PADI Boat Diver
Explore spectacular dive sites not easily accessible from shore! Imagine no entries through surf, no long surface swims, no navigational wizardry to find the site & no air gone from your cylinder to arrive at the reef you wanted to explore. Instead, imagine effortlessly entering the water from the transom of a boat – in moments, you and your buddy descend to the site ... diving visibility averaging 100-150 feet, wrecks teeming with life, common encounters with sea lions, octopus and giant kelp canopies that are home to a vast variety of reef fish, urchins, anemones, eels, crabs & lobsters. Although there are great dive sites available from shore, some of the world’s best diving is accessible only from a boat.
Course Prerequisites
• PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Junior Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Minimum age 10
What You Will Learn
You will expand your knowledge about the advantages of boat diving, boat terminology, types of dive boats, basic rules of the road, safety equipment for boat diving, boat diving procedures & etiquette and the basic guides to boating safety.
Performance Requirements
PADI Boat Diver specialty course certification training is typically conducted at the dive site or on the dive boat. To achieve certification, you will need to:
• Read the PADI Boat Diver manual, watch the PADI Boat Diver video and complete the Boat Diver Knowledge Review included in your manual.
• Complete (2) Boat Diver training dives from a dive boat with a PADI Boat Diver Instructor.
Course Format
PADI Boat Diver specialty courses are typically conducted from a dive boat at local dive sites. Your two PADI Boat Diver specialty training dives can be completed in one day.
Course Schedule & Cost
PADI Boat Diver specialty courses are conducted through the dive stores that I work with, including VIP Diving. Please check their websites for the most current PADI Boat Diver training schedule and course costs.
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