OPEN WATER DIVER

 

Level: Beginner      Price:  €420,00  euros

If you want to learn to scuba dive, take a PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) Open Water Diver course, the most widely recognized and respected diving certification in the world. Within a few days, you can be enjoying the underwater world.

DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING

Level: Beginner      Price: 1 Dive €55,00  euros    -     2 Dives €110,00  euros

Not sure if a full-blown course is for you? Take a Discover Scuba Diving program at our PADI Dive Centre and experience what you're missing. Kids are welcome too. There are a variety of fun and exciting programs available for them as well subject to local regulations.  An introduction to diving - experience for the first time the magical underwater world.  First some theory, a video, a short test - then you will be taught how to use the diving equipment and you are ready for your first dive!  The Discover Scuba Experience lasts about 5 hours.

 

SCUBA

 DIVER

Level: Beginner      Price:  €270,00  euros

This course is the fastest way to gain a certification. It is a sub-course of OPEN WATER DIVER, and at a later date you can complete the whole course and gain the full qualification. Minimum age for the course is 12 years and no previous experience is required. The course has two parts, some simple theory and then practical.

THEORY
You will be taught by a professional Instructor who will be there at all times to ensure the knowledge you gain is understood and applied.
The theory consists of three video sessions plus lectures, and then some simple quizzes just to ensure you have absorbed the information.

PRACTICAL
This consists of three sessions in confined water i.e. shallow water to practice your skills, and then two open water dives.

CERTIFICATION
On successful completion of the course you will be certified to dive anywhere in the world under the direct supervision of a certified Divemaster, Assistant Instructor or Instructor. It is in your interests to complete the Open Water Diver Course in full as you can then dive with your own buddy. Duration of the course is 3 days

 

ADVENTURE DIVER

Level: Intermediate      Price:  €230,00  euros

A new course designed to safely introduce the Open Water Diver to more interesting and adventurous diving .It is designed as a stepping stone to the Advanced Open Water qualification and is diving, not theory, orientated. Your Instructor will of course give you all the necessary theory lessons, but the emphasis is on the diving.

There is a large choice of types of dive you can make, all of which will credit towards your advanced qualification at a later date. The real beauty of this course is that it can be completed in ONE DAY.

Minimum requirements: PADI Open Water Diver.

 

ADVANCED OPEN WATER

Level: Intermediate      Price:  €330,00  euros

Out of all courses the Advanced Open Water Diver course is one of the most enjoyable and beneficial, in the PADI system of continuing education. On this course you will improve and extend both your knowledge of the underwater environment and your own ability as a Diver. It is a programme that introduces and demonstrates the various specialized areas of diving. Also there is hardly any theory.

There are three required dives, and two elective dives, which you can choose under guidance from your instructor, depending on your preferences and experience. For the obligatory dives, you undertake an underwater navigation exercise, using both your awareness of your surroundings, and your compass. The rest of the dive proceeds as normal. Next you do your deep dive, to around 30 metres, the maximum permitted for recreational diving, in which you experience the effect on your body of diving at such depths. The third dive is a night dive. This is an incredible experience in which you learn the use of new equipment and shows you an environment very different to that during the day. The elective dives are; drift dive, multi-level dive, underwater photography, underwater naturalist, search and recovery, and wreck dive,

The course takes 3 days. Minimum requirements for the course are:

- Certification as a PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent
- 15 years of age. Students between the ages of 12 and 15 years may take the Advanced Open Water Junior course, diving with an adult and undertaking a deep dive to no more than 21 metres.

RESCUE DIVER

Level: Intermediate      Price:  €390,00  euros

Open Water Training - In a series of dives you will carry out exercises in which you will learn and practice the skills to enable you to manage the following situations; missing diver, panicked diver, assistance and exit of an unconscious diver and a non breathing diver, search and recovery of a missing diver, and first aid for decompression injuries.

Minimum requirements for the course are:

- A FIRST AID qualification. The PADI EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE course is sufficient. In this course you learn the techniques used by medics and paramedics, combining first aid with Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).

- Certification as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, or equivalent
- Minimum of 20 logged dives, in conditions requiring navigation, at night and at depth - The course lasts 3 days

EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE

Level: Intermediate      Price:  €230,00  euros

Many divers take the Emergency First Response courses to meet program prerequisites, such as PADI Rescue Diver, or as preparation for becoming a PADI Divemaster. However, most have also found the EFR program to be important in every day life. They have taken a significant step in emergency preparedness, and feel confident that they can provide care should an emergency situation arise.

The course incorporates independent study to prepare you for a classroom and hands-on skill development session with your instructor. You will learn the same patient care techniques used by medical professionals, but at a lay person level.

Click here to find out more about the Emergency First Response and PADI Rescue Diver programs.

 

DIVE MASTER

 

Level: Professional      Price:  €630,00  euros

Take the first step in your dive career and become a PADI Divemaster. Working closely with your PADI Instructor, you'll expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills as you become a dive professional. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities by training you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers.  This course will take a minimum of 10 days.  In this course you will :

  • Learn dive leadership through classroom and independent study sessions
  • Complete water skills and stamina exercises in confined and open water
  • Training exercises to test organizational and problem solving abilities
  • An internship or series of practical training exercises

 

 

 

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