Dive Course DetailsHome > Scuba Diving > Courses > Course Details Contact us for dates, prices and more information about any of our dive courses. Recreational CoursesOpen Water DiverThe PADI Open Water Course is a certification course requiring no previous SCUBA experience. This course is designed to give knowledge, skills and confidence to independently plan and conduct your own dives to a maximum depth of 18 meters without instructor supervision. Your PADI C-card will allow you to hire equipment, procure air fills and other dive services from virtually any dive store world wide. The PADI Open Water Diver Course consists if three segments; pool training, knowledge development and ocean dives. Each plays an important role learning to dive in meeting the performance objectives you need to qualify as a diver. Course includes:
Advanced Open Water DiverThe PADI Advanced Open Water program is also designed to give you a taste of the more specialised diving activities that are available and includes the 2 core dives, Deep and Navigation, as well as 3 elective dives, including a Boat dive. As well as certifying you to dive to 30 metres/100 feet, completing the Advanced Open Water Course also provides the benefit that it enables you to proceed onto higher levels of training so for this reason we include an orientation to the PADI Rescue Diver Program. Course includes:
Rescue DiverThe PADI Rescue Diver program prepares you to prevent, and if necessary, manage dive emergencies, minor and major, with a variety of techniques. Most certified Rescue Divers look back on their rescue training as one of the most challenging - sometimes demanding - and therefore most rewarding programs they have ever taken. The subject is serious, but the training is fun. Of greatest importance however is the fact that this course, more than any other, will greatly enhance your skill and confidence as a diver. During the open water training exercises, you'll apply the knowledge you've learned as you develop rescue skills. As you master rescue techniques, you'll learn to adapt what you practice to suit the situation: your physical attributes, those of the victim and the nature of the diving environment. The PADI Rescue Diver philosophy says that there is no single right way to perform a rescue; rather, the program provides a tool box of techniques and knowledge for you to draw from in an emergency. You'll practise these skills in an actual diving environment after having become familiar with the fundamental skills in a pool environment. Course includes:
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DivemasterPreparing you for leadership, the PADI Divemaster course is an extensive program that embraces many skill and knowledge areas, familiarity with which will enable you to confidently perform the many duties a Divemaster is called upon to fulfil. Nothing in the course should be beyond your ability to master. The first step in succeeding is recognising that it takes a commitment. The course's wide scope means you will need to invest time studying, work on your skills and be patient with your progress when you experience difficulties. Success requires taking the course seriously (though you should still have plenty of fun!) and getting up and trying again if you fall short any time. Your role in the PADI Divemaster course is not simply to learn facts and skills, but to develop opinions, judgement and perspective. You will also find that during the PADI Divemaster course, your relationship with your instructor will differ in many respects from the one you've had in previous courses. Rather than a pure student diver-teacher relationship, your instructor will be nurturing a mentor relationship with you which involves a greater level of interaction between both of you. As a mentor, your instructor will try to guide you into the leadership ranks of the dive community by sharing experience, thinking and points of view and acting as a guide, coach and adviser. Course includes:
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Specialty CoursesAltitude DiverAny time you’re diving at 300 to 3000 metres/1000 to 10,000 feet above sea level, you're altitude diving. If you want to explore the hidden world of a mountain lake, the PADI Altitude Diver Specialty course is for you. The PADI Altitude Diver Specialty course familiarizes you with the rules and procedures necessary for altitude diving, including how to use the Recreational Dive Planner at altitude.
AWARE Fish IDHave you ever asked yourself, "What was that?” The PADI Project AWARE Fish Identification Specialty course provides you with the fish identification basics so that next time, you know the answer. During two dives you gain hands-on experience in looking for and identifying the fascinating fish you see underwater. You can learn more about Project AWARE by going to www.projectaware.org.
Boat DiverBoat diving has become a very popular mode of diving mainly due to the enormous benefits it provides divers. Using boats can greatly increase the number of accessible dive sites or at the very least they can remove the need for lengthy surface swims or long walks over tricky terrain with heavy gear. Aboard boats the entries and exits are also often easier than on shore. These are just a few of the benefits which boats can offer us as divers. If you have had little or no experience of diving from boats, then the PADI Boat Diver Course is an ideal opportunity to become familiar with this common and enjoyable mode of diving. After familiarising you with some of the common boating terminology and protocols you will then be shown how and why local vessels are outfitted for diving purposes. Before the dives your instructor will discuss all of the various entries, exits, descents, ascents and gearing up procedures which are followed on the vessel and also how and why these techniques would differ should the weather or current conditions change. During the dives your instructor will provide demonstrations and input as you practice using as many of the differing techniques as possible.
