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Must-Haves
The PADI Advanced Open Water course is a bit of a specialty sampler platter. It’s a fantastic way to improve on the skills you learned during your Open Water Diver course while giving you a chance to try some specialty classes.
The PADI NITROX course teaches divers how to safely use enriched air. What’s the big deal? Longer dives and shorter surface intervals. Yes please!
Peak Performance Buoyance
An essential key to becoming a confident and relaxed diver is buoyancy control. The Peak Performance course provides divers with the additional training that elevates them to the next level.
Underwater Navigator
The Underwater Navigation course is designed to fine-tune a diver’s ability to remain oriented while underwater. Nobody likes getting lost.
Safety Focus
The PADI Rescue Diver course will change how you dive forever. Divers learn to look beyond themselves and consider the safety and well-being of other divers. Learn how to handle dive emergencies and rescue techniques. Become the dive buddy everyone wants to be paired with.
Emergency First Response
The Emergency First Response course, although a prerequisite for Rescue Diver and Dive Master, teaches skills that may someday save the life of someone you care about. Learn CPR and receive valuable First Aid training.
Emergency Oxygen Provider
Knowing how and when to use emergency oxygen is a great skill for any diver to have. The Emergency Oxygen Provider course introduces divers to the fundamentals of recognizing and treating suspected decompression injuries.
Special Interests
Drift Diver
It feels like flying, but underwater. The PADI Drive Diver course teaches you how to glide along safely with ocean and river currents. Go with the flow.
Drysuit Diver
Whether you get cold easily or you simply want to dive in more locations despite the time of year. The Drysuit Diver course will teach you how to safely control buoyancy while in an air-filled suit.
Night Diver
You may have many dives under your belt, but have you ventured under the waves at night? The nocturnal creatures that hide during the day bring an entirely new world to life. The Night Diver course will shed light on the alluring realm.
Propulsion Vehicle Diver
OK, this is just fun. Scooting through the water behind a diver propulsion vehicle (DPV) is like a ride at an amusement park. As a bonus, you get to see more in less time while conserving air.
Digital Underwater Photographer
Avoid beginner mistakes and shorten the learning curve with tips from the pros. Learn how to use underwater photography lights, avoid backscatter and enhance color.
Diving with a full face mask allows you to breathe from your nose and mouth, and provides added comfort in colder water. The mask can also be fitted with communication gear, which can be useful for various types of specialty diving.
Learn how to make basic repairs and protect your equipment investment. Earn a new appreciation for how your gear works.
Advanced Skills
Deep Diver
The Deep Diver Specialty course offers you the opportunity of a lifetime – going deep to see things others can only dream about. Gain the confidence to dive to depths of 130ft.
Wrecks are fascinating and team with marine life. The PADI Wreck Diver course is popular because it offers rewarding adventures while teaching divers safe practices.
The PADI Cavern Diver course is built around teaching divers the skills needed to explore caverns correctly and safely. This is a course that will certainly test your nerve as much as your abilities.
Search and Recovery Diver
The PADI search and Recovery course teachers divers how to retrieve lost items that have fallen overboard. Learn effective swimming patterns and the use of lift bags for retrieving heaving objects.
Conservation
Underwater Naturalist
The PADI Underwater Naturalist course is designed to give divers a better understanding of the ecosystems in which they are diving. The more you know, the more you see.
Fish Identification
“What was that?” After the initial “Wow!” factor of diving; most divers want to know more about the fish they are visiting. You will be amazed by the sheer variety of underwater life and its adaptations.
Coral Reef Conservation
The PADI Coral Reef Conservation course helps you appreciate the complexity of these habitats and teaches you how you can help conserve these vital systems.
Shark Conservation
Sharks are an essential part of a healthy ocean. This AWARE course explores why they are vulnerable, the importance of a healthy shark population, managing threats, and how to take action to protect them.