It’s a rare diver who hasn’t felt the urge to dive deep. Deep diving opens the door to many new
exciting dive sites like deeper wrecks, reefs and walls. As a rule, divers tend to be adventurous
people, and deep diving – whether to visit a wreck or take photos – can certainly be called
adventurous.
Unlike shallower dives, deep dives tend to be short since time and air supply is limited. Therefore,
you don’t have a great deal of time to do much so you’ll need to make smart decisions about a
dive objective and dive accomplishments. Keep that thought; the philosophy of this course is
to focus on making smart decisions for a stress free, deep diving experience with an emphasis
on safety.
Thus, the goal of this course is to bring to light the necessary equipment needed to
support deep diving activities, to discourage thrill seeker attitudes and encourage the proper
deep diver behavior of following appropriate limits, and to teach student divers a systematic,
methodical approach to enjoying deep diving. Student divers will develop the techniques involved
in deep diving within recreational limits (between the depths of 18 metres/60 feet and 40 metres/
130 feet) while avoiding disturbing delicate marine life.
The best way to learn Deep Diving procedures and to apply them is by doing it.
Schedule:
- The course is usually run over 2 to 4 days. It is dependent on the availability of
boat dives to the deeper sites. The student watches a video and completes
knowledge reviews, which are looked over with the instructor prior to the dives.
- The course consists of 4 open water dives, where the student will practice the
safe deep diving techniques that were learned in the theory.
Prerequisites:
- Certified as a PADI Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water Diver or have a
qualifying certification from another training organisation. In this case, a qualifying
certification is defined as proof of certification beyond entry level (at least two
certifications total) with proof of 20 or more logged dives documenting experience
in deep diving and underwater navigation.
- Must be at least 15 years old
Course Cost:
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