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Specialty Dive Courses:

All of the classes listed below are offered through Blackwater Divers.
Specialty Dive Courses

  • AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialty: The AWARE - Coral Reef Conservation Specialty course teaches divers, snorkelers and nondivers 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. There are no dives in this course.

  • 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. You will learn deep dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and hazards in addition to four open water dives that range from 60 - 130 feet. Gain experience with diving deep under the direct, professional supervision of a PADI Instructor and your certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.

  • Drysuit Diver: Wanna stay warm and toasty on a dive? Then stay out of the water. Unlike a wetsuit, a dry suit seals you off from the outside water. In the PADI Dry Suit Diver Specialty course, you will learn how to use a dry suit. You will learn don and doff techniques specific to your dry suit, dry suit buoyancy control skills, dry suit maintenance and storage, and undergarment (fleece or overall-type garments worn under the dry suit) options. The PADI Dry Suit Diver certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.

  • Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver: Welcome to one of PADI’s most popular specialties. Diving with enriched air nitrox lets you safely extend your no stop time beyond the no decompression limits for air. You will learn to analyze cylinder contents, plan enriched air dives using tables and dive computers, and safely increase your no stop time. The PADI Enriched Air Diver certification counts toward the Master Scuba Diver rating.

  • Night Diver: The adventure, thrill and excitement of night diving can be yours when you complete your PADI Night Diver Specialty course. You will 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 come out after the sun goes down. The PADI Night Diver certification counts toward the Master Scuba Diver rating.

  • Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty: 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. The Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty counts toward the Master Scuba Diver rating.

  • Project AWARE Specialist: 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. Project AWARE Foundation is the dive industry’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving the aquatic environment through education, advocacy and action. There are no dives in this course. The Project AWARE Specialty course counts toward the Master Scuba Diver rating.

  • Search & Recovery Diver: Spend time around water and sooner or later, you come across someone who lost something underwater. The PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course gives you the skills you need to find what has been lost, and how to get it to the surface. You will 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. The PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course counts toward the Master Scuba Diver rating.

  • Underwater Navigator: When everyone is buzzing about a reef or checking out a wreck, they are having a great time – until it is time to go. Then they turn to you, because as a PADI Underwater Navigator, you know the way back to the boat.
    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. The PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course counts toward the Master Scuba Diver rating.

  • Wreck Diver: As you look at an underwater 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. The PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course counts toward the Master Scuba Diver rating.

  • Law Enforcement Diver: The Law Enforcement Diver Distinctive Specialty Course was designed specifically for public safety divers. This course is only available to current certified law enforcement, public safety and military personnel. For details of the course please contact me directly.