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Speciality divingThere are all sorts of scuba diving speciality courses you can take and all the exciting dive opportunities they can offer you, whether it is a chance to try something completely new or just improve existing skills, these courses have them all.
This course will introduce you to the most common fish families and species found in temperate and tropical waters. You'll also learn basic fish identification and scientific survey techniques as well as how important personal involvement is in aquatic conservation. What do you need to start?
What will you do? During your AWARE - Fish Identification Diver speciality course, you'll practice basic fish identification techniques, then collect fish identification data. The course includes all the background you'll need to identify fish in your area, including:
Whether you've never made a boat dive or you've logged dozens, the PADI Boat Diver Speciality course can benefit almost every diver because different boats in different parts of the world do things differently. Diving from a boat is fun, especially when you look at ease when manouvering around on it. It's fun to know what you're doing. What do you need to start?
What will you do? Learn the tips, tricks and ways to:
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 need your PADI Cavern Diver certification. What do you need to start?
What will you do? During your first open water dive you'll practice line handling, reel use and emergency procedures without entering a cavern. But, for your next three dives, you're headed into the cavern, staying within the light zone and 40 metres total distance of the surface. You'll also cover the following:
After your first few scuba dives, you soon want to explore a bit deeper. There's something exciting and mysterious about the depth that attracts divers. The fun part about this course is the opportunity to explore the deep. What do you need to start?
Your Deep Adventure Dive in the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver / Adventure Diver Course credits (at your Instructor's discretion) as the first dive in the PADI Deep Diver Course. What will you do?
Wouldn't you like to show your friends how beautiful the underwater world is? If so, this course is the right one for you! By taking the PADI Digital Underwater Photography Speciality course you'll soon be making pictures like the pros. And you'll also learn to process your photos on the computer. What do you need to start? In order to participate in Level 1 of the PADI Digital Underwater Photography Speciality course, you need to have completed a PADI Open Water Diver course (or a higher course), and successful completion of Level 1 is the prerequisite for Level 2. What will you do? The PADI Digital Underwater Photography Speciality course has a two-level design: Level 1:
Level 2:
DPVs offer a thrilling way to see alot of underwater territory in a brief amount of time. They scoot you through the water without kicking. Whether making a shore dive or diving from a boat, a DPV is a great way to see more and have a blast doing it. Underwater scooters (DPVs) are a kick! It's all fun. What do you need to start?
What will you do?
The PADI Drift Diver Speciality 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. Drift Diving is nearly effortless and relaxing. You simply glide along and enjoy the rush of flying underwater while the current does the work. What do you need to start?
What will you do? During your PADI Drift Diver certification course, you learn about:
If you want to see the spectacular and prolific aquatic life often found in colder water climates you'll need to stay warm and that means a dry suit. But, you want to be trained in proper techniques and this is where PADI Dry Suit Speciality course comes in. What do you need to start?
What will you do? During your PADI Dry Suit Diver Speciality course, you'll not only cover the background knowledge related to dry suit diving, you'll get into confined water to put that theory into practice. Then, once you've mastered confined water, it's time for two open water dives and applying that knowledge, including dive planning, organization, techniques, problems and buoyancy control.
Since there's so much to see underwater you'll want to make the most of your stay. The PADI Multilevel Diver Speciality course tells you how by introducing you to the many varieties of multilevel diving. What do you need to start?
What will you do? You'll learn what multilevel diving is and why you want to plan for multilevel dives. You'll also get to see various types of multilevel dive calculators (including the Recreational Dive Planner, Wheel version and dive computers), as well as learn about multilevel dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problems.
When you go night diving you'll see a whole new world. Even your local dive site takes on a new personality at night, as many underwater creatures and plant life (different from those you see during the day) are active at night. What do you need to start?
What will you do? You'll learn night dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problems. You'll also learn how to control your buoyancy, navigate and communicate at night. Since many of the plants and animals you'll see are different, you'll also get an introduction to nocturnal aquatic life.
If you want to fine-tune your buoyancy and soar over reefs, extend bottom time by reducing air consumption and prolong the life of your dive equipment, the Peak Performance Buoyancy Speciality course is for you. What do you need to start?
What will you do? During your Peak Performance Buoyancy Speciality course, you'll use PADI's Basic Weighting Guidelines to determine the correct amount of weight. Then you'll practice the fundamentals of peak performance buoyancy during two open water dives, including the buoyancy check, fine-tuning buoyancy underwater, weight positioning for trim, streamlining and visualization.
Have you ever dropped something in the water? Are you looking for lost treasure? The PADI Search and Recovery Diver Speciality course will teach you effective ways to find objects underwater and bring them to the surface. What do you need to start?
What will you do? You'll learn search and recovery dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problems. You'll also cover limited visibility, search patterns and safe object recovery using lift devices.
If you're interested in aquatic life then the PADI Underwater Naturalist speciality course is for you. This course is an introduction to the underwater aquatic environment and will help develop safe and responsible aquatic life interaction techniques. What do you need to start?
What will you do? During your PADI Underwater Naturalist speciality course, you'll learn underwater naturalist dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problems. You'll also get an overview of the major aquatic life groupings, interactions and factual information that dispels negative myths. You'll put this information into practice during your two open water dives.
When you're underwater, knowing where you are and where you're going comes in handy, especially if you're looking for that beautiful reef that you've heard all about. The PADI Underwater Navigator speciality course will help you become a pro at finding your way underwater. What do you need to start?
What will you do? During your PADI Underwater Navigator speciality course, you'll learn underwater navigation dive procedures, techniques, planning, organization and potential problems. You'll also be introduced to natural navigation, underwater patterns, distance estimation and further your compass navigation skills. You'll put these into practice during your three open water dives.
Do you want to show the underwater world to your land-based friends? Take the PADI Underwater Videographer Speciality course and you'll learn the skills necessary to shoot your own underwater footage. What do you need to start?
What will you do? You'll learn about selecting, maintaining and caring for your underwater video equipment as well as safe diving practices while on videography dives. Further, you'll learn videography fundamentals, such as exposure, focus, shot types, moves, story line and shot sequencing. Then you'll get to put your knowledge to actual use during your three open water dives.
Whether sunk on purpose as an artificial reef or the result of mishap, wrecks open fascinating windows to the past. Most divers find wrecked ships, airplanes and even automobiles nearly irresistible because they're intriguing to explore, exciting avenues of discovery and usually teeming with aquatic life. The PADI Wreck Diver Course teaches you the ins and outs of rewarding, responsible wreck diving. The fun part of the PADI Wreck Diver course is visiting wrecks, unlocking mysteries and starting to gain the knoweldge and experience that allows you to see the things that others overlook. Sometimes, only the trained, experienced eye recognizes that a small hole or open door likely caused the vessel's demise. What do you need to start?
What will you do?
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