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Want to stay warm? Want to extend your scuba diving season? Then dive dry. A dry suit seals you off from the water and keeps you comfortable, even in surprisingly cold water. There is incredible diving in the world’s cooler regions and in some areas, conditions are even better in colder months. Becoming a dry suit diver allows you to expand your boundaries and dive more places, more often. If you’re at least 16 years old and certified as a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or higher, you can enroll in the Dry Suit Diver course. The first thing you’ll discover is which dry suit style and accompanying undergarments are right for you and the diving you’ll do. Then you’ll learn how to take care of your dry suit. You will do 3 dives, one a confined water dive , and two open water dives. During the dives you’ll practice: Putting on and taking off your dry suit with minimal assistance. Mastering buoyancy control using your dry suit. Dive safety procedures when using a dry suit.

El curso PADI NITROX es el curso de buceo más popular de PADI. Esto es porque el buceo con aire enriquecido con oxigeno le permite aumentar su tiempo de fondo, especialmente en inmersiones repetitivas. Si permanecer más tiempo buceando y volver al agua antes suena atractivo, entonces no dude en convertirse en un buceador de aire enriquecido. Si eres un PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver que tienes al menos 16 años de edad, puedes inscribirte en el curso de Especialidad de NITROX. Aprenderás por qué bucear con aire que tiene mayor concentración de oxígeno y menor contenido de nitrógeno te da más tiempo de fondo, además de las consideraciones sobre equipos de buceo para NITROX. Durante una sesión teórica y dos inmersiones de buceo opcionales practicarás: Analizar el contenido de oxígeno en tu botella de buceo. Configure el ordenador para bucear con aire enriquecido NITROX. Comparar los tiempos de fondo tanto si estas respirando con NITROX como si no. Aprender qué porcentaje de oxígeno es el adecuado para cada inmersión. The first dive of this PADI Specialty Diver course may credit as an Adventure Dive toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

Having scuba tanks on your back isn’t a requirement for exploring the underwater world. Many scuba divers have discovered the joy of mounting cylinders on their sides. Sidemount diving gives you flexibility and streamlining options. Plus, you don’t have to walk with heavy cylinders on your back – just enter the water, clip them on and go. Sound interesting? Sign up for the PADI Sidemount Diver Specialty course. If you’re a PADI Open Water Diver who is at least 16 years old, you can enroll in a PADI Sidemount Diver course. Along with learning about the many benefits of diving with a sidemount configuration, during one confined water and three open water scuba dives you’ll learn how to: Properly assemble and configure sidemount scuba diving equipment. Trim your weight system and sidemount gear so you’re perfectly balanced in the water. Manage gas by switching second stages as planned, if wearing two cylinders. Respond correctly to potential problems when sidemount diving. The first dive of this PADI Specialty Diver course may credit as an Adventure Dive toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

Are you a PADI® Professional who wants to become more aware of individual considerations when working with people who have physical or mental challenges? PADI Professionals have a long and successful history of working with divers with disabilities. PADI’s approach to diver education is (and always has been) inclusive: Everyone who meets a course’s prerequisites is welcome to enroll. The PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty course builds on that foundation by enhancing the training PADI Professionals receive, and preparing them for student-centered and prescriptive approaches when adapting techniques to meet divers needs. PADI Divemasters or PADI Master Freedivers who have completed EFR Primary and Secondary Care course within 24 months are eligible to take the PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty course The PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty course focuses on increasing awareness of varying abilities, and explores adaptive teaching techniques to apply when training and diving with physically and mentally challenged divers. The PADI Adaptive Techniques Specialty course will help PADI Professionals: Become more aware and mindful of individual considerations when introducing people with disabilities to diving or freediving. Explore adaptive techniques that can be applied while supervising and training divers or freedivers with disabilities in PADI courses and programs. Properly counsel and direct student divers, based on their abilities, toward PADI certification, PADI experience programs or a disabilities-dedicated diving organization for limited certification programs. Learn additional techniques to motivate and encourage student divers with mental and/or physical challenges.