Cavern DiverThis course covers the knowledge and techniques of cavern diving and describes the dangers involved with cave diving. Cavern diving is in no way intended to provide instruction for cave diving. If you dive within the light zone of a cave, the area near the cave entrance where natural light is always visible, you're cavern diving. If you want to explore secrets hidden in caverns around the world you'll want your PADI Cavern Diver certification. During this course you will learn to use the equipment and procedures that allow you to explore such areas safely. This is a challenging and very exciting course that includes four training dives over at least two days.
Coral Reef ConservationThe AWARE - Coral Reef Conservation Specialty course teaches divers, snorkelers and nondivers about the vital role of coral reefs in the marine environment. The course also familiarizes participants with the current state of the world's coral reefs and how they can help. There are no dives or age limits. Divers and nondivers alike enjoy learning about the aquatic environment.
Deep DiverIt’s a rare diver who hasn’t felt the urge to dive deep. As a general rule, divers tend to be adventurous people, and deep diving - whether to visit a wreck or take photos - can certainly be called adventurous, it’s only natural that most divers have some interest in deep diving. Most divers also realise that with greater depths comes more potential hazard. However, not all deep diving hazards are obvious; the untrained and unaware diver may not recognise them. Proper deep diving techniques reveal and manage these hazards, but even trained recreational deep divers face unacceptable risk if they descend below reasonable limits. The PADI Deep Diver Specialty course will teach you techniques that will make recreational diving safe & fun. You will learn deep diving limits and how to stay within them while gaining valuable experience of diving to 40 metres. Your skills and abilities as a diver will improve as you practice your deep diving techniques. You will find that the PADI Deep Diver Training opens the doors to new dive sites and adventures. You will get to depths of up to 40m under the guidance of your experienced instructor while you experience nitrogen narcosis first hand. You will see how depth affects colour and how pressure affects of object at depth. And the best part – there is no exam! Down there, it’s different. It takes additional training. Here’s where you get it.
Digital Underwater PhotographerDigital has taken the underwater photography world by storm. Get in on the action with the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty course. You can quickly and easily capture the underwater world with your camera and on your computer. 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 than you may imagine. 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.
Diver Propulsion VehicleDPV’s offer a thrilling way to see a lot of underwater territory in a brief amount of time. They scoot you through the water without kicking. Want to visit that offshore reef from the beach? A DPV may be the way to go.
Drift DiverThe PADI Drift Diver Specialty Course introduces you to the coolest magic carpet ride you’ll ever experience. This course shows you how to enjoy rivers and ocean currents by “going with the flow,” staying with your dive partner, communicating with the dive boat and knowing where you are the whole time. The minimum number of recommended hours is 12, with time being equally divided between knowledge development and actual water-training sessions.
Dry Suit DiverWater may cover 70% of the earth’s surface, but if it wasn’t for exposure suits, diving would be limited to a relatively narrow band straddling the equator. That would indeed be a pity as some of the best diving lies well north and south of tropical waters. Without protection from the cold, some of the best diving would be inaccessible. Of the exposure suit types available, the modern dry suit has opened the door to comfortable diving in the coolest water - in some instances, you may be warmer underwater in your dry suit than at the surface preparing to dive! In many regions, adding a dry suit to your equipment adds to the number of dive sites you can visit and extends the dive season into the cooler months. While a dry suit offers the most warmth, it does require you to learn special techniques not needed with other exposure suits. Fortunately, the PADI Dry Suit Diver course makes learning these skills very easy. This course covers the knowledge and techniques of dry suit diving safely. During the course we look at planning, organizing, procedures, techniques and possible hazards of dry suit diving. During the confined water session and 2 ocean dives, we will get you really comfortable in the dry suit and look at proper buoyancy control as well as descent techniques. This course also covers routine, user-level, preventative maintenance and performance checks on dry suits. This is a very practical course with no theory exam!
Emergency Oxygen ProviderBe the one ready to help a fellow diver should the need arise by becoming a PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider. The PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider Specialty course is an entry-level emergency oxygen course that also teaches you how to recognize dive illnesses treatable by emergency oxygen. Though suited for divers, this course has no prerequisites and doesn’t include dives, which means it is equally applicable to those who are around divers – boat crew, nondiving buddies, lifeguards, and shore staff. You don’t need any previous CPR or first aid training to take the course. Enriched Air DiverWelcome to one of PADI’s most popular specialties – the PADI Enriched Air Diver course. Diving with enriched air nitrox lets you safely extend your no stop time beyond the no decompression limits for air. Diving with enriched air means more time underwater – but you need to be certified as an Enriched Air Diver to get enriched air fills. Whether you’re into underwater photography or wreck diving, on vacation in some tropical paradise or just out for a leisurely day of diving at your local dive site, the PADI Enriched Air Diver course helps you get more out of diving by giving you more time underwater.
