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Deep Diver
Continuing of eduction
Specialty Course
Explore deeper dive sites with confidence at depths down to 40 metres/130 ft. Learn to manage your gas supply, go over buddy contact procedures, and buoyancy control.
REQUIREMENTS
Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent
Older than 15 years
PADI Deep Diver Course, 4 dives, 2 days, cost 12,200 Baht.
The lure of the deep. There’s something exciting and mysterious about exploring deeper dive sites while scuba diving. Sometimes it’s a wreck that attracts you below 18 metres/60 feet, and on wall dives it may be a giant fan or sponge. Whatever it is, to scuba dive with confidence at depths down to 40 metres/130 feet, you should take the PADI Deep Diver Specialty course.
If you’ve earned the PADI Adventure Diver rating or higher, and you’re at least 15 years old, you can enroll in the Deep Diver course.
Your training starts by reviewing reasons for deep diving and how important it is to know your personal limits. During four deep dives with your instructor, you’ll go over:
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Specialized deep diving equipment.
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Deep dive planning, buddy contact procedures and buoyancy control.
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Managing your gas supply, dealing with gas narcosis and safety considerations.
DEEP DIVER
Wreck Diver
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Specialty Course
Ships, airplanes and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life. Each wreck dive offers a chance for a new discovery.
Whether purpose-sunk as an artificial reef for scuba divers, or lost as the result of an accident, wrecks are fascinating windows to the past. Ships, airplanes and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life. Each wreck dive offers a chance for discovery, potentially unlocking a mystery or spying something others have missed. The PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course is popular because it offers rewarding adventures while observing responsible wreck diving practices.
If you’re at least 15 years old and have earned a PADI Adventure Diver certification or higher, you can enroll in the Wreck Diver Specialty course.
There are many different types of wrecks, some of which are protected by laws that guard their historical and cultural significance. Your training starts by reviewing guidelines for researching and respecting wrecks. During four dives you’ll learn:
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Safety considerations for navigating and exploring wrecks.
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Surveying and mapping a wreck.
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Using penetration lines and reels to guide exploration.
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Techniques to avoid kicking up silt or disturbing the wreck and its inhabitants.
REQUIREMENTS
Adventure Diver ( including Deep – 30m) or equivalent
Older than 15 years
PADI Wreck Diver Course, 4 dives, 2 days, cost 12,200 Baht.
WRECK DIVER
Navigation Diver
Navigation
Continuing of eduction
Specialty Course
Fine-tune your underwater observation skills and learn to use your compass more accurately. This course may count towards college credit, ask your instructor.
REQUIREMENTS
Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water or equivalent
Older then 12 years
(if you already completed an adventure navigation dive during your adventure or advanced course you only need to complete 2 more dive!
PADI Navigation Diver Course, 3 dives, 1-2 days, cost 9,700 Baht.
Be the scuba diver everyone wants to follow because you know where you are and where you’re going. The PADI Underwater Navigator course fine-tunes your observation skills and teaches you to more accurately use your compass underwater. If you like challenges with big rewards, take this course and have fun finding your way.
If you’re a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver who is at least 10 years old, you can enroll in the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course.
You’ll learn the tools of the trade, including navigation using natural clues and by following compass headings. During three scuba dives, you’ll practice:
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Methods to estimate distance underwater.
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Compass navigation while making at least five turns.
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Marking or relocating a submerged object or position from the surface.
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Underwater map making.
Enriched Air
Continuing of eduction
Specialty Course
The most popular PADI specialty course. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression time, especially on repetitive scuba dives.
REQUIREMENTS:
Open Water Diver or equivalent
Older than 15 years
Enriched Nitrox course only (no dives) 6,690 Baht.
Enriched Nitrox course plus 2 Nitrox dives 10,500 Baht.
The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is PADI’s most popular specialty scuba course. Why? Because scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression time, especially on repetitive scuba dives. If staying down longer and getting back in the water sooner sounds appealing, then don’t hesitate to become an enriched air diver.
If you’re a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver who is at least 12 years old, you can enroll in the Enriched Air Diver Specialty course. Note that in some regions the minimum age is older than 12.
You’ll learn why diving with air that has higher oxygen and lower nitrogen content gives you more bottom time, along with enriched air equipment considerations. During a practical session, and two optional (or required) scuba dives, you’ll:
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Discuss managing oxygen exposure.
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Practice analyzing oxygen content in your scuba tank.
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Set your dive computer for diving with enriched air nitrox.
Nitrox Diver
O2 Provider
Continuing of eduction
Specialty Course
Immediately recognize scuba diving illnesses treatable with emergency oxygen and be prepared to offer aid. There are no prerequisites or age restrictions. This course is open to everyone.
Emergency o2 Provider Price: 6,700 baht
Knowing how and when to use emergency oxygen is a great skill to have and means you’re ready to help others should the need arise. Becoming a PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider lets you breathe easy knowing that you can recognize scuba diving illnesses treatable with emergency oxygen, and are prepared to offer aid.
There are no prerequisites, age restrictions or water sessions required for this course – it’s open to everyone. Scuba divers, snorkelers and anyone who is around divers – boat crew, lifeguards, etc. – will benefit from having this training.
You’ll learn about dive injuries, different types of emergency oxygen equipment and safety considerations when using oxygen. Then you’ll practice:
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Assembling and disassembling emergency oxygen equipment.
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Deploying a non-rebreather mask and a demand inhalator valve on a breathing diver.
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Using a pocket mask on a nonbreathing diver.
O2 Provider
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