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Specialty Courses
The PADI curriculum also offers certification in various dive specialties such as Wreck Diving, Navigation or Deep Diving. Unlike the 1-dive Adventure Dives, these dive specialties are multi-dive courses with some classroom work as well as diving.
Aware--Coral Reef Conservation Specialty. This is a
non-diving course designed to teach divers, snorklers and others about the role coral reefs play in the marine environment and how these ecosystems are currently threatened. The course familiarizes participants with the current state of the world's coral reefs and explains how individuals can help protect the living reef from further decline. The course fee is $100.
Aware--Project Aware Specialty. The Project AWARE Specialty program is designed to familiarize divers and nondivers with the plight of worldwide aquatic ecosystems. It also describes what individuals can do to help protect aquatic resources. The program is a nondiving course that only contains classroom presentations. The course fee is $100.
Deep Diver. The Deep specialty course is designed for certified divers who want to explore depths up to 130 feet. The course teaches you to plan these deeper dives, calculate your air consumption, and safely ascend from these depths. You must be an Advanced Open Water Diver and 16 years or older to enroll in the Deep Diver courts. Training consists of at least one class session and 4 boat dives. The course fee is $330, but does not include applicable boat fees and gear rental charges.
Drift Diver. Go with the flow: relax and watch the underwater world drift past you, even in a strong current. Learn to use the proper signalling devices to make sure that the dive boat can find you again. You must be an Advanced Open Water Diver and 16 years old. Training includes a classroom session and 2 boat dives. The course fee is $240, but does not include applicable boat fees and gear rental charges.
Night Diver. Learn to safely explore the underwater world at night and to confidently acquire and use the lights and other equipment. Training consists of one class session and 4 ocean dives. You must be an
Advanced Open Water Diver. The course fee is $330, but does not include applicable boat or gear rental fees.
Nitrox Diver. The Nitrox course teaches you to plan the optimal Enriched Air mixture for a dive, analyze breathing gas and mark the tanks appropriately. The course covers the benefits and hazards of breathing an oxygen enriched mixture and how to avoid the pitfalls. Using Nitrox makes diving safer and can extend your bottom time on a no decompression dive, if you know what you are doing. You must be 10 year or older and have an Open Water Certification or higher to enroll in the Nitrox course. The Nitrox Diver course fee is $165, excluding any applicable boat fees and gear rental expenses. The course consists of a class session and two boat dives.
Peak Performance Buoyancy. Having trouble staying off the bottom? Are you exhausted when you make a safety stop? The peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Course will teach you how to alter your buoyancy with breathing techniques, make it easy to stay at a specific depth and hover effortlessly in one position. Adopt the proper dive posture and trim and you will find it is easier and more relaxed to dive. To enroll, you must be an Advanced Open Water Diver. Training consists of one class session, 2 beach dives and 2 boat dives. The course fee is $330 plus any applicable boat or gear rental charges.
Search & Recovery. Learn various methods of conducting
underwater searches and how to pick a method appropriate to specific circumstances. Then learn to safely recover objects from the ocean floor using lift bags and other appropriate devices. This course consists of 4 dives over two days. The cost is $250 plus any applicable boat or gear rental charges.
Underwater Navigation. The Underwater Navigator Specialty Course teaches you to find your way underwater, where it is very easy to get disoriented but very important to know how to find you way back to your starting point. You must be an Advanced Open Water Diver to enroll. The course consists of two short class sessions and 3 beach dives. The course fee is $270, but does not include any gear rental fees that may be applicable.
Wreck Diving. Get the training that will enable you to penetrate and explore a wreck safely. Learn what equipment you need and how to judge if a wreck is safe to penetrate. You must be an Advanced
Open Water Diver and 15 years or older to enroll in the Wreck Dining course. Training consists of one class session and 4 dives on wrecks. The course fee is $330 plus any applicable boat fees and gear rental charges.
Aware--Coral Reef Conservation Specialty. This is a
non-diving course designed to teach divers, snorklers and others about the role coral reefs play in the marine environment and how these ecosystems are currently threatened. The course familiarizes participants with the current state of the world's coral reefs and explains how individuals can help protect the living reef from further decline. The course fee is $100.Aware--Project Aware Specialty. The Project AWARE Specialty program is designed to familiarize divers and nondivers with the plight of worldwide aquatic ecosystems. It also describes what individuals can do to help protect aquatic resources. The program is a nondiving course that only contains classroom presentations. The course fee is $100.
Deep Diver. The Deep specialty course is designed for certified divers who want to explore depths up to 130 feet. The course teaches you to plan these deeper dives, calculate your air consumption, and safely ascend from these depths. You must be an Advanced Open Water Diver and 16 years or older to enroll in the Deep Diver courts. Training consists of at least one class session and 4 boat dives. The course fee is $330, but does not include applicable boat fees and gear rental charges.
Drift Diver. Go with the flow: relax and watch the underwater world drift past you, even in a strong current. Learn to use the proper signalling devices to make sure that the dive boat can find you again. You must be an Advanced Open Water Diver and 16 years old. Training includes a classroom session and 2 boat dives. The course fee is $240, but does not include applicable boat fees and gear rental charges.
Night Diver. Learn to safely explore the underwater world at night and to confidently acquire and use the lights and other equipment. Training consists of one class session and 4 ocean dives. You must be an
Advanced Open Water Diver. The course fee is $330, but does not include applicable boat or gear rental fees. Nitrox Diver. The Nitrox course teaches you to plan the optimal Enriched Air mixture for a dive, analyze breathing gas and mark the tanks appropriately. The course covers the benefits and hazards of breathing an oxygen enriched mixture and how to avoid the pitfalls. Using Nitrox makes diving safer and can extend your bottom time on a no decompression dive, if you know what you are doing. You must be 10 year or older and have an Open Water Certification or higher to enroll in the Nitrox course. The Nitrox Diver course fee is $165, excluding any applicable boat fees and gear rental expenses. The course consists of a class session and two boat dives.
Peak Performance Buoyancy. Having trouble staying off the bottom? Are you exhausted when you make a safety stop? The peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Course will teach you how to alter your buoyancy with breathing techniques, make it easy to stay at a specific depth and hover effortlessly in one position. Adopt the proper dive posture and trim and you will find it is easier and more relaxed to dive. To enroll, you must be an Advanced Open Water Diver. Training consists of one class session, 2 beach dives and 2 boat dives. The course fee is $330 plus any applicable boat or gear rental charges.
Search & Recovery. Learn various methods of conducting
underwater searches and how to pick a method appropriate to specific circumstances. Then learn to safely recover objects from the ocean floor using lift bags and other appropriate devices. This course consists of 4 dives over two days. The cost is $250 plus any applicable boat or gear rental charges. Underwater Navigation. The Underwater Navigator Specialty Course teaches you to find your way underwater, where it is very easy to get disoriented but very important to know how to find you way back to your starting point. You must be an Advanced Open Water Diver to enroll. The course consists of two short class sessions and 3 beach dives. The course fee is $270, but does not include any gear rental fees that may be applicable.
Wreck Diving. Get the training that will enable you to penetrate and explore a wreck safely. Learn what equipment you need and how to judge if a wreck is safe to penetrate. You must be an Advanced
Open Water Diver and 15 years or older to enroll in the Wreck Dining course. Training consists of one class session and 4 dives on wrecks. The course fee is $330 plus any applicable boat fees and gear rental charges. 
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