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The Adventure Continues.......PADI Specialties
When you find the area of diving that really interest you or want to improve your diving skills, then move into the specialty courses. Each adventure dive can credit as dive one of the corresponding specialty. Specialties are a great way to keep diving, gain experience, and have more fun, and start you on your way to the highest non-professional rating....Master Scuba Diver! |
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AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialty - course teaches divers, snorkelers and non-divers about the vital role of coral reefs in the marine environment. The course also familiarizes participants with the current state of the world's coral reefs and how they can help.
Pre-requisite: There are no dives or age limits. Divers and non-divers alike enjoy learning about the aquatic environment.
Course Fee: $75.00 (additional material required)
Scheduled Classroom Dates & Times: -------------------------------------------------------- Call to Schedule |
Project Aware Specialty - 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.
Pre-requisite: There are no dives or age limits. Participants need not be certified divers nor have any prior scuba or snorkeling experience.
Course Fee: $75.00 (additional material required)
Scheduled Classroom Dates & Times: -------------------------------------------------------- Call to Schedule
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AWARE Fish ID Specialty - 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.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Course Fee: $75.00 (additional material required)
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Boat Diver Specialty - 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. Two Dives.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Course Fee: $75.00 (additional material required)
Scheduled Dates: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Schedule Based on Site Availability and Conditions
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Deep Diver Specialty - 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 60 feet.
Down there, it’s different. It takes additional training. Here’s where you get it. Four Dives.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Adventure Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and be at least 15 years old.
Course Fee: $99.00 (additional material required)
Scheduled Dates: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Schedule Based on Site Availability and Conditions
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Drift Diver Specialty - 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. Two Dives.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and be at least 12 years old.
Course Fee: $75.00 (additional material required)
Scheduled Dates: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Schedule Based on Site Availability and Conditions
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Multilevel/Computer Diver Specialty - Do you want to maximize your dive times? (Of course). Want to get the most out of your dive computer and The WheelTM? (Naturally). Then the PADI Multilevel Diver Specialty course is for you. In this course, you learn how to plan dives that extend your bottom time by crediting you for slower nitrogen absorption when you ascend to a shallower depth. That’s the way you really dive, after all. You’ll learn to use The WheelTM version of the RDP for planning multilevel dives, making it a great companion for your dive computer (as well as a way to make multilevel dives if you forget to bring your computer). Two Dives.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and be at least 12 years old.
Course Fee: $75.00 (additional material required)
Scheduled Dates: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Schedule Based on Site Availability and Conditions
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Equipment Specialist - 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. No Dives Required.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Scuba Diver or Junior Scuba Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Course Fee: $75.00 (no additional material required)
Scheduled Dates & Times: 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. ------------------------------- 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. No
Dives Required.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and be at least 15 years old.
Course Fee: $75.00 (additional material required)
Scheduled Classroom Dates & Times: 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. ------------------------------- 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 stay warm and toasty on a dive? Do you want to extend
your dive season? Unlike a wetsuit, a dry suit seals you
off from the outside water. In the PADI Dry Suit Diver Specialty
course, you’ll learn how to use a dry suit. And that keeps you
warm! Even in very cold water. Two Dives.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization).
Course Fee: $75.00 (additional material required & dry suit required)
Scheduled Classroom/Pool Dates & Times: 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. --------------------------- Call to Schedule
Open Water Training dives scheduled for: Call to Schedule |
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Night Diver Specialty
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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. Three Dives.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and be at least 12 years old. Course Fee: $99.00 (additional material required)
Scheduled Dates: ------------------------------------------------------------------ Schedule Based on Site Availability and Conditions |
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Specialty
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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. Two Dives.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) Course Fee: $75.00 (additional material required)
Scheduled Dates& Times: ------------------------------------- Scheduled in Spring 2008 |
Quarry Diver Specialty -
Available only at Aquatic Realm! We wrote the specialty
for seasoned and new divers alike. Improve your skills and
enjoyment in our local diving environment. Two Dives.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and be at least 12 years old. Course Fee: $75.00 (no additional material required)
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Search & Recovery Diver Specialty -
Spend time around water, 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. Four Dives.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Advanced or a PADI Open Water Diver with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty (or qualifying certification from another organization) and be at least 12 years old. Course Fee: $125.00 (additional material required)
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Underwater Naturalist Specialty
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Are you fascinated with aquatic life? Always wondering what that fish
is and why it always dances under a coral head whenever you get
close? If you’re engrossed with life under the surface, the PADI
