The Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) is the world’s largest recreational diving membership and diver training organization founded in 1966.
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 dives. The Fun Part The fun part about this course is the opportunity to explore the deep. It’s exhilarating. What You Learn Techniques for diving in the deeper range of 18-40 [...]
Looking for the first step in working with scuba as a career? Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational scuba diving begins with the PADI Divemaster program. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, in this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership [...]
As a PADI Assistant Instructor, you not only gain additional experience as a PADI Professional scuba diver, but you also start learning the PADI System of diver education. You can act as an instructional scuba assistant and assume limited teaching responsibilities. It’s a great way to gain experience in order to become a scuba instructor The [...]
Have you ever been scuba diving and 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. The Fun Part You’ll find you enjoy your dives even more when you recognize the creatures that you see. The [...]
If you want to find out but aren’t quite ready to take the plunge into a certification course, Discover Scuba Diving will let you try scuba to see if you like it. Most PADI dive shops offer a version of this program, either in a pool or other body of water. You might try it [...]
The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is PADI’s most popular specialty scuba diving course, and it’s easy to see why. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives. The Fun Part You can typically stay down longer and get back [...]
Intro to Tech Diving / Discover Tec Diving 1 Back Plate & Harness (Stainless Steel or Aluminium) 1 Back Inflation Style Wing 1 Set Double Steel Cylinders with Isolation Manifold (100+ cu ft recommended) 2 DIN Regulators (Double Cylinder Configuration) Hose Config: 7 ft. Primary Regulator Hose 22 or 24" Necklace Regulator Hose 24 or [...]
Exploration, Excitement, Experiences. They’re what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about. And no, you don’t have to be “advanced” to take it – it’s designed so you can go straight into it after the PADI Open Water Diver course. The Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you increase your confidence and build your scuba skills so [...]
“Challenging” and “rewarding” best describe the PADI Rescue Diver course. Building upon what you’ve already learned, this course expands on what you already know about how to prevent problems, and how to manage them if they occur. The Fun Part The fun part about this course is rising to challenges and mastering them. Most divers [...]
Objective: Continuously swim for 200 yards OR Continuously swim for 300 yards with a mask, fins and snorkel Value: This ensures that you're comfortable in teh water and able to make those sometimes long surface swims out to where the interesting diving might be. Steps to Perform: Relax Remember this isn't a race [there's no time limit] Swim [via any [...]