Equipment SpecialistWant to know about how your dive gear works? Then the PADI Equipment Specialist course is for you. This course familiarizes you with the operation and maintenance of your dive equipment. The more you know about how your gear works, the more comfortable you are with it, the more performance you get from it and the better you can care for it.
Ice DiverIf the spirit of adventure and unusual, challenging diving appeals to you, try diving under the ice. Ice diving opens a new and different view of familiar dive sites. During the PADI Ice Diver course, you dive with a PADI Professional in one of the most extreme adventure specialities recreational diving offers. If you like fun, people and a challenge, you’ll love the PADI Ice Diver Specialty course.
Multi-level DiverDo you want to maximize your dive times? (Of course). Want to get the most out of your dive computer and The WheelTM? (Naturally). Then the PADI Multilevel Diver Specialty course is for you. In this course, you learn how to plan dives that extend your bottom time by crediting you for slower nitrogen absorption when you ascend to a shallower depth. That’s the way you really dive, after all. You’ll learn to use The WheelTM version of the RDP for planning multilevel dives, making it a great companion for your dive computer (as well as a way to make multilevel dives if you forget to bring your computer).
National GeographicDuring the course, you join an elite group of divers who are more than tourists, but explorers, adventurers and conservationists. As part of the National Geographic Diver Specialty course, you fine-tune your buoyancy, then set off on your exploration project. Whether it’s a survey of plant life or a study of water temperature variation, this project is your chance to think, observe and document like those who dive for science and discovery. On your next dive you’ll hone your navigation skills, then you’ll dive into an aquatic life exercise – which may also be part of your exploration project.
Night DiverAs the sun sets, you don your dive gear, slip on your mask and bite down on your regulator. A deep breath and you step off the boat – into the underwater night. Although you’ve seen this reef many times before, this time you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive light. The adventure, thrill and excitement of night diving can be yours when you complete your PADI Night Diver Specialty course. You learn about night dive planning, equipment and navigation. You practice these on three night dives, plus introduce yourself to the whole new cast of critters that comes out after the sun goes down.
Peak Performance BuoyancyFloat effortlessly, drifting over reefs. Be the diver you want to be, with ultimate buoyancy control, able to hover close to the bottom and examine underwater organisms without touching them. Buoyancy skills separate the good divers from the great divers. In the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course, you will learn to how to precisely weight yourself for optimum control, poise and balance. You learn to ascend and descend so effortlessly, it seems like you only think about it and it happens. By mastering streamlining, you move through the water cleanly, efficiently and gracefully. You swim near fragile environments without harm to them or yourself.
Project AWARE SpecialistThe underwater world needs heroes. You can be one of them by championing the causes of the world's most fragile and important aquatic ecosystems. Sign up for the Project AWARE Specialty course to learn about some of the most pressing problems facing these vulnerable environments and everyday actions you can take to help conserve them. It's informative, interesting and most importantly, you learn how to make a difference. Project AWARE Foundation is the dive industry's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving the aquatic environment through education, advocacy and action. Besides completing the Project AWARE Specialty course, you can become a partner in the efforts to preserve the underwater environment.
Search and Recovery DiverSpend time around water (as a diver, how can you avoid it?) and sooner or later, you come across someone who lost something underwater. If you’re looking for the challenge and excitement – along with doing your good deed for the day – the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course is for you. It gives you the skills you need to find what’s been lost, and how to get it to the surface. In the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course, you learn search and recovery dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and how to deal with potential problems. You learn how to locate large and small objects using search patterns, and various ways for lifting them to the surface. Not only do these skills make you more capable and confident in the water, but most Search and Recovery Divers eventually end up searching for and recovering something they lost themselves.
Semiclosed RebreatherImagine sliding through the water, accompanied not by the roar of bubbles, but by silence. Imagine getting close and personal with aquatic life - getting closer than ever before. When you dive with a semiclosed rebreather, you're nearly bubble free - reducing the noise and disturbance that can scare away shy creatures. Dive nearly bubble free. Through either the Semiclosed Rebreather Draeger Dolphin/Atlantis Specialty course or the Semiclosed Rebreather Draeger Ray Specialty course you learn the special procedures for semiclosed rebreather diving. This includes special dive planning, organization, procedures and potential hazards, many of which differ significantly from conventional (open circuit) scuba.
