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There's no greater adventure than diving! Whether you're taking your first look at diving, or whether you've been diving for 20 years, there's always something new, fascinating or challenging about venturing into the underwater world, Your mind may be mesmerized by clouds of colorful fish, your curiosity raised by the mysterious remains of sunken ships or your creativity awakened by the art of underwater photography. Your diving interests may range from a casual pastime pursued on vacation, to a constant passion - even a career. Diving offers something for everyone.

PADI OPEN WATER DIVER

Back To PADI - Top Of Page The fun of diving starts as soon as you enter the PADI Open Water Diver course, which teaches the basics of enjoyable, safe diving through pool and class sessions, plus exciting dives at a popular dive site under the guidance of your PADI Instructor. It's the world's most popular beginning diver course!

PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER PROGRAM

Back To PADI - Top Of Page This program gives you a chance to sample some of diving's most popular specialties and expand your diving skills at the same time: underwater navigation, night diving and deep diving, plus a choice from altitude diving, boat diving, drift diving, dry suit diving, multilevel diving, search and recovery diving, underwater naturalism, underwater photography and wreck diving. The PADI Advanced Open Water program actually consists of two courses to choose from, depending upon your interests and schedule: The PADI Advanced Open Water course, which consists of five dives and can be completed in as little as one weekend, and the PADI Advanced Plus course, which includes nine dives and is perfect for sampling a wider variety of diving experiences.

SPECIALTY DIVER COURSES

Back To PADI - Top Of Page Widely regarded as some of the most enjoyable programs in diver education, PADI Specialty Diver courses focus on the underwater activities that interest you most. Specialty course subjects include altitude diving, boat diving, cavern diving, equipment specialist, ice diving, multilevel diving, underwater navigation, search and recovery diving, underwater photography, wreck diving and even regional courses developed by your local PADI Instructor. Most PADI Speciialty Diver courses can be completed in as little as a weekend, with the emphasis on learning by making specialty dives under the supervision of your PADI Instructor.

PADI RESCUE DIVER

Back To PADI - Top Of Page The PADI Rescue Diver Course teaches you to focus on other divers as well as yourself, showing you how to recognize and prevent potential diving accidents before they occur, and how to handle them if tyey do. Although the subject is serious, most divers find the PADI rescue diver program to be both rewarding and enjoyable.

PADI MASTER SCUBA DIVER

Back To PADI - Top Of Page When you complete the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course, the PADI Rescue Diver course and any five PADI Specialty courses, you can receive the PADI Master Scuba Diver certification. This coveted rating is the highest nonprofessional credential in recreational diving.

PADI DIVEMASTER

Back To PADI - Top Of Page If your love of diving interests you into a full or part-time diving career, the PADI Divemaster course is your first step. This course develops your diving leadership abilities by expanding your diving theory knowledge to a professional level, and by training you to supervise diving activities and to assist with divers in training.

PADI ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR

Back To PADI - Top Of Page A highly-desirable and rewarding internship, the PADI Assistant Instructor is your next step toward instructor. Becoming a PADI Assistant Instructor provides valuable hands-on teaching experience with students, all under the direct supervision of a PADI Instructor.

PADI OPEN WATER SCUBA INSTRUCTOR

Back To PADI - Top Of Page The PADI Open water Instructor enjoys the distinction of being the world's most sought-after dive professional with career opportunities virtually all over the world. As a PADI Divemaster/assistant Instructor, you earn this rating by successfully completing the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) and Instructor Examination (IE). Attaining the PADI Open Water Instructor level means you have met the industry's highest instructor standards.

BEYOND INSTRUCTOR

Back To PADI - Top Of Page Even instructors continue to expand the knowledge and skills that qualify them to teach specialty diver courses and earn other professional-level credentials, The summit of the PADI professional levels is the PADI Master Instructor; PADI Master Instructors who complete the PADI Course Director program are sanctioned to teach Instructor Development Courses.

OTHER PADI PROGRAMS

Back To PADI - Top Of Page Besides these diver courses, other programs are available through PADI. These include: The Discover Scuba Diving programs- which permit you to try scuba under the safe supervision of a PADI Instructor, but without having to commit to a course. Discover Scuba is conducted in the familiar comfort of a swimming pool, and Discover Scuba Diving is conducted in shallow water in an actual diving environment.

MEDIC FIRST AID

Back To PADI - Top Of Page This is a program for both divers and nondivers that teaches CPR and first aid. This revolutionary course teaches you the lifesaving emergency skills and standards of care used by paramedics, but at the layman level.

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