PADI Specialty Diver

To book any of these courses, click on the course title to go straight to our online booking system.

Dive Specialty Courses for Open Water Divers:
 
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PADI: EANx (Academics Only) £100
  Learn to dive safely with Enriched Air Nitrox. To certify as an Enhanced Air Nitrox diver, it's only necessary to do the classroom-based study - the dives are optional.
Duration: 1/2 day.
 
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PADI: EANx (incl. 2 Nitrox dives) £140
  Learn to dive safely with Enriched Air Nitrox. EANx allows you to dive with shorter surface intervals and reduces diver fatigue. Many liveaboards require you to be Nitrox certified so you can indulge safely in five dives per day.
Duration: 1 1/2 days.
 
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PADI: Multi-Level Diving £90
  Learn to plan and execute multi-level dives using The Wheel, an advanced dive planner - the only way to safely manage multi-lvel dives without the aid of a computer. Includes two dives.
Duration: 1 day
 
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PADI: Deep Diver £120
  Discover new depths as you learn to dive safely down to 40 metres. Some recreational dive sites are so deep you won't actually get to see anything unless you have mastered this speciality. Includes 4 dives.
Duration: 1 1/2 days.
 
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PADI: Equipment Specialist £20
  Learn the theory, principles and operation of diving equipment. Learn how to care for your equipment properly, what common problems occur and how they are professionally repaired. If you have our own diving equipment, this course will undoubtedly save you money on faults that occur due to improper use and storage.
Duration: 1 day.
 
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DSAT: Gas Blender £185
  You will learn how to fill tanks yourself, and how to blend the gases in the tank or pre-blend the gases before filling the tank. It's more complex than you think, and you must be certified in order to operate this equipment. Attention Divemasters: This certification instantly makes you more employable. This is a classroom based course.
Duration: 2 days.
 
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PADI: Underwater Navigator £90
  Learn a full range of underwater navigation techniques (incl. compass navigation and natural navigation), and how to overcome problems and hazards. Includes 2 dives.
Duration: 1 day.
 
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PADI: Night Diver £90
  Learn to dive safely at night incl. use of dive lights and buddy procedures, and learn about nocturnal aquatic life. Includes 2 dives.
Duration: 1 day.
 
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PADI: Peak Performance Buoyancy £85
  You'll learn a range of techniques to dramatically improve your buoyancy in all situations. Most divers require less weights after taking this course and use considerably less air. You should get more form all of your dives. Includes 2 dives.
Duration: 1 day.
 
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PADI: Search & Recovery £90
  Learn techniques to search for items underwater, and how to recover them to the surface using various lifting devices. Includes 2 dives.
Duration: 1 day.
 
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PADI: Underwater Naturalist £90
  Learn about aquatic life in different environments, how it interacts with each other, and how humans might responsibly interact with marine life. Learn diving techniques to minimize aquatic life disturbance. Includes 2 dives.
Duration: 1 day.
 
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PADI: Underwater Photographer (Digital) £90
  Learn about digital photography techniques and their use underwater, without harming the environment you are photographing. Includes 2 dives.
Duration: 1 day.
N.B. If you dont have a digital camera with marine housing suitable for this course, you will need to hire one at a cost of 1500 baht (approx. £24) per day, payable locally.
 
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PADI: Wreck Diver £120
  Learn about digital photography techniques and their use underwater, without harming the environment you are photographing. Includes 2 dives.
Duration: 1 day.
N.B. If you dont have a digital camera with marine housing suitable for this course, you will need to hire one at a cost of 1500 baht (approx. £24) per day, payable locally.
 
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PADI: Diver Propulsion Vehicles (DPV) £90
  Learn how to use diver propulsion vehicles without getting tangled or blending fragile marine life in the propeller blades. Lots of fun! Includes 2 dives.
Duration: 1 day.
N.B. If you dont have a digital camera with marine housing suitable for this course, you will need to hire one at a cost of 1500 baht (approx. £24) per day, payable locally.
 

PADI Adventure Dives

It is possible to take an adventure dive in any of the specialties covered by the courses above that include dives. There will be no classroom training, rather there will be an extended dive briefing to cover the essentials.


Pre-Requisites:

In order to take any of the dive specialty courses above, or an adventure dive in any of these specific skills, you must be certified as an Open Water Diver.


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Come up with some new tricks and tactics by learning a new dive specialty.
Enriched Air Nitrox - short surface intervals and reduced diver fatigue means you can spend more time diving, less time sitting on the boat waiting for each achingly long minute to pass before you can dive again.
Multi-level diving with PADI's 'The Wheel' Recreational Dive Planner.
Most divers now rely on dive computers to plan and execute their dives.  Learn how to do it properly with the SSI Computer Diver course.
Learn how to maintain and care for dive equipment properly - essential if you're planning to purchase your own dive gear.
Learn to use a compass correctly for underwater navigation, an essential skill for all divers.
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy and SSI Perfect Buoyancy courses are of tremendous benefit to any diver.  Use less air and dive with less weight, while maintaining your position perfectly - wherever you want to be.
Underwater photography is both challenging and rewarding.  Learn how to make the most of your marine images with the Underwater Photography course.
Wrecks form new and interesting habitats for all sorts of marine life, one of the most interesting aspects of diving.  They also introduce new risks and challenges: learn to dive safely in and around sunken ships with the Wreck Diver specialty.
If you don't fancy doing the full specialty course, why not get a taster with an adventure dive?