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**All
necessary equipment and training materials required for our PADI courses
(up to and including Dive Master) are supplied by Diversity Scuba**
Open Water Course students during shallow water training in our on-site
salt water training pool
Important
Message for certified divers. Please remember to bring your
certification card and/or log book with you when you come to dive with
Diversity Scuba. We will not be able to take you diving if you have no
proof of certification or experience. Thank you.
| Bubble
Maker |
| PADI
has designed a scuba session for 8 to 9 year olds (at 10 years
old, they can participate in 'Discover Scuba' and above, with
some small modifications to the course outline). 'Bubble Makers'
gives the kids a chance to
experience using scuba equipment in a safe and fun environment.
After a short introduction to the equipment and basic safety
rules, the young divers are supervised by an experienced
Instructor in shallow water to a maximum depth of 2 metres.
There are no exercises or skills to perform, but it’s an
opportunity for them to see what diving is all about. |
| Discover
Scuba |
| This
is "Bubble Makers" for adults! Again, if you just want
to experience the sensation of breathing from Scuba underwater,
but really aren’t sure if you want to commit yourself to an
"open water" dive, then Discover Scuba is all you need
to do. A few short skills are introduced in this session. |
| Discover
Scuba Diving |
| A
one day unparalleled sensory experience! If you only have time
for one day of training, or if you’re not sure if scuba diving
is for you, Discover Scuba Diving is an introduction to the
underwater world. The day consists of one shallow water dive, a
brief classroom discussion and a training dive to one of our
shallower dive sites where you will experience all the amazing
marine life that this area is famous for. |
| Scuba
Diver |
| PADI’s
newest course for people who have limited time for training. It
takes only two days to qualify as a Scuba Diver. If you have
already completed the Discover Scuba Diving course, you only
need to continue with a second day of training to become a
certified Scuba Diver. This will qualify you to dive to a
maximum of 12 meters on supervised dives. The course consists of
three shallow water dives, some classroom discussions, and two
open water training dives to our quality dive sites. |
| Open
Water Diver |
| This
course is what some people refer to as "getting their PADI
license". After this course you will be qualified to go on
unsupervised dives to a maximum of 18 meters. Otherwise known as
the "entry level", many divers start their training
with the Open Water Diver Course. The course consists of four
full days of fun and adventure. By the end of the course you
will have completed five shallow water training dives, five
short classroom sessions and four open water training dives (two
to a maximum depth of 12 meters and two to a maximum depth of 18
metres). |
| Adventure
Dives |
| Adventure
dives are single training dives in a specific area of diving and
can be completed by any certified diver from any agency. The
dive is supervised by a PADI Instructor. Choose training dives
from an extensive list. For example, Deep, Navigation,
Photography, Fish Identification, Peak Performance Buoyancy,
Night Dive and many more. Each of these dives can be credited
towards completion of the Advanced Open Water Course. For the
complete list of Adventure Dives and training details, contact
us |
| Advanced
Open Water Diver |
| Also
called "Adventures in Diving". An excellent way to
increase your diving experience is through continued training.
Because of this, you are able to begin your Advanced Open Water
Course on the same day that you qualify as an Open Water Diver.
Our Instructors will continue to guide and advise you as you
improve your diving skills and your confidence, before
undertaking unsupervised dives of your own. During the course
you will complete five training dives in the same manner as the
"Adventure Dives" mentioned earlier. Two of the dives
are compulsory, these being Navigation and Deep. The other three
dives you can choose from our list of Adventure Dives. The
course schedule can be tailor-made to your needs, therefore, if
your time is short, why not consider completing three training
dives in one day, thus shortening the length of your Advanced
course to only two days. |
| Emergency First
Response |
|
Have you ever wondered what you would do if you were the only
person at the scene of an accident? Could you give another person
basic life support? The Emergency First Response course is not
diving specific, but is for everybody. It is designed to teach you
basic first aid and life support. The course runs for eight hours,
which can be completed over two or three mornings or evenings.
Learn everything from dressing a wound to giving life-saving CPR.
