WHAT TO EXPECT:
Schedule your next PADI specialty course! In most cases the minimum prerequisite is that you are a PADI Certified diver / Jr. OW Diver (or qualifying certification).
Our specialty courses include a brief refresher to evaluate your skill level, then you’ll get to experience a new adventure and learn some new skills to advance your knowledge in diving.
Some Specialties include an eLearning phase that can be completed at your own pace. View PADI eLearning Specialty courses
Following your eLearning, you’ll get in the water with your PADI trained Instructor to apply practical skills and finish your specialty certification.
Specialty Dive Courses
Complete three Adventure Dives (underwater photography, fish identification, etc.) and earn the Adventure Diver certification, a subgroup of the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course.
This course helps you expand your knowledge about boats from small inflatables to large liveaboards. You’ll gain experience scuba diving by completing two dives from a boat.
This course helps you appreciate the complexity of coral reef habitats and teaches how you can help conserve these vital systems.
Explore deeper dive sites with confidence at depths down to 40 metres/130 ft. Learn to manage your gas supply, go over buddy contact procedures, and buoyancy control.
DIGITAL UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHER
The most popular diving specialties course. It’s easy and fun to capture images of your underwater scuba adventures.
Immediately recognize scuba diving illnesses treatable with emergency oxygen and be prepared to offer aid. There are no prerequisites or age restrictions. This course is open to everyone.
Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression time, especially on repetitive scuba dives.
Learn to manage basic scuba diving equipment repairs and adjustments. Understand routine care and maintenance procedures and how dive gear works.
Enjoy dives even more when you can recognize and identify fish families and their characteristics.
The underwater world changes as day creatures retire & nocturnal organisms emerge. If you’ve wondered what happens underwater after the sun goes down, enroll in the PADI Night Diver Specialty course.
Observe aquatic life without disturbing their surroundings. Improve the buoyancy skills you learned as a new diver and elevate them to the next level.
Make a difference for yourself and others by learning and applying tips to save the ocean. The PADI AWARE Specialty course equips you with tangible actions and opportunities to bring about positive ocean change. A portion of the proceeds from every PADI AWARE Foundation™ course funds AWARE’s critical conservation work to remove marine debris, secure protection for sharks & rays, expand marine protected areas, and support local grantees.
Retrieve lost items that have fallen overboard or over a dock. Learn effective swimming patterns and using a lift bag for heavy objects.
Fine-tune your underwater observation skills and learn to use your compass more accurately. This course may count towards college credit, ask your instructor.
Ships, airplanes, and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life. Each wreck dive offers a chance for a new discovery.
For all scuba diving activities, Personal Dive Insurance is always recommended. Choose plans from DAN or DiveAssure