Underwater NaturalistAre you fascinated with aquatic life? Always wondering what that fish is and why it always dances under a coral head whenever you get close? If you’re engrossed with life under the surface, the PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course is especially for you. In your journey to underwater naturalist, the course teaches you about the different major aquatic life groupings and how they interact so that you understand what you observe in the underwater environment. With the PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course under your belt, you see the aquatic world differently. You don’t see “fish,” but individual species with distinct strategies for surviving in a complex, interactive ecosystem.
Underwater NavigatorBe the diver everyone wants to follow and make your sense of direction legendary with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course. When everyone’s buzzing about a reef or checking out a wreck, they’re having a great time – until it’s time to go. Then they turn to you, because as a PADI Underwater Navigator, you know the way back to the boat. Underwater navigation can be challenging, but in the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course, you master the challenge.You learn the tools of the trade, including navigation via natural clues and by compass. You learn to estimate distance underwater, follow navigation patterns and know where you are while following an arbitrary, irregular course using the Nav-Finder.
Underwater PhotographerFreeze time with an underwater camera and you tell a story that even nondivers can understand. Not only that, but you have a record and log of your adventures – more than the memories. Reliving a dive is as simple as looking at a photograph. Whether you’re a casual holiday snapper or a consummate photo pro, the PADI Underwater Photographer course teaches you the basics as they apply to taking photos underwater, with a special emphasis on practical techniques.
Underwater VideographerOther than taking someone diving, there’s only one way to show someone the sounds, motion and dynamics of the underwater world. It’s underwater videography –motion imaging that allows you to share and document your underwater adventures. The PADI Underwater Videographer Specialty course shows you how to create videos that are interesting, entertaining and worth watching again and again. The PADI Underwater Videographer Specialty course introduces you to underwater video equipment and videography fundamentals, such as exposure, focus, shot types, moves, story line and shot sequencing. It takes you through the post-dive editing process where you take your raw footage and create an underwater masterpiece. By the time you complete the course, you’ll have gone through the entire basic video production process.
Wreck DiverYou drift down and pass through a window into the past. As you near the bottom, a recognizable shape begins to form. First, you see a straight line, then a round window. Next, a ship materializes in front of you. As you look at the wreck, past and the present meet. Whether sunk intentionally or tragically, whether a sunken ship, a plane or an automobile, the call of wrecks is nearly irresistible to divers. Through the PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course, you get the skills, knowledge and procedures you need to answer the call of wreck diving.
Technical CoursesTDI Advanced NitroxThis course examines the use of EAN 21 through 100% (oxygen) for optimal mixes to a depth of 40 msw. The object of this course is to train divers in the benefits, hazards and proper procedures for utilizing EAN 21 through 100% (oxygen) for dives not requiring staged decompression. TDI Decompression ProceduresThis course examines the theory, methods and procedures of planned stage decompression diving. The objective of this course is to train divers how to plan and conduct a standard staged decompression dive not exceeding a maximum depth of 45 msw unless taught in conjunction with advanced Nitrox, Extended Range or Advanced Wreck Courses. The most common equipment requirements, gear set-ups, decompression techniques and decompression mixtures (including oxygen and Nitrox) are presented. Includes 2 boat dives. TDI Extended RangeConsidered by many to be the one of the most challenging experiences for the recreational technical diver, the TDI Extended Range course provides the training and experience required to competently utilise air and Nitrox for dives up to 55 msw that require staged decompression. Extending your range doesn't necessarily mean diving 'deep', it can simply mean diving for a longer duration. Example: Performing a dive on a wreck in 30msw with a 60 minute bottom time. This course builds on the fundamental knowledge base developed throughout the Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures courses. You will perform decompression dives that require accelerated staged decompression utilising air, Nitrox and Oxygen mixtures. Includes 4 boat dives. TDI Gas BlenderThis is an essential certification for all dive professionals and dive shop staff. EAN has been used successfully by wreck, cave, Navy and commercial divers for years as a matter of safety and comfort. Today, the recreational and technical divers have the same advantage oand rely on gas blenders and service technicians that have been properly trained and certified. The role of the TDI Gas Blender is to perform the safe blending of Nitrox gases. The course will prepare you in the proper techniques, equipment requirements and hazards involved in blending Nitrox gases. In addition to the blending segment of the course you will also learn to identify correctly certified divers and EAN cleaned equipment. Successfully completing this course will ensure that you can provide accurate EAN mixes to correctly certified divers in a professional and safe manner. Course Dates, Prices and More InformationPlease Contact us for dates, prices and more information about any of our dive courses.
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