- Ages 10+ Ages Ages 10+
Expand your boat diving knowledge! The world’s best diving almost always takes place from boats, which can get you to reefs and wrecks that simply aren’t accessible from shore.
Quick Details
Explore Deeper Dive Sites with Confidence
Some of the best recreational diving takes place in water deeper than 60 feet (18 meters). Such dives include wrecks and walls. The Deep Diver course builds on the skills you acquire as part of the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course to enable you to make these dives safely and more effectively.
You learn:
- The purpose, problems, hazards, planning, preparation, equipment (additions and modifications), air supplies, personnel, techniques, gas management, emergency procedures (including location and transportation to a hyperbaric chamber) and depth limits for recreational diving
- Decompression-related topics include nitrogen narcosis and decompression sickness (definition, cause, symptoms, signs, first aid and prevention) history of decompression, concepts, use of dive computers, definition of terms, problems, principles and techniques
- Complete coverage of Repetitive Dive Tables, work sheets, problem solutions, exceptions and dive planning
- Altitude diving, flying after diving and hyperbaric chamber access and operation as well as other short- and long-term deep diving hazards.
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This course is open to divers who are:
- At least 15 years old
- Certified as PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent
- Able to either answer NO to all questions on the standard Medical History Form or secure a physician’s approval prior to the start of class
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This course consists of:
- Self study
- One classroom session
- Four open water training dives
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Self study takes place at the comfort of your home. Classroom session takes place right here at Squalo Divers. Open water dives take place at one of more than 50 dive sites that we have to offer.
Deep Diver Specialty classes start at any time. Classroom session is done during regular store hours. Open water training dives are done any day of the week. All activities take place by appointment only.
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The course fee includes:
- All instruction
- Four open water training dives
- Use of air tanks and weights
- Certification card processing
Students are responsible for supplying all of the equipment items listed below, plus:
- Transportation to and from all dive/training sites
- Food and drinks
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Students are responsible for supplying all of the equipment items listed below:
- Educational materials
- Scuba mask, scuba snorkel, scuba fins +
- Wetsuit *+
- Buoyancy Control Device (BCD) *+
- Regulator *+
- Dive computer *+
- Delayed signal marker buoy (DSMB) +
- Silicone mouthpiece +
- Gear bag +
- Bathing suit and towel
* Items are available for rent at Squalo Divers.
+ Items are available for purchase at Squalo Divers.