PADI DRIFT DIVING SPECIALTY
	COURSE PREREQUISITES

PADI Open Water Diver certification, Junior Open Water certification or equivalent.

Minimum of 12 years old.

Students may be required to provide Dive Log Book detailing dive experience.

SKILLS

In the Drift Diver Specialty Course divers will learn to enjoy rivers and ocean currents by “going with the flow,” staying with their dive partner, communicating with the dive boat and knowing where they are the whole time.

COURSE LAYOUT

• The planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of drift diving.
• Special Equipment: floats, lines and reels
• Proper procedures for buoyancy-control, navigation and communication.
• Site selection and overview of aquatic currents – causes and effects.
• Techniques for staying close to a buddy or together as a group.
• Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.

Number of Dives: 2

You complete Knowledge Development on your own, reading the course manual and watching the corresponding section of the video. You briefly review what you studied with your instructor and take a final written exam that make sure you’ve got all the key concepts and ideas down.

COURSE INCLUDES

Course Manual and/or DVD.
PADI Drift Diver Specialty Certification card.

10% student discount on purchase of any new equipment during the course and for 30 days after the course.

EQUIPMENT REQUIRED

Complete SCUBA Including: Fins/Mask/Snorkel; Compressed Gas Cylinder and Valve; Buoyancy Control Device (BCD) with Low Pressure Inflator; Regulator and Alternate Air Source; Submersible Pressure Gauge (Monitoring Device); Depth Gauge (Monitoring Device); Weight System and Weights; Adequate Exposure Protection for Diving Conditions; At least 1 Audible Emergency Surface Signalling Device.

COURSE FEE

$200.00 + Charter(s)

Price and conditions are subject to change without notice.

Or call for a no obligation interest sign up at (613) 592-9169 or (800) 561-3072