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Scuba Diving
Start
your dive-adventures here - quick and easy! the Discover Scuba Diving
program lets you experience the thrill of diving under the supervision of
an instructor in ideal conditions. During your adventure, you'll master
some basic concepts and scuba skills in the swimming pool before heading
off on an open water dive. The Discover Scuba Diving experience is a great
way to get a head start on your PADI Open Water certification.
To
participate in the Discover Scuba Diving experience, you must be at least
10 years old.
Open Water Diver Course
The PADI Open Water Diver course is the
most popular dive program in the world! Throughout the course,
you’ll learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and
techniques. You will also earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification that
is recognized worldwide. You earn this rating by completing five pool
dives and knowledge development sessions and by making four open water
dives. As a certified Open Water Diver you have the freedom to dive with a
buddy independent of a professional. If you are between 10 and 14 or have
a child between these ages, there is a PADI Junior Open Water Diver
program available.
Advanced Open Water Diver
The Advanced Open
Water Diver program fine tunes your dive skills and allows you to
explore some of diving's top adventures. This exciting
program includes a total of five adventure dives from the following list
(must include deep and navigation dive): altitude, boat, Dive Propulsion
Vehicle (DPH), Dry Suit, Search & Recovery, Underwater Navigation,
AWARE Fish Identification, Deep, Drift, Night, Multilevel - computer,
Peak Perormance Buoyancy, Underwater Naturalist, Underwater
Photography.
After successfully
completing the course, you'll receive the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
certification. This allows you to participate in more advanced diving
activities with a maximum recommended depth limit of 30metres/100 feet, in
addition to the qualifications listed in the Open Water Course.
Emergency First Response
(former: Medic First Aid)
The Emergency First
Response course covers basic training for
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency care. In addition,
it’s a medically based program covering primary care, secondary
care
and treatments following national consensus guidelines. The program is
designed for divers and nondivers, and also meets the CPR and first
aid
prerequisite for earning your PADI Rescue Diver.
Rescue Diver
The Rescue Diver program
develops your knowledge and skills so you
can effectively perform diver assists and rescues, manage diving accident
situations and render first aid.
The program is an important step in expanding your knowledge and
experience as a diver. Rescue Diver (or equivalent) certification is also
a prerequisite for all PADI leadership programs. To get into the Rescue
Diver program, you’ll need to be certified as an Advanced Open Water
Diver, prove minimum 20 logged dives with experience in deep dive and
underwater navigation and must be at least 12 years old.
Divemaster
The Divemaster program is
your first step leadership level in the PADI
System of diver education. As you may know, many Divemasters go on
to become Instructors. So, the training and experience you gain through
the Divemaster program helps shape your abilities and attitude toward
becoming a professional level diving educator.
As Divemaster you'll be qualified to: organize, conduct and supervise
recreational diving activities, both land and boat based and to assist
Instructors in conducting Dive courses.
To qualify for Divemaster training, you'll need to:
Be certified as an Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent).
Be certified as a Rescue Diver (or equivalent).
Have logged a minimum of 20 open water dives prior to entry into
Divemaster training, and completed and logged a minimum of 60 open
water dives with experience in night, deep and navigation prior to
certification as a Divemaster.
Be at least 18 years old.
Be in good physical condition for diving and submit a medical exam form signed
by a physician.
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Dry Suit Diver
When staying warm in cold water is important, get with
the Dry Suit Diver program. To enter this course, you’ll need at least
your Open Water Diver (Junior Open Water Diver or equivalent)
certification and be 12 or older.
During the Dry Suit Diver program, you’ll be covering the knowledge and
techniques of dry suit diving with emphasis placed on the use of dry
suits:
operation principles, care and diving techniques. The following topics are
included in your Dry Suit Diver program:
the planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards
of dry suit diving, proper procedures for buoyancy control, ascent and
descent technique training, routine, user-level, preventative maintenance
and performance checks on dry suits.