At the end of the course, you’ll have a real sense of achievement
and satisfaction that you have done something worthwhile. For
divers who have no previous medical training and are interested in
undertaking the Rescue Diver Course, the PADI Emergency First
Response
course is the first step in learning rescue diving techniques. |
| Rescue
Diver |
| Now
we’re talking about "serious fun". This two and a
half day course is packed with challenging and exciting training
sessions, as you learn how to deal with any kind of diving
emergency. It will also teach you more self-awareness while you
dive and how to recognize problems in your dive partners before
they even happen! After completing the PADI Medic First Aid
course, you will begin learning rescue skills such as dealing
with a stressed diver at the surface, progressing to dealing
with a panicking diver underwater, bringing an unconscious diver
to the surface and so on. Your Instructor will demonstrate each
skill and guide you through practice sessions before you take
part in a complete rescue scenario when you will get the chance
to put into effect all that you’ve learned … serious fun! |
| Specialities
and Master Scuba Diver |
|
We offer a number of specialty diving courses, which will give you
a thorough knowledge of your chosen field of diving. Choose from
Deep Diver, Underwater Naturalist, Underwater Navigator,
Multi-Level Diver, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Videography and more. Each course has
a varying number of dives that can be completed over one or a
number of days. Training consists of some classroom discussions,
thorough pre-dive briefings and training dives supervised by a
PADI Instructor. Once you have successfully completed your
Rescue Diver course and five specialty courses, you will qualify
to become a Master Scuba Diver, the highest non-professional
level of diving. |
|
Dive Master |
| Divemaster
is the first professional level of PADI scuba diving. This
course is for anyone who would like to turn their love of diving
into a profession. By the end of the course you’ll be a PADI
professional and qualified to assist instructors, work as a dive
guide and many other diving professional duties. The course can
be divided up into sections and will take at least two weeks to
complete. However, the course is performance based, i.e. it will
take as long as you need to complete all the sections of the
course to a satisfactory level. For example, the Divemaster
theory can be completed by self-study in your own time. The
course also includes sections such as training to assist PADI
Instructors to conduct courses, mapping a dive site, a rescue
scenario, watermanship skills (such as a swim test) and so on.
You will need at least twenty logged dives to start the course
and sixty logged dives to qualify as a Divemaster. We can
arrange additional orientation dives to allow you to reach this
number if necessary. Why wait any longer? Make the first step to
professionalism. For more detailed information, course schedules
and required training materials, please contact
us. |
| Assistant
Instructor |
| If
you feel you are ready for more responsibility in your diving
career, and you think that you’ll enjoy teaching people to
dive, or maybe you just want to be well prepared for your
Instructor training, then the Assistant Instructor course is
ideal for you. This course takes 5-6 days, but similarly to the
Divemaster course, you can start studying the course theory in
your own time. You will need to brush up on your Divemaster
theory as re-taking and passing the Divemaster exams is a
pre-requisite to this course. Also, the Divemaster confined
water skills circuit will be reviewed. The course is divided
into sections such as confined water teaching presentations,
open water teaching presentations and classroom teaching
presentations. At the end of the course, you will be qualified
to carry out duties such as assisting PADI Instructors, teaching
and certifying students of the Peak Performance Buoyancy
Specialty and independently teaching some other course skills to
students. You will also be very well prepared to go on to
complete your Instructor Development Course (IDC) and become a
PADI Instructor. For more detailed information, course schedule
and required training materials, please contact
us. |
Open Water Scuba Instructor
An 8 day course very similar to the
Assistant Instructor (see above) but that will take you all the way to
becoming a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor. Also on offer during
our IDCs are EFR Instructor, various Specialty Instructor courses,
MSDT (Master Scuba Diver Trainer) Prep. and DAN O2 Provider
Instructor. For more detailed information, please have a look at
the IDC page on this site
| Course Links |
| PADI diving
courses are designed to link together, so you don't have to start
from scratch every time you want to move on to something more
advanced. For instance, if you take the 'Discover Scuba Diving'
course then you have already completed the first session of 'Scuba
Diver' and you can then continue straight onto that course.
Similarly, after 'Scuba Diver' simply complete another two days to
be qualified to 'Open Water Diver' and so on. |
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