There is a wide selection of PADI Specialty courses you can take to improve existing skills or to teach you new skills.
These courses provide essential additional training and are great fun to do.
All of the following PADI Specialities count towards your PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
What is a Specialty?
Those of you who have completed a PADI Advanced Open Water program will already have been introduced to a number of new and exciting areas of recreational diving such as night diving, deep diving, wreck diving, underwater photography and many more!
You may have found that one or more of these experiences left a lasting impression on you and you are now wanting to delve deeper into that specific area.
This is when the PADI Speciality program becomes your next step to furthering your diving education.
Whatever your interest, the speciality course is designed to give you an in depth look at the academic side and the chance to increase your practical skills with dives specific to your chosen speciality.
Who can enrol?
Although many people are introduced to the various specialty areas during the Advanced Open Water course it is not necessary to have completed this program in order to enroll.
Any diver certified to Open Water level may enroll on most of the specialty options available.
There are a few exceptions which ask for the Advanced Open Water certification as a pre-requisite.
List of PADI Specialties available with us.
PADI Fish Identification
PADI Boat Diver
PADI Deep Diver
PADI Digital Underwater Photography
PADI Drift Diver
PADI Emergency Oxygen provider
PADI Equipment Specialist
Emergency First Response
PADI Night Diver
PADI Navigator Specialist
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy
PADI Project AWARE
PADI Search and Recovery Specialist
PADI Surface Maker Buoy Deployment Specialist
PADI Wreck Diver
PADI Fish Identification
Have you ever asked yourself, “What was that?”
The PADI Project AWARE Fish Identification Specialty course provides you with the fish identification basics so that next time, you know the answer.
During two dives you gain hands-on experience in looking for and identifying the fascinating fish you see underwater.
Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Covers Project AWARE and aquatic protection worldwide.
Characteristics of local fish families and species will be explained.
Fish survey techniques and strategies.
Fish identification dive planning, organization and procedures will be practiced.
Including the two open water training dives, the course Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
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Whether you’ve never made a boat dive or you’ve logged dozens, the PADI Boat Diver Specialty course can benefit almost every diver because different boats in different parts of the world do things differently.
The PADI Boat Diver Specialty course familiarizes you with the various ways you stow gear, enter and exit the water, use surface lines and more, depending upon the type boat and the location.
Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Covers techniques for diving from boats ranging from small inflatable’s to giant live-aboard.
Discusses how dive boats differ from place to place.
Gives you focused experience and training for diving from boats in your local area.
Covers basic boat safety equipment and use.
Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
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The Deep Diver Specialty course offers you the opportunity of a lifetime – going deep to see things others can only dream about.
In this course you will experience what it’s like to dive beyond 18 metres.
Down there, it’s different. It takes additional training. Here’s where you get it.
Must be a PADI Adventure Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and 15 years old.
Experience diving beyond 18 metres.
Learn deep dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and hazards.
Four open water dives that range from 18 – 40 metres.
Gain experience with diving deep under the direct, professional supervision of a PADI Instructor.
Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
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PADI Digital Underwater Photography
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 non-diving certification.
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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
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The PADI Drift Diver Specialty Course introduces you to the coolest magic carpet ride you’ll ever experience.
This course shows you how to enjoy rivers and ocean currents by “going with the flow”, staying with your dive partner, communicating with the dive boat and knowing where you are the whole time.
Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization) and be at least 12 years old.
Planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of drift diving.
An introduction to drift diving equipment — floats, lines, reels.
Buoyancy-control, navigation and communication for drift diving.
Site selection and overview of aquatic currents – causes and effects.
Techniques for staying close to a buddy or together as a group.
Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
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PADI Emergency Oxygen provider
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Want to know about how your dive gear works?
Then the PADI Equipment Specialist course is for you.
This course familiarizes you with the operation and maintenance of your dive equipment.
The more you know about how your gear works, the more comfortable you are with it, the more performance you get from it and the better you can care for it.
