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Expand your earning potential.......Teach PADI Specialties

 

When you find the area of diving that really interest you or want to improve your students diving skills, then move into the specialty courses.  Specialties are a great way to expand your Professional Status.....Go for.....Master Scuba Diver Trainer!!!

AWARE Fish ID Specialty - Have your students ever asked you, "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. 

 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

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Boat Diver Specialty - Whether your students never made a boat dive or they have 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 them 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. 

 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

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Deep Diver  Specialty - The Deep Diver Specialty course offers students the opportunity of a lifetime - going deep to see things others can only dream about.  In this course they will experience what it’s like to dive beyond 60 feet.

 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

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Drift Diver Specialty - The PADI Drift Diver Specialty Course introduces students to the coolest magic carpet ride they will ever experience. This course shows students how to enjoy rivers and ocean currents by “going with the flow,” staying with their dive partner, communicating with the dive boat and knowing where they are the whole time. 

 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

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Multilevel/Computer Diver Specialty - Do you want to teach your students how to maximize their dive times? (Of course). Want to get the most out of their dive computer and The WheelTM? (Naturally). Then the PADI Multilevel Diver Specialty course is for them.  In this course, they will learn how to plan dives that extend their bottom time by crediting them for slower nitrogen absorption when they ascend to a shallower depth. That’s the way you really dive, after all. They will  learn to use The WheelTM version of the RDP for planning multilevel dives, making it a great companion for their dive computer (as well as a way to make multilevel dives if they forget to bring their computer). 

 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

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Equipment Specialist  Does your students want to know about how their dive gear works? Then the PADI Equipment Specialist course is for them. This course familiarizes students with the operation and maintenance of their dive equipment. The more they know about how their gear works, the more comfortable they are with it, the more performance they get from it and the better they can care for it. 

 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

Scheduled Dates & Times:

 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

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Weds, May 14th

Tues, July 1st

Thurs, Sept 4th

Weds, Nov 19th

Enriched Air Diver Specialty - Welcome to one of PADI’s most popular specialties – the PADI Enriched Air Diver course. Diving with enriched air nitrox lets you safely extend your no stop time beyond the no decompression limits for air. Diving with enriched air means more time underwater – but you need to be certified as an Enriched Air Diver to get enriched air fills. Whether you’re into underwater photography or wreck diving, on vacation in some tropical paradise or just out for a leisurely day of diving at your local dive site, the PADI Enriched Air Diver course helps you get more out of diving by giving you more time underwater. 

 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

Scheduled Classroom Dates & Times:

Weds, May 21st

Tues, June 24th

Weds, July 23rd

Mon, Aug 18th

Weds, Sept 17th

Weds, Oct 8th

Thurs, Nov 6th

Weds, Dec 17th

Dry Suit Diver Specialty Do you want to teach your students to stay warm and toasty on a dive? Do you want to extend their dive season?  Unlike a wetsuit, a dry suit seals you off from the outside water. In the PADI Dry Suit Diver Specialty course, they will learn how to use a dry suit. And that keeps them warm! Even in very cold water. 

 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

Scheduled Classroom/Pool Dates & Times:

6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

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Open Water Training dives scheduled for:

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Night Diver Specialty Teach your students, that 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 can teach students about night dive planning, equipment and navigation, plus introduce them to the whole new cast of critters that comes out after the sun goes down. 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

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Search & Recovery Diver Specialty - If your students, spend time around water, and sooner or later, they come across someone who lost something underwater. If they are looking for the challenge and excitement – along with doing their good deed for the day – the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course is for them. It gives them the skills they need to find what’s been lost, and how to get it to the surface.

In the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course, they learn search and recovery dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and how to deal with potential problems. You will teach them 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 them more capable and confident in the water, but most Search and Recovery Divers eventually end up searching for and recovering something they lost themselves. 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

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Schedule Based on Site Availability and Conditions

Underwater Naturalist Specialty -   Are your students fascinated with aquatic life? Always wondering what that fish is and why it always dances under a coral head whenever you get close? If they are engrossed with life under the surface, the PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course is especially for them.

In their journey to underwater naturalist, the you will teach them about the different major aquatic life groupings and how they interact so that they understand what they have observe in the underwater environment. With the PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course under their belt, they can see the aquatic world differently. They don’t see “fish,” but individual species with distinct strategies for surviving in a complex, interactive ecosystem. 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

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Underwater Navigator Specialty -  Teach your divers, to be the diver everyone wants to follow and make their 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 them, because as a PADI Underwater Navigator, you know the way back to the boat or shore.

Underwater navigation can be challenging, but in the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course, they will master the challenge. You will teach the tools of the trade, including navigation via natural clues and by compass. You teach students to estimate distance underwater, follow navigation patterns and know where they are while following an arbitrary, irregular course using the Nav-Finder. 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

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Scheduled in Spring 2008

Underwater Digital Photographer Specialty - 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 teach your students to, capture the underwater world with your camera and on your computer.

The PADI Digital Underwater Photographer course may be conducted by PADI Divemasters, Assistant Instructors and Instructors who are certified as PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructors.  To achieve this rating, PADI Divemasters and Assistant Instructors must successfully complete a Specialty Instructor Training Course with a PADI Course Director.

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

Scheduled Dates & Times:

Digital U/W Photographer Level 1(Pool)

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Schedule Based on Site Availability and Conditions

 

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Digital U/W Photographer Level 2(Open Water)

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Scheduled in Spring 2008

Underwater Videographer Specialty - Other than taking someone diving, there’s only one way to show someone the sounds, motion and dynamics of the underwater world. It’s underwater videography –motion imaging that allows you to share and document your underwater adventures. The PADI Underwater Videographer Specialty course shows students how to create videos that are interesting, entertaining and worth watching again and again.

The PADI Underwater Videographer Specialty course introduces students to underwater video equipment and videography fundamentals, such as exposure, focus, shot types, moves, story line and shot sequencing. It takes them through the post-dive editing process where they take their raw footage and create an underwater masterpiece. By the time they complete the course, they will have gone through the entire basic video production process. 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

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This individualized course is available upon request

 

Underwater Photographer Specialty - Have your students, freeze time with an underwater camera and they tell a story that even non-divers can understand. Not only that, but they have a record and log of your adventures – more than the memories. Reliving a dive is as simple as looking at a photograph.

Whether they are a casual holiday snapper or a consummate photo pro, the PADI Underwater Photographer course teaches you the basics as they apply to taking photos underwater, with a special emphasis on practical techniques. 
 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

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This individualized course is available upon request

Wreck Diver Specialty - 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 teach the skills, knowledge and procedures they need to answer the call of wreck diving. 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

Scheduled Dates:

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Schedule Based on Site Availability and Conditions

DPV - Diver Propulsion Vehicle Specialty - DPV’s offer a thrilling way to see a lot of underwater territory in a brief amount of time. They scoot you through the water without kicking.  These things are a blast to ride!

 

Course Fee:  $180.00 (additional material, fees and expenses are

                                    required and are not included)

 

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Scheduled in Spring 2008

 

 

Class Schedules & Prices Subject to change without notice

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