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Specialities give divers knowledge and skills to aid them in specific areas of SCUBA diving. Speak to us about any of these specialities!
Diving Specialities
Dry Suit
Nitrox
Emergency Oxygen
Wreck
Deep
AWARE
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Search & Recovery
Underwater Photography
Diver Propulsion Vehicle
The PADI Dry Suit Diver course
Wanna stay warm and toasty on a dive? Then dive dry.
Yes! Unlike a wetsuit, a dry suit seals you off from the outside water and that keeps you warm! Even in surprisingly cold water.
The Fun Part Dry suits let you dive more challenging dive sites, and extend your dive season. When you have the right cold water scuba diving attire, you can stand up to the elements and take advantage of the generally better visibility offered by winter months—especially at inland dive sites such as quarries, lakes, sinkholes and caves etc.
As a dry suit diver, you're equipped to scuba dive some of the world's incredible dive sites in the world's cooler regions that are best enjoyed in a dry suit even in their warmer months.
What You Learn
Gain the knowledge and skills to safely don, dive with, doff and store a dry-suit.
Get introduced to the different types of suits so you can make a very informed decision if considering purchasing a dry suit.
You learn:
Dry suit buoyancy control skills
Dry suit maintenance, storage and basic repair
Undergarment (fleece or overall-type garments worn under the dry suit) options
Practical skills you'll master in this course:
Dry Suit Familiarization
Safety Checks
Entry Techniques
Bubble Check
Buoyancy Check
Descent techniques
Fin Pivot
Hover
Excess gas in feet emergency roll drill
Stuck inflator emergency drill
Stuck exhaust valve emergency drill
Ascent procedure
Exit techniques
Removal of dry suit, storage and maintenance
This is a two dive speciality plus a dry suit orientation dive, includes crewpak, certification, and costs just £120
Scuba Diving with Enriched Air Nitrox
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 the water sooner. No wonder many divers choose this as their very first specialty.
What You Learn
Techniques for getting more dive time by using enriched air nitrox
Enriched air scuba diving equipment considerations
Enriched air considerations
Managing oxygen exposure
How to tell what's in your scuba tank
How to set your dive computer
This is a classroom based speciality and is great during winter when you want ot talk about diving, but want to keep warm. Course costs £125 and includes crewpak, certification and light lunch. Buy this and the O2 course and get a £51 discount.
The PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider Course
Be the one ready to help a fellow diver should the need arise by becoming a PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider.
The Fun Part
Breathe easy—knowing that you know how to recognize illnesses treatable by emergency oxygen. Being the best buddy you can be means being prepared - especially in a time of need.
What You Learn
You learn how to Recognize diving illnesses treatable by emergency oxygen
Properly setup equipment
Administer emergency oxygen
This is a classroom based course and great to do during the winter months. It can also be included in our Rescue Diver EXTRA course. This course costs £125 and includes crewpak, and certification. Buy it with the Enriched Air Nitrox course and save £51.
The PADI Wreck Diver Course
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
The fun part of the PADI Wreck Diver course is visiting wrecks, unlocking mysteries and starting to gain the knowledge and experience that allows you to see 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 You Learn
Techniques for diving exploring shipwrecks, and how to avoid common hazards
How to research and learn the background of your favorite wrecks
Wreck scuba diving equipment considerations
Considerations and techniques for entering intact wrecks Experience in planning, organizing and making at least four wreck dives under the supervision of your PADI Instructor
This is a four dive course and includes, crewpak and certification. Course costs £199
The PADI Deep Diver Course
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 metres/ 60-130 feet
Deep scuba diving equipment considerations
Experience in planning, organizing and making at least four deep dives under the supervision of your PADI Instructor
This is a four dive course and includes, crewpak and certification. Course costs £199
Project AWARE Specialty
The underwater world needs heroes. You can be one of them by championing the causes of the world's most fragile and important aquatic ecosystems.
The Fun Part
You can make a difference. 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.
What You Learn
Project AWARE Foundation is the scuba diving industry's leading nonprofit environmental 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.
You learn about:
The ocean commons and coastal zone issues
Fisheries challenges and sustainability
Coral environment overview and inhabitants
The role of the scuba diver in protecting aquatic environments
This is a classroom based course, to save impact to the environment a link to a web based crewpak is included, and certification. This course costs £99.
The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Course
What is neutral buoyancy? Scuba divers like to be neutrally buoyant so they neither sink nor float. It can be a tricky thing. Divers who've mastered the highest performance levels in buoyancy stand apart. You've seen them underwater. They glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover, almost as if by thought. They interact gently with aquatic life and affect their surroundings minimally.
The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course refines the basic skills you learned as a PADI Open Water Diver and elevates them to the next level.
The Fun Part
The fun part of this course is giving your dive skills a polish you may not have thought possible.
What You Learn
How to trim your scuba gear so you're perfectly balanced in the water
Nuances in determining weight so you're not too light nor too heavy by even a slight degree
How to streamline to save air and move smoothly through the water
How to hover effortlessly in both a vertical position and a horizontal position
This is a two dive course and includes a crewpak and certification. This course costs £120. This can be part of our Advanced Open Water EXTRA
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The PADI Search and Recovery Diver Course
Have you ever dropped something in the water? Are you looking for lost "treasure"?
The PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course will teach you effective ways to find objects underwater and bring them to the surface. Small, large or just awkward, there is a way to bring them up.
The Fun Part
Find lost items and lift them to the surface. It's fun to use the lift bag. Not only are these skills fun, but very practical and ultimately useful because eventually, you'll lose something in the water. As a Search and Recovery Diver, you'll know how to search for and recover it.
What You Learn
Search and recovery dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and how to deal with potential problems
How to locate large and small objects using search patterns
How to use a lift bag and other recovery methods
Limited visibility search techniques
This is a four dive course and includes crewpak and certification. Course costs £199, and can be combined with our Rescue Diver EXTRA.
The PADI Digital Underwater Photographer and Underwater Photographer Courses
Underwater photography is one of the most popular diving specialties, and the rise of digital underwater photography has made it easier and more fun than ever. This is why there are actually two PADI underwater photography courses.
The PADI Digital Underwater Photographer course gets you going quickly with today modern digital equipment, whether you use a point-and-shoot snap camera or a sophisticated D-SLR like the pros.
The PADI Underwater Photographer course is a more traditional photography course designed for conventional film equipment.
It's a great way to relive the adventures you've had. Plus capture images to share with your friends and family.
What You Learn
How to choose the right underwater camera system for you
The PADI SEA method for getting great shots quickly
The three primary principles for good underwater photos
This is a two dive course, with an extra pool dive to introduce some basics and the equipment. It includes crewpak and certification and costs £175. This can be part of our Advanced Open Water EXTRA course.
The PADI Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) Course
DPVs 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. 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.
The Fun Part
Fun? Underwater scooters (DPVs) are a kick! It's all fun.