Underwater Naturalist Specialty course is especially for you. In your journey to underwater naturalist, the course teaches you about the different major aquatic life groupings and how they interact so that you understand what you observe in the underwater environment. With the PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course under your belt, you see the aquatic world differently. You don’t see “fish,” but individual species with distinct strategies for surviving in a complex, interactive ecosystem. Two Dives.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) Course Fee: $75.00 (additional material required)
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Underwater Navigator Specialty - 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 or shore. 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. Three Dives
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) Course Fee: $125.00 (additional material required)
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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 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. Two Dives
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) However, you can take the course as a snorkeler and receive a non-diving certification. Course Fee: $99.00 - Digital U/W Photographer Specialty * $75.00 Digital U/W Photographer Level 1 - (Diver or Non-Diver) $75.00 Digital U/W Photographer Level 2 - (Diver & Completed Level 1) (additional material & digital camera required)
Scheduled Dates & Times: Digital U/W Photographer Level 1(Pool) 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. ------------------------------- Tues, May 27th Weds, June 25th Weds, July 23rd Mon, Aug 18th Weds, Sept 24th Tues, Oct 14th Mon, Nov 17th Weds, Dec 17th
Scheduled Dates& Times: Digital U/W Photographer Level 2(Open Water) -------------------------------------- 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 you how to create videos
that are interesting, entertaining and worth watching again and
again. The PADI Underwater Videographer Specialty course introduces you to underwater video equipment and videography fundamentals, such as exposure, focus, shot types, moves, story line and shot sequencing. It takes you through the post-dive editing process where you take your raw footage and create an underwater masterpiece. By the time you complete the course, you’ll have gone through the entire basic video production process. Three Dives.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) Course Fee: $99.00 (additional material & video camera required)
Scheduled Dates: ------------------------------------------------------------------ This individualized course is available upon request
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Underwater Photographer Specialty - Freeze time with an
underwater camera and you tell a story that even non-divers can
understand. Not only that, but you have a record and log of your
adventures – more than the memories. Reliving a dive is as
simple as looking at a photograph. Whether you’re 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. Two Dives.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) Course Fee: $95.00 (additional material & camera required)
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Wreck Diver Specialty
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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. Four Dives.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Adventure Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and be at least 15 years old.
Course Fee: $125.00 (additional material required)
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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! Two
Dives.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and be at least 12 years old. Course Fee: $75.00 (additional material required)
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National Geographic Specialty - Continue the adventure with the
PADI National Geographic Diver
Specialty course. During the course, you join an elite
group of divers who are more than tourists, but explorers,
adventures and conservationists. As part of the National Geographic Diver Specialty course, you fine-tune your buoyancy, then set off on your exploration project. Whether it’s a survey of plant life or a study of water temperature variation, this project is your chance to think, observe and document like those who dive for science and discovery. On your next dive you’ll hone your navigation skills, then you’ll dive into an aquatic life exercise – which may also be part of your exploration project. Two Dives.
Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) Course Fee: $99.00 (additional material required)
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Emergency Oxygen
Provider Specialty - An
entry-level emergency oxygen course that teaches emergency
oxygen administration and recognition of dive-related illnesses
treatable by emergency oxygen. Pre-requisite: None. Students must be old enough to successfully complete all stated performance requirement. First aid and CPR training is recommended. There are no dives. Course Fee: $75.00 (additional material required)
Scheduled Dates & Times: -------------------------------------- Thurs, July 3rd / 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Weds, Sept 3rd / 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Mon, Nov 3rd / 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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HMLI - PADI Distinctive Specialty -
Serious hazardous marine life injuries are
rare, but most divers experience minor discomfort from time to
time. This course teaches divers to minimize injuries and
reduce discomfort and pain. It also provides knowledge on
specific types of injuries and the general first aid treatment
for them and how to avoid hazardous marine life injuries. Pre-requisite: There are no dives. Course Fee: $115.00 (additional material required & included)
Scheduled Dates & Times: ------------------------------------ Thurs, May 8th/ 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Mon, July 21st / 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Weds, Sept 24th / 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Mon, Nov 24th / 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
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AED - PADI Distinctive Specialty
- More than 10 percent of all dive fatalities are
actually caused by cardiovascular disease, according to DAN dive accident
and fatality statistics. This course teaches divers and other interested
parties to provide care for sudden cardiac arrest including the use of an
automated external defibrillator (AEDs) while activating the local
emergency medical services, (EMS) and / or arranging for evacuation to
the nearest appropriate medical facility. Pre-requisite: Current CPR Training. There are no dives. Course Fee: $115.00 (additional material required & included)
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QES - Quarry
Exploration Specialist - Custom program with DPV, National
Geographic and Quarry Diver Specialty. 2 days, 6 dives,
3 specialties Pre-requisite: Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and be at least 12 years old. Course Fee: $295.00 (additional material required)
Scheduled Dates& Times: --------------------------------------- Schedule Based on Site Availability and Conditions
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Class Schedules & Prices Subject to change without notice |
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