Dive Propulsion Vehicle
(DPV)
Soaring through the water
with a propulsion vehicle is like flying through
space – you have to experience it to believe it! To take your test drive
underwater, you’ll need at least your Open Water Diver (Junior Open
Water Diver or equivalent) certification and be at least 12 years old.
The first dive allows you to practice basic vehicle handling skills and
the
second dive prompts you to plan and execute a typical DPV dive. During the
program, you’ll cover the knowledge and techniques used when diving with
an underwater propulsion vehicle.
Search & Recovery
Accidentally drop something in the water? Looking for
lost treasure?
Learn effective ways to locate objects underwater with the Search &
Recovery Diver program. To take the program you’ll need to be at least
an Open Water Diver (or equivalent) with the dive credential of Underwater
Navigation (Junior ratings accepted) or Advanced Open Water Diver (Junior
Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent). You also need to be at least 12.
Your program will cover techniques and application of a variety of search and
recovery methods and includes the following:
the planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of
search and recovery diving. Limited-visibility diving and underwater navigation
techniques. Proper techniques and safety considerations for object
location, including the use of various search patterns, lines and reels.
Proper techniques and safety considerations for recovery of objects using
various lifting devices.
Drift Diver
Gliding with the currents,
feeling the rush of flying underwater, is what drift diving is all
about. To start your underwater aeronautics, you’ll need to be at least
Open Water Diver (Junior Open Water Diver or equivalent) certified and
at least 12 years old.
You’ll learn techniques for staying close to a buddy or together as a
group; proper procedures for buoyancy-control, navigation and
communication; and planning, organization, procedures, techniques,
problems and hazards of drift diving in the Drift Diver program.
Underwater Navigator
Knowing where you are –
underwater – and where you’re going comes in real handy,
especially if you're looking for an object or locating that beautiful reef
that you heard about. If you’re Open Water Diver (Junior Open Water Diver
or equivalent) and be at least 12, then this program is for you. During your
Underwater Navigator program you'll be familiarizing yourself with the skills,
knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems,
hazards and enjoyment of underwater navigation.
Deep Diver
The Deep Diver program
offers you the adventure of a lifetime – going
deep to see things others only dream about. To join the deep diving
crowd, you’ll need at least your Advanced Open Water Diver certification and
be at least 15 years old. The minimum depth for the deep dives is between
18 to 30 metres/60 to 100 feet, with no dive exceeding 40 metres/130
feet. All your dives will be conducted within the no-decompression limits,
with deeper dives conducted first.
During your program you’ll cover the knowledge, skills and techniques
needed to dive deep. The following is included in the Deep Diver program:
planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of deep
diving,risk factors and decompression-tables review, safety stops and
emergency decompression procedures, special equipment, descent lines
and buoyancy-control considerations, procedures for flying after diving
and high-altitude diving, orientation to recompression chambers.
Night Diver
Even your local dive site
offers a whole new adventure by moonlight!
To take advantage of this extraordinary specialty, you’ll need to be at
least Open Water Diver (Junior Open Water Diver or equivalent) and
12 or older. During your program you’ll go on three open water dives.
You'll learn to prepare night dive activities and develop your knowledge
and techniques for night diving.
Peak Performance
Buoyancy
To take advantage of the
Peak Performance Buoyancy (PPB) program,
you’ll need to be an Open Water Diver (Junior Open Water Diver or
equivalent) and be at least 12 years old. Some of the topics covered in
your PPB program are as follows:
buoyancy check, fine-tuning buoyancy underwater, weight position and
distribution, streamlining, visualization, hovering, establishing neutral
buoyancy control during all segments of dive.
Equipment Specialist
Perfect knowledge about the
equipment and its maintenance as well as its servicing is an absolute must
for your safety. Additionally you can save a lot of money and avoid
annoyance.
This course is dedicated to the subject equipment, the technical aspects
and the different types of function.
Underwater Photographer
No photo experience
required! That’s what the program is for – showing you how to
take award winning pictures underwater. This is where you'll put in
to practice the tips and techniques you learned from your instructor.
You’ll need to be an Open Water Diver (Junior Open Water Diver or
equivalent) and at least 12 to experience the program.
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