Must be a PADI Scuba Diver or Junior Scuba Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization).
Reviews the theory, principles and operation of dive equipment.
Routine, recommended care and maintenance procedures, and equipment storage.
Common problems with equipment and recommended professional maintenance procedures (may include a demonstration of repair procedures).
Simple suggestions for comfortable equipment configurations and an introduction to new gear (may include optional confined water dive to try new or unfamiliar equipment).
No dives are required, so you can take the Equipment Specialist course any time of the year.
The PADI Equipment Specialist Course is not an equipment repair course, but it provides the foundation you’ll want if you’re interested in learning equipment repair.
Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
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Take a step toward emergency preparedness and meet PADI Rescue Diver prerequisites with Emergency First Response.
As one of the foremost international CPR and first aid training companies, Emergency First Response gives you the confidence to respond to medical emergencies — not just in the diving world, but in your every day world with your family, friends, neighbours and co-workers. too.
Emergency First Response courses encompass:
CPR for adults, children and infants.
First aid for adults, children and infants.
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training.
The Emergency First Response Instructor and Instructor Trainer courses.
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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: PADI Night Diver Manual and the award-winning PADI Night Diving video.
Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
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Be the diver everyone wants to follow and make your sense of direction legendary with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course.
When everyone’s buzzing about a reef or checking out a wreck, they’re having a great time – until it’s time to go.
Then they turn to you, because as a PADI Underwater Navigator, you know the way back to the boat.
Underwater navigation can be challenging, but in the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course, you master the challenge.
You learn the tools of the trade, including navigation via natural clues and by compass.
You learn to estimate distance underwater, follow navigation patterns and know where you are while following an arbitrary, irregular course using the Nav-Finder.
Find your way with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course.
Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization).
Number of Dives: Three.
Navigation patterns, natural and compass navigation.
Following irregular courses with the Nav-Finder.
Dive site relocation.
Materials: You’ll Need: Nav-Pak, which includes the PADI Underwater Navigator Manual, Underwater Navigation video and the Nav-Finder.
Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
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PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy
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.
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The underwater world needs heroes.
You can be one of them by championing the causes of the world’s most fragile and important aquatic ecosystems.
Sign up for the Project AWARE Specialty course to learn about some of the most pressing problems facing these vulnerable environments and everyday actions you can take to help conserve them.
It’s informative, interesting and most importantly, you learn how to make a difference.
Project AWARE Foundation is the dive industry’s leading non-profit organization dedicated to conserving the aquatic environment through education, advocacy and action.
Besides completing the Project AWARE Specialty course, you can become a partner in the efforts to preserve the underwater environment.
The ocean commons and coastal zone issues.
Fisheries challenges and sustainability.
Coral environment overview and inhabitants.
The role of the diver in protecting aquatic environments.
Materials: You’ll need AWARE: Our World, Our Water.
Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
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PADI Search and Recovery Specialist
Spend time around water (as a diver, how can you avoid it?) and sooner or later, you come across someone who lost something underwater.
If you’re looking for the challenge and excitement – along with doing your good deed for the day – the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course is for you.
It gives you the skills you need to find what’s been lost, and how to get it to the surface.
In the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course, you learn search and recovery dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and how to deal with potential problems.
You learn how to locate large and small objects using search patterns, and various ways for lifting them to the surface.
Not only do these skills make you more capable and confident in the water, but most Search and Recovery Divers eventually end up searching for and recovering something they lost themselves.
Must be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or a PADI Open Water Diver with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty (or equivalent certification from another organization).
Must be at least 12 years old.
Number of Dives: Four.
Search patterns, lift bag use and recovery methods.
Limited visibility techniques and navigation for search and recovery.
Materials: You’ll Need: Search and Recovery-Pak, which includes the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Manual and the Search and Recovery video
Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
Find what you’ve lost with the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course.
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PADI Surface Maker Buoy Deployment Specialist
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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.
Explore the past in the present with the PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course.
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.
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