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SPECIALITY COURSES


AWARE - Fish Identification Diver course

fish identification

This course is designed to introduce divers to the most common families and species of fish found in temperate and tropical waters. Divers learn basic fish identification and scientific surveying techniques. Through an over view of Project AWARE and other preservation and research efforts, such as the REEF Fish Survey Project, divers also learn the importance of personal involvement in aquatic environment conservation.

Prerequisites:

1. Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.
2. Be at least 10 years old.

2 Dives €130-00

Boat Diver Course

boat diving

This course is designed to be an introduction to boat diving and to help the student diver develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary for boat diving.

Prerequisites:

1. Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.
2. Be at least 10 years old.

2 Dives €160-00

Deep Diver

deep diver

This course is designed to be an introduction to deep diving and to help the student diver develop the necessary skills, knowledge and techniques to safely participate in deep diving activities.

Prerequisites:

To qualify for the Deep Diver course, an individual must:

1. Be certified as a PADI Adventure Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization similar to that of a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.)
2. Be 15 years of age or older.

3 Dives €200-00


The PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Course

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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. The PADI Digital Underwater Photographer course gets you going quickly with to days modern digital equipment, whether you use a point-and-shoot snap camera or a sophisticated D-SLR like the pros.

The fun part about this course is learning to capture images to share with your friends and family. It’s a great way to relive the adventures you’ve had.

Dry suit Diver

dry suit

Stay warm and cozy on your dives. Learn how to dive with a Dry Suit. This course is designed to be an introduction to dry suit diving and to help the student diver develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary for dry suit diving.

Prerequisites:

To qualify for the Dry Suit Diver course, an individual must:

1. Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.
2. Be 10 years of age or older.

Students should have their own dry suits for this course.

2 Dives €160-00


The PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider Course

padi emergency

Be the one ready to help a fellow diver should the need arise by becoming a PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider.

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.

You learn how to

• Recognize diving illnesses treatable by emergency oxygen
• Properly setup equipment
• Administer emergency oxygen

1 Day €115-00

Equipment Specialist

As a PADI Equipment Specialist, you are prepared for the basic scuba equipment maintenance, care and adjustments you'll encounter every day. In addition, you'll learn interesting background information about how your gear works, how it’s repair and other information that helps you with your equipment investment.

Prerequisites:

Scuba diver min age 10
€120-00

Enriched air Diver

enriched air diver

This course is designed to qualify recreational divers to use enriched air (“nitrox”) for no stop recreational diving. The program addresses the use of enriched air with 22 percent to 40 percent oxygen, with emphasis on enriched air with 32 and 36 percent oxygen.

Prerequisites:

To qualify for the PADI Enriched Air Diver course, an individual must:

1. Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.
2. Be 15 years of age or older.

Dives optional

€120-00 (without dives)

Multilevel & Computer diver

In this course, you learn how to plan dives that extend your bottom time by crediting you for slower nitrogen absorption when you ascend to a shallower depth. That’s the way you really dive, after all

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The electronic Recreational Dive Planner (eRDP ML), Multilevel version

Prerequisites

1. Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver or have
a qualifying certification from another training organization.
2. Be 12 years of age or older.

2 Dives €160-00

Night Diver

night diver

As the sun sets, you don your dive gear, slip on your scuba mask and bite down on your dive regulator. A deep breath and you step off into the underwater night. Although you’ve seen this reef many times before, this time you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive light. Introduce yourself to the whole new cast of critters that comes out after the sun goes down. See your favourite dive sites from a whole new perspective

What You Learn

• Night dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problems
• How to control your buoyancy at night
• Entries, exits and underwater navigation at night
• Nocturnal aquatic life, since many of the plants and animals you'll see are different

Prerequisites:

1. Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.
2. Be 12 years of age or older.

3 Dives €210-00

Peak Performance Buoyancy

peak performance

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

Prerequisites

• 1. Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver or have
• a qualifying certification from another training organization.
• 2. Be 10 years of age or older.

2 Dives €160-00

Search & Recovery Diver

search recovery

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.

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

Prerequisites:

1. Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, Junior Advanced Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.
OR
Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver and PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty Diver or have qualifying certifications from another training organization. In this case, a qualifying certification is defined as proof of entry-level scuba certification and proof of specialty course certification in underwater navigation with a minimum of three scuba dives that include training in natural and compass navigation.
2. Be 12 years of age or older.

4 dives €200-00

Underwater Naturalist

underwater naturalist

Look closer to see more on your next dive. Look for symbioses, predator/prey and other relationships between aquatic plant and animal life. Learn not just what fish and animals are, but how they interact with each other and the environment.

What You Learn

• The major aquatic life groupings, interactions and factual information that dispels negative myths.
• The role of aquatic plants, food chains and predator prey relationships.
• Responsible interactions with aquatic life.
• The underwater naturalist’s view of organisms and their roles in the environment.
• You put this information into practice during your two open water dives.

Prerequisites:

1. Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.
2. Be 10 years of age or older.

2 Dives €160-00

Underwater Navigator

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Be the diver everyone wants to follow and make your sense of direction legendary with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course. Underwater navigation can be challenging, but in the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course, you master the challenge. You learn the tools of the trade, including navigation via natural clues and by compass.

What you learn

• Navigation patterns
• Natural navigation (without a compass)
• Compass navigation
• How to “mark” or relocate a submerged object or position from the surface
• Underwater map making
• How to follow irregular courses with the Nav-Finder
• Dive site relocation
• How to estimate distance underwater

Prerequisites:

1. Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.
2. Be 10 years of age or older.

3 Dives €180-00

Underwater videography

underwater videography

Selecting, maintaining and caring for your underwater video equipment Videography fundamentals, such as • exposure • focus • shot types• moves • story line • shot sequencing.

The post-dive editing process where you take your raw footage and . create an underwater masterpiece.

Prerequisites:

1. Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.
2. Be at least 10 years old.

2 Dives €200-00

Wreck diver

wreck diver

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.

Prerequisites:

1. Be certified as a PADI Adventure Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization similar to that of a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.)
2. Be 15 years of age or older.

4 Dives From €205-00

Project AWARE Programme

project aware programme

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.

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 non profit 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

Prerequisites:

To enrol in the Project AWARE Specialty program, participants need not be
certified divers nor have any prior scuba or snorkelling experience. There is no minimum age requirement.

aprox 4 hours €60-00

All prices may be subject to change, Prices in Euros

master scubadiver

To earn the Master Scuba Diver rating divers must:

a. Have a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification
(or have a qualifying certification from another
training organization).

b. Have a PADI Rescue Diver (or have a qualifying
certification from another training organization).

c. Have any five PADI Specialty Diver ratings.

d. Show proof of 50 logged dives.





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