Deep Diver
- Duration: 2 days
- Course Price: $250.00 USD
(Manual +$30 USD) - Prerequisites: Age 15
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or other qualifying certification)
PADI Enriched Air Nitrox (recommended, but not required)
Have you ever peered over a wall and wondered what's hiding just a bit deeper? The PADI Deep Diver speciality trains you to handle the increased risks of deep diving while exploring the hidden world that lies down to 40m/130ft. You can also extend your dives by combining it with the PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty.
You need to be at least 15 years old, and PADI Advanced Open Water certified (or equivalent certification from another organization). It is also recommended that you are PADI Enriched Air Nitrox certified, to make the most of extending your bottom times at depth.
You will make three deep dives with your PADI instructor to maximum depths of 30 meters/100 feet, 24 meters/80 feet, and 40 meters/130 feet respectively. At depth, you will practice various deep diving skills including:
- Narcosis assessment
- Air consumption calculations
- Deep navigation
- Proper safety stops and emergency procedures
You will also complete two knowledge development sessions in which you discuss the risks and procedures involved in deep diving.
Plan for around two days for the knowledge development and the three dives. As you will be doing several deep dives in one day, you will be taking ample surface intervals between repetitive dives.
You will be certified as a PADI Deep Diver, to a maximum depth of 40m/130ft within no-stop limits.
Use your Deep Specialty to get the most out of exploring our deeper wrecks and bottomless walls. For those divers interested in Tec Diving, the PADI Deep Diver Specialty is a prerequisite to the DSAT Tec 40 course.
