Specialty Courses
PREREQUISITES:
PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver (or qualifying entry-level certification)
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Minimum Age: 10 years old
Determine how much weight you need and where to place trim weights to streamline your body position. During two dives you’ll fine-tune your weighting during buoyancy checks and master neutral buoyancy with in water practice.
Time Commitment:
eLearning: 2-4 hours
Course: 1 day
Search and Recovery
Minimum Age: 12 years old
During four dives, you'll locate objects large and small using different search patterns. You’ll get hands-on experience using a lift bag and, on the last dive, you’ll plan and execute a mock search operation.
Time Commitment:
eLearning: 2-4 hours
Course: 2 days
Full Face Mask Diver
Minimum Age: 12 years old
There are several different types of full face masks, so you begin learning about varying mask features and components. Next, you learn techniques for preparing and diving with a full face mask as well as proper maintenance. During a confined water dive, you get comfortable using your mask and practice skills in preparation for your open water dives. In open water, during two dives, you'll demonstrate your ability to:
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Properly prepare and check your mask for the dive.
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Make adjustments underwater and clear water out of the mask.
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Respond to simulated out-of-gas emergency situations.
Time Commitment:
Academic: 1-2 hours
Course: 1 day
Diver Propulsion Vehicle
(DPV)
Minimum Age: 12 years old
During two exhilarating dives, you’ll practice DPV maneuvers and tandem riding. Learn how to avoid problems like ascending/descending too fast, motor entanglements, losing track of your buddy and running out of battery power.
Time Commitment:
eLearning: 2-4 hours
Course: 1 day
Night Diver
Minimum Age: 12 years
The thought of dipping below the surface at night seems mysterious, yet so alluring.
Although you've been scuba diving at a site many times before, at night you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive light. The scene changes as day creatures retire and nocturnal organisms emerge.
Time Commitment:
eLearning: 2-4 hours
Course: 2 days
