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Padi
Dive Courses
 PADI
Underwater Photographer
During your Underwater Photographer Dive you'll put in to pracice the
tips and techniques you learned from your instructor and the PADI Underwater
Photogragher Manual and video. Capture your underwater adventures on
film so you can share the thrill of diving with friends and family.
PADI Underwater Videographer
PADI Underwater Navigator
During your Underwater Dive you'll go on to familiarizing yourself with
the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques,
problems, hazards and enjoyment of underwater navigation. You learn:
- proceedures
and techniques for planning, organizing underwater navigation and
problems and hazards associated
- methods
of estimating distances underwater
- natural
navigation techniques
- how
to use underwater patterns
- dive
site relocation techniques
- compass
navigation techniques
PADI Deep Diver
During your Deep Dive, you’ll cover the knowledge, skills and techniques
needed to dive deep. The following is included in the Deep Dive Speciality
Course:
- Planning,
organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of deep
diving
- Risk
factors and decompression-tables review
- Safety
stops and emergency decompression procedures
- Special
equipment, descent lines and buoyancy-control considerations
- Procedures
for flying after diving and high-altitude diving
- Orientation
to recompression chambers
PADI Wreck Diver
During your Wreck Dive you'll go to King Cruiser Wrack. This is were you'll
put in to practice the infomation you gained from listening to your instructor.
Infomation comntained during your dive includes:
- The
planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards
of wreck diving
- The
preparation and use of lights, air supplies, special equipment, penetration
lines and reels
- Limited-visibility
diving techniques and emergency procedures
PADI Night Diver
During your Night Dive you’ll go to a Local Dive Site. You'll learn
to prepare night dive activities and develop your knowledge and techniques
for night diving. Some of the topics are:
- Planning,
organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of night
diving
- Proper
procedures for buoyancy control, navigation and communication
- Use
of dive lights and buddy-system techniques
- Disorientation
and emergency procedures
- Orientation
to nocturnal aquatic life
PADI Multilevel Diver
During your Multilevel Dive you'll also be exposed to a variety of different
types of multilevel dive calculators (the Wheel and various types of dive
computers). Topics covered include:
- The
planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards
of multilevel diving
- Definition
and advantages of multilevel diving
- Methods
of calculating multilevel dives. (The Wheel and/or dive computers)
- Review
of decompression sickness theory
- Review
of emergency decompression procedures.
Review of PADI's S.A.F.E. campaign
- Procedures
for flying after diving
- Guidelines,
rules and procedures for multilevel diving with the Wheel and/or diving
computers
- Care
and maintenance of dive computers
PADI Underwater Naturalist
During your Underwater Naturalist Dive we will introduce you to different
aquatic life and include an overview of responsible human interactions
with aquatic life. Some of the topic covered are:
- The
planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards
of diving in different aquatic environments
- A basic
overview of major aquatic life groupings (kingdoms and phyla)
- Factual
information that dispels myths of potentially dangerous aquatic life
- An overview
of basic aquatic life interactions and associations
- Responsible
human interactions with aquatic life
- Diving
technique used to help preserve bottom dwelling aquatic life and minimize
aquatic life disturbance
PADI Search and Recovery Diver
During your Search and Recovery Dive, your program will cover techniques
and application of a variety of search and recovery methods and includes
the following:
- The
planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, and hazards
of search and recovery diving
- Limited-visibility
diving and underwater navigation techniques
- Proper
techniques and safety considerations for object location, including
the use of various search patterns, lines and reels
- Proper
techniques and safety considerations for recovery of objects using
various lifting devices
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy
Some of the topics covered in your PPB Dive are as follows:Peak Performance
Buoyancy fundamentals:
- Buoyancy
check
- Fine-tuning
buoyancy underwater
- Weight
position and distribution
- Streamlining
- Visualization
Use of PADI’s
Basic Weighting Guidelines. An opportunity to polish buoyancy control
beyond the Open Water Diver level:
- Positioning
and distributing weight for comfort and desired body position (trim
in the water)
- Visualization
techniques prior to dives
Buoyancy checks
- Establishing
neutral buoyancy during all segments of a dive
- Fine-tuning
neutral buoyancy underwater
- Hovering
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