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We offer the following Specialty
Courses:
Enriched Air
(Nitrox) Diver Course
Underwater Digital Photographer
Underwater Videographer
Night Diver
Search & Recovery Diver
Wreck Diver
Deep Diver
Underwater Propulsion Vehicle
Underwater Naturalist
Underwater Navigator
Boat Diver
Drift Diver
Peak Performance Buoyancy
AWARE Fish Identification Diver
Multilevel
Oxygen Provider
For a quick reference
on prerequisites on each course, please consult our progression
chart
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The purpose of PADI
Specialty Courses is to familiarize divers with the skills,
knowledge, planning and organization that are necessary to
safely conduct various special interest diving activities.
With Ross, you may
complete all or any portion of the required dives for a PADI
Specialty course. You will receive certification for the course
upon completion of all the required dives. There is an
additional PADI certification fee that must be paid when the
specialty course is completed.
Specialty dives are
available any time. Please call us for scheduling details.
Enriched Air
(Nitrox) Diver Course
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Minimum Age |
15 years old |
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Duration |
1 day |
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Prerequisites |
Open Water Diver
Certification
*A minimum
of two students is required for the course to run at
this price. Single student instruction is available . |
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Price |
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Description |
The PADI Enriched Air
Diver Course provides recreational divers with the
knowledge to safely plan and conduct Nitrox dives up to
40%. The course is taught on demand, requiring 3 hours
of classroom and 2 ocean dives. Regularly scheduled
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Underwater Digital Photographer
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Minimum Age |
10 years old |
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Duration |
1 day |
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Prerequisites |
Open Water Diver
Certification |
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Price |
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Description |
This course
covers basic underwater photography with special
emphasis on practical photographic techniques:
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The planning, organization,
procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of
underwater-photography diving
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Photographic principles,
composition, film types, flash/available light
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Photography and
camera-handling techniques
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The preparation, care and
maintenance of photographic equipment
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Underwater Videographer
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Minimum Age |
10 years old |
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Duration |
1 day |
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Prerequisites |
Open Water Diver
Certification |
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Price |
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us now for Pricing and Booking |
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Description |
The course covers
the knowledge and skills of underwater videography:
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The selection, maintenance,
care and handling of underwater video equipment.
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Safe diving practices while
using underwater video equipment.
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Exposure, focus, and
maintaining color with video equipment.
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Shot types, lengths and
camera moves
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Developing a story line and
shot sequencing
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The planning, organization,
procedures, techniques and problems of
underwater videography.
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Night Diver
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Minimum Age |
12 years old |
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Duration |
1 day |
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Prerequisites |
Open Water Diver
Certification |
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Price |
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Description |
This course covers
the knowledge and techniques of night diving:
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The planning, organization,
procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of
night diving
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Proper procedures for buoyancy
control, navigation and communication
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Use of dive lights and
buddy-system techniques
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Disorientation and emergency
procedures
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Orientation to nocturnal aquatic
life
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Search and Recovery Diver
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Minimum Age |
12 years old |
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Duration |
2 days |
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Prerequisites |
Advanced Open Water
Diver or Open Water Diver with PADI Underwater Navigator
certification |
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Price |
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Description |
This course covers
the techniques and application of a variety of search
and recovery methods:
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The planning, organization,
procedures, techniques, problems, and hazards of
search and recovery diving
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Limited-visibility diving and
underwater navigation techniques
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Proper techniques and safety
considerations for object location, including the
use of various search patterns, lines and reels
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Proper techniques and safety
considerations for recovery of objects using various
lifting devices
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Wreck Diver
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Minimum Age |
15 years old |
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Duration |
2 days |
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Prerequisites |
Adventure Diver
Certification |
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Price |
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Description |
The Following is
included in the Course:
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The planning, organization,
procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of
wreck diving
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The preparation and use of
lights, air supplies, special equipment
penetration lines and reels
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Limited-visibility diving
techniques and emergency procedures
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Deep Diver
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Minimum Age |
15 years old |
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Duration |
2 days |
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Prerequisites |
Adventure Diver
Certification |
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Price |
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Description |
This course
covers the knowledge, skills and techniques for
deeper diving:
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Planning, organization,
procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of
deep diving
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Risk factors and
decompression-tables review
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Safety stops and emergency
decompression procedures
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Special equipment, descent
lines and buoyancy-control considerations
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Procedures for flying after
diving and high-altitude diving
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Orientation to recompression
chambers
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Underwater Propulsion Vehicle
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Minimum Age |
10 years old |
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Duration |
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Prerequisites |
Open Water Diver
Certification |
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Price |
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us now for Pricing and Booking |
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Description |
This course
covers the knowledge and techniques for diving with
an underwater propulsion vehicle:
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The planning, organization,
procedures, techniques, problems, and hazards of
diving with a underwater propulsion vehicle.
