Specialty Courses

All of our specialty courses include a manual where indicated *

Deep Diver* – 4 dives
Deep Diver will teach you to dive safely to 40 metres, using appropriate ascent/descent rates, breathing techniques, equipment use and safety stops.

Diver Propulsion Vehicle* - 2 dives
Here's diving with a difference. Of course it's fun, but what special buddy team considerations are there, how do you ascend and descend safely, and how do you handle a runaway DPV? All this and more will be covered in this one day course. Price includes DPV hire.

Drift Diver – 2 dives
Learn to enjoy and understand currents and how to dive with the flow. Learn about the types of drift dive and options for descents, ascents and exits. Good buoyancy control is essential for this course.

Enriched Air NITROX* - theory only 1 day or including 2 dives 2 days
The programme covers both the theoretical and operational considerations of using enriched air with 22% - 40% oxygen. Diving with Nitrox is particularly useful for those with a heavy diving schedule as it cuts risk by reducing Nitrogen loading. The dives using enriched air are optional so you can elect to spend just one day on the course doing theory and simulating the dives or spend an extra day doing two dives using enriched air.
 

Equipment Specialist – no dives 1 day
See how your equipment works and how best to take care of it to give you optimum performance.

Multilevel Diver – 2 dives
Ascending to shallower depths extends dive time by slowing your nitrogen absorption and air consumption. Learn to use this technique, using your computer or the wheel.

Night Diver* – 3 dives
The undersea world at night is quite different from its daytime counterpart. Colours appear more vibrant in torchlight and different creatures are at work and play.

Peak Performance Buoyancy –2 dives
Mastering buoyancy control reduces air and energy consumption and allows divers to dive gracefully and efficiently. See how weight, its distribution, breathing, streamlining and fitness all affect your buoyancy. You are guaranteed to dive with less weight after this course!

Search and Recovery* –4 dives
Apply the most relevant search pattern for the conditions; identify the effect of surge, current and waves. Once you've found your lost object, work out the best recovery technique.

Underwater Naturalist – 2 dives 
Build on your existing underwater experience in observing and discovering the natural world and recognise how your actions affect the organisms you interact with.

Underwater Navigator* – 3 dives
Even those who can find their way back to the boat will benefit from this course, which teaches a range of techniques to improve efficiency in navigation. Never be lost again!

Digital Underwater Photographer* – 2 dives
Capture your memories and share your underwater world with non-divers by learning how to use an underwater camera. Price includes camera hire.

Wreck Diver* – 4 dives 
This course teaches how to assess and navigate a wreck safely, the use of roping skills, looks at hazards and considerations, plus wreck diving and the law.

DAN O2 Provider* – 1 day
As a recreational diver, you can receive training to provide vital first aid that can make a difference to a scuba diver with decompression illness. The DAN Oxygen Provider Course provides entry-level training in the recognition and management of possible diving-related injuries using emergency oxygen first aid.

Emergency First Response* – 1 day 
Gain an internationally recognised certification in the basic principles of assisting those with life-threatening injuries. Also includes secondary care for helping with non life-threatening conditions, with techniques such as injury assessment, splinting, bandaging, etc. This course is equally relevant in the home and many workplaces.

EFR Care for Children* – 1 day 
Special techniques and considerations for administering fist aid and secondary care to children.

EFR for Adults & Children* – 1.5 days
Combining the above two courses.