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PADI Specialties
Fine-Tune Your Skills
Focus on what interests you! Develop and expand specific skills to enhance your diving experience. PADI Specialty Courses such as – night diver, deep diver, wreck diver, and fish identification give you the tools to improve your underwater exploration! In addition, many PADI Specialties are now available with digital learning to provide you with more time on your vacation!
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Excellent buoyancy control is what defines skilled scuba divers. You’ve seen them underwater. They glide effortlessly, use less air, and ascend, descend, or hover almost as if by thought. They more easily observe aquatic life without disturbing their surroundings. You can achieve this, too. The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course improves the buoyancy skills you learned as a new diver and elevates them to the next level.
- Course Prerequisites: 10 years old and PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver
- Time Commitment: Knowledge Development + 2 Dives
- Price: $175 US/USD + tax
Deep Diver
The lure of the deep. There’s something exciting and mysterious about exploring deeper dive sites while scuba diving. Sometimes it’s a wreck that attracts you below 18 meters/60 feet, and on wall dives, it may be a giant fan or sponge. Whatever it is, to scuba dive with confidence at depths down to 40 meters/130 feet, you should take the PADI Deep Diver Specialty course. During the PADI® Deep Diver course, you’ll learn how to plan deep dives, manage your gas supply and how to identify and manage narcosis. You’ll learn about buddy contact procedures, safety considerations, and buoyancy control at depth.
- Course Prerequisites: 15 years old and PADI Adventure Diver certified or higher
- Time Commitment: Knowledge Development + 4 Dives
- Price: $275 US/USD + tax
Night Diver
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. If you’ve wondered what happens underwater after the sun goes down, sign up for the PADI Night Diver Specialty course.
- Course Prerequisites: 12 years old and PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers or higher
- Time Commitment: Knowledge Development + 3 Dives
- Price: $225 US/USD + tax
Wreck Diver
Whether purpose-sunk as an artificial reef for scuba divers or lost as the result of an accident, wrecks are fascinating windows into the past. Ships, airplanes, and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life. Each wreck dive offers a chance for discovery, potentially unlocking a mystery or spying on something others have missed. The PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course is popular because it offers rewarding adventures while observing responsible wreck diving practices.
- Course Prerequisites: 15 years old and PADI Adventure Diver certified or higher
- Time Commitment: Knowledge Development + 4 Dives
- Price: $275 US/USD + tax
Drift Diver
Diving in a current can feel like flying underwater. In the PADI® Drift Diver course, you’ll learn drift diving tips from an experienced instructor and practice buoyancy control, navigation, use of surface signaling equipment, and buddy communication. You’ll practice buoyancy control, navigation, and buddy communication during two dives in a current. Practice using a delayed surface marker buoy (DSMB), float, line, reel, or other drift diving safety equipment.
- Course Prerequisites: 12 years old and PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver (or qualifying entry-level certification)
- Time Commitment: Knowledge Development + 2 Dives
- Price: $175US/USD + tax
Underwater Navigation
Be the scuba diver everyone wants to follow because you know where you are and where you’re going. The PADI Underwater Navigator course fine-tunes your observation skills and teaches you to use your compass underwater more accurately.
- Course Prerequisites: 10 years old and (Jr.) Open Water Diver or equivalent entry-level certification
- Time Commitment: Knowledge Development + 3 Dives
- Price: $225 US/USD + tax
Search and Recovery Diver
The next time someone loses an item underwater, you can be the hero who finds the missing object. In the PADI Search and Recovery course, you’ll learn how to find lost objects underwater. You’ll practice different types of underwater search patterns and learn how to use a lift bag as you plan and execute mock search operations.
- Course Prerequisites: 12 years old and (Jr.) Advanced Open Water or (Jr.) Open Water with Underwater Navigation certification
- Time Commitment: Knowledge Development + 4 Dives
- Price: $250 US/USD + tax
Digital Underwater Photography
During the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer course, you’ll learn how to take underwater photos you’ll be proud to share with others. Avoid beginner mistakes and shorten the learning curve with tips from the pros. Learn how to use underwater photography lights (strobes), avoid backscatter and enhance color.
- Course Prerequisites: 10 years old and (Jr.) Open Water Diver or equivalent entry-level certification
- Time Commitment: Knowledge Development + 2 Dives
- Price: $175 US/USD + tax
Emergency Oxygen Provider
Breathe easy—knowing that you can recognize when someone needs emergency oxygen. Being the best buddy means being prepared – especially in a time of need. Knowing how to administer oxygen is a great skill to have because you’ll be ready to help others in need. Knowing how and when to use emergency oxygen is a great skill to have and means you’re ready to help others should the need arise. There are no prerequisites, age restrictions, or water sessions required for this course – it’s open to everyone. Scuba divers, snorkelers, and anyone who is around divers — boat crew, lifeguards, etc. – will benefit from having this training.
- Course Prerequisites: None
- Time Commitment: Varies
- Price: $150 US/USD + tax