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Equipment considerations
including but not limited to battery care,
maintenance and precautions.
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Proper procedures for:
determining a turnaround point, vehicle failure,
runaway motor, descents and ascents and avoiding
propeller entanglements.
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Techniques to avoid harming
fragile aquatic life.
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Techniques for entering and
exiting the water with a DPV.
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Underwater Naturalist
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Minimum Age |
10 years old |
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Duration |
1 day |
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Prerequisites |
Open Water Diver
Certification |
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Price |
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Description |
This course is an
introduction to aquatic life including an overview
of responsible human interactions with aquatic life:
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The planning, organization,
procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of
diving in different aquatic environments.
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A basic overview of major
aquatic life groupings (kingdoms and phyla).
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Factual information that
dispels myths of potentially dangerous aquatic
life.
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An overview of basic aquatic
life interactions and associations.
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Responsible human
interactions with aquatic life.
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Diving technique used to help
preserve bottom dwelling aquatic life and
minimize aquatic life disturbance.
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Underwater Navigator
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Minimum Age |
10 years old |
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Duration |
1 day |
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Prerequisites |
Open Water Diver
Certification |
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Price |
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Description |
The purpose of
the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course is to
familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge,
planning, organization, procedures, techniques,
problems, hazards and enjoyment of underwater
navigation:
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The planning, organization,
procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of
underwater navigation.
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Methods of estimating
distances underwater.
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Natural navigation
techniques.
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Using underwater patterns.
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Dive site relocation
techniques.
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Compass navigation
techniques.
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Boat Driver
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Minimum Age |
12 years old |
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Duration |
1 day |
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Prerequisites |
Open Water Diver
Certification |
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Price |
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Description |
This course
covers the knowledge and techniques of boat diving:
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The planning, organization,
procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of
boat diving.
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Proper boat diving etiquette
-- storage of personal equipment, personal
conduct and considerations for care of the boat.
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Basic, common boat
terminology.
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Specific boat diving laws
and/or ordinances.
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Local boat diving laws and/or
ordinances.
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Overview of emergency/safety
equipment needed on-board private diving
vessels.
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Drift Driver
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Minimum Age |
12 years old |
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Duration |
1 day |
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Prerequisites |
Open Water Diver
Certification |
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Price |
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us now for Pricing and Booking |
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Description |
This course
covers the knowledge and techniques of drift diving:
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The planning, organization,
procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of
drift diving.
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Special equipment -- floats,
lines, reels.
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Proper procedures for
buoyancy-control, navigation and communication.
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Site selection and overview
of aquatic currents – causes and effects.
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Techniques for staying close
to a buddy or together as a group.
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Peak Performance Buoyancy
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Minimum Age |
12 years old |
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Duration |
1 day |
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Prerequisites |
Open Water Diver
Certification |
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Price |
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Description |
The following is
included in this course:
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Peak
Performance Buoyancy fundamentals:
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Use of PADI’s “Basic
Weighting Guidelines.”
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An
opportunity to polish buoyancy control beyond
the Open Water Diver level:
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Positioning and distributing weight for
comfort and desired body position (trim in
the water).
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Visualization techniques prior to dives.
Buoyancy checks.
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Establishing neutral buoyancy during all
segments of a dive.
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Fine-tuning neutral buoyancy underwater.
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Hovering.
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AWARE Fish Identification Diver
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Minimum Age |
12 years old |
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Duration |
1 day |
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Prerequisites |
Open Water Diver
Certification |
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Price |
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us now for Pricing and Booking |
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Description |
This course
covers the knowledge and techniques for identifying
fish common to the local area:
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The Project AWARE philosophy
about protecting worldwide aquatic ecosystems.
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Fish family groupings and
common characteristics of fish species found in
the local area.
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Fish surveying techniques and
strategies for collecting valid data.
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The planning, organization,
and procedures for identifying fish families and
species while diving.
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Multilevel
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Oxygen Provider
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