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Peak Performance Buoyancy
Saturday, 05 July 2008 18:01
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Prerequisites: Open Water Diver
Minimum Age: 10
Class Length: 1 Classroom Session
Diving: 2 Open Water Dives
Materials: None
Equipment: None
Cost: $150 Float effortlessly, drifting over reefs. Be the diver you want to be, with ultimate buoyancy control, able to hover close to the bottom and examine underwater organisms without touching them.
Buoyancy skills separate the good divers from the great divers. In the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course, you will learn to how to precisely weight yourself for optimum control, poise and balance. You learn to ascend and descend so effortlessly, it seems like you only think about it and it happens. By mastering streamlining, you move through the water cleanly, efficiently and gracefully. You swim near fragile environments without harm to them or yourself.
Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization) and 10 years old.
Number of dives: Two
Buoyancy fundamentals, weighting and adjustments
Streamlining, balance and trim
Fine tuning buoyancy and mastering hovering
Materials: You’ll Need Peak Performance Buoyancy video
Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
Get the buoyancy control great divers have with PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:37 )
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Wreck Diver
Saturday, 05 July 2008 17:59
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Prerequisites: Adventure Diver
Minimum Age: 15
Class Length: 1 Classroom Session
Diving: 4 Open Water Dives
Materials: Wreck Diver Manual
Equipment: Slate, Knife, Whistle, Light
Cost: $150 You drift down and pass through a window into the past. As you near the bottom, a recognizable shape begins to form. First, you see a straight line, then a round window. Next, a ship materializes in front of you. As you look at the wreck, past and the present meet.
Whether sunk intentionally or tragically, whether a sunken ship, a plane or an automobile, the call of wrecks is nearly irresistible to divers. Through the PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course, you get the skills, knowledge and procedures you need to answer the call of wreck diving. - Must be a PADI Adventure Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization) and be at least 15 years old.
- Number of Dives: Four dives over two days
- Materials You’ll Need: Wreck-Pak, which includes the PADI Wreck Diver Manual and Wreck Diving video.
- Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating. The underwater world needs heroes. Be one. Learn how to conserve the aquatic environment.
Explore the past in the present with the PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:02 )
Night Diver
Saturday, 05 July 2008 17:59
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Prerequisites: Open Water Diver
Minimum Age: 12
Class Length: 1 Classroom Session
Diving: 3 Open Water Dives
Materials: None
Equipment: 2 Lights (1 primary & 1 back-up) and Chemical Lights
Cost: $150 Aware Fish ID
Prerequisites: Open Water Diver
Minimum Age: 10
Class Length: None
Diving: 2 Open Water Dives
Materials: None
Equipment: None
Cost: $150 As the sun sets, you don your dive gear, slip on your mask and bite down on your regulator. A deep breath and you step off the boat – 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. The adventure, thrill and excitement of night diving can be yours when you complete your PADI Night Diver Specialty course. You learn about night dive planning, equipment and navigation. You practice these on three night dives, plus introduce yourself to the whole new cast of critters that comes out after the sun goes down. - Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and 12 years old
- Number of Dives: Three
- Dive lights and night diving equipment
- Entries, exits and navigation at night
- Nocturnal aquatic life
- Communication and light handling
- Materials: You’ll Need a Night-Pak, which includes PADI Night Diver Manual and the award-winning PADI Night Diving video.
- Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:02 )
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Diver Propulsion Vehicle
Saturday, 05 July 2008 17:58
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Prerequisites: Open Water Diver
Minimum Age: 12
Class Length: 1 Classroom Session
Diving: 2 Open Water Dives
Materials: None
Equipment: None
Cost: $150
These things are a blast to ride!
DPV’s offer a thrilling way to see a lot of underwater territory in a brief amount of time. They scoot you through the water without kicking. Want to visit that offshore reef from the beach? A DPV may be the way to go. - Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and 12 years old
- Diver propulsion vehicle dive planning organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards
- Equipment considerations
- Diver etiquette and how to avoid harming fragile aquatic life
- The PADI Diver Propulsion Vehicle Diver certification counts toward your Master Scuba Diver rating.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:02 )
Digital Underwater Photographer
Saturday, 05 July 2008 17:54
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Prerequisites: Open Water Diver
Minimum Age: 10
Class Length: 1 Classroom Session
Diving: 2 Open Water Dives
Materials: Underwater Photographer Manual
Equipment: None
Cost: $150 Digital has taken the underwater photography world by storm. Get in on the action with the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty course. You can quickly and easily capture the underwater world with your camera and on your computer. During the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty course, you learn to use the PADI SEA (Shoot, Examine and Adjust) method, which takes full advantage of digital technology. The result is good underwater photos faster than you may imagine. You not only learn how to take good photos, but how to share them with your friends via email or printing, optimizing your work with your computer, storage and more. - Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization) However, you can take the course as a snorkeler and receive a nondiving certification.
- Choosing and using modern digital cameras and underwater housings
- Using the PADI SEA method for getting great shots quickly
- Editing and sharing your pictures
- The three primary principles for getting good photos underwater
- The PADI Digital Underwater Photographer certifications credits toward the Master Scuba Diver rating.
- This is one of PADI’s most adaptable specialty courses, and can even be started during the last dive of your PADI Open Water Diver course
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:01 )
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