion of knowledge reviews
2 open water dives
Pre-requisites: Your must be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organisation. The Peak Performance Buoyancy Dive conducted during the PADI Adventures in Diving Programme may be counted toward this speciality at the discretion of the instructor
Complete a medical statement form Price Includes:
Academic Materials (Excluding Video/DVD)
PADI registration fee What you will need to bring: Academic Materials Dive kit
2 passport-sized photographs
| £65.00 minimum age10yrs | Underwater Navigator Specialty: This course is designed to be an introduction to underwater navigation and to help the student diver develop the skills and knowledge necessary for use in underwater navigation Course Overview
The planning, organisation, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of underwater navigation Methods of estimating distances underwater Natural navigation techniques Using underwater patterns Dive site relocation techniques Compass navigation techniques
The goals of PADI Underwater Navigator training are:
To develop the student's practical knowledge of underwater navigation To enable the student to plan, organise and make dives using natural and compass navigation techniques
Course Duration:
Independent study and completion of knowledge reviews
3 open water dives Pre-requisites:
You must be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organisation. The Underwater Navigator Dive conducted during the PADI Adventures in Diving Programme may be counted toward this speciality at the discretion of the instructor
Complete a medical statement form Price Includes:
Academic Materials (Excluding Video/DVD)
PADI registration fee What you will need to bring:
2 passport-sized photographs Dive Kite
Academic Materials What you will need to bring:
2 passport-sized photographs Dive Kit
Academic Materials | £150.00 minimum age12yrs | Underwater Digital Photography Speciality: Level 1 & 2 - One Day Program During the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty course, you learn to use the PADI SEA (Shoot, Examine and Adjust) method, which takes full advantage of digital technology. The result is good underwater photos faster. You not only learn how to take good photos, but how to share them with your friends via email or printing, optimizing your work with your computer, storage and more. The PADI Digital Underwater Photographer certifications credits toward the Master Scuba Diver rating.
Course Overview: Choosing and using modern digital cameras and underwater housings Using the PADI SEA method for getting great shots quickly The three primary principles for getting good photos underwater Practical diving techniques Focusing and the perfection of focus W hite balance (camer operation permitting)Editing and sharing your pictures
Course Duration:
Two Open Water Dives plus 1 optional shore dive. Pre-requisites:
Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization)
Price Includes:
Academic Materials and U/W Slate (Excluding Video/DVD)
PADI registration fee If you do not have your own camera, our units are available to rent with image download to CD
| £65.00 | Wreck Diver Specialty: This course is designed to be an introduction to wreck diving and to help the student diver develop the skills and knowledge necessary for safe wreck diving Course Overview:
The planning, organisation, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of wreck diving The preparation and use of lights, air supplies, special equipment, penetration lines and reels Limited-visibility diving techniques and emergency procedures
The goals of PADI Wreck Diver Speciality training are:
To be able to demonstrate practical wreck diving knowledge, including recognizing and avoiding potential hazards, and planning procedures that make wreck diving fun Be able to explain the historical value of wrecks, social and legal issues surrounding that value and describe some of wreck diving's implications, including the pros and cons of removing artefacts from wrecks Be able to plan and organise dives to safely explore wrecks found within depths and conditions as good as or better than those the student has been trained in To be able to identify the hazards of wreck penetration diving and demonstrate the techniques and procedures required to minimise those hazards
Course Duration:
Independent study and completion of knowledge reviews
4 open water dives
Pre-requisites:
Your must be certified as a PADI Adventure Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another training organisation similar to that of a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.)
Complete a medical statement form Price Includes:
Academic Materials (Excluding Video/DVD)
PADI registration fee What you will need to bring:
2 passport-sized photographs Dive Kit
Academic Materials | £150.00 minimum age15yrs |
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