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All Specialty Certifications courses include all dives and final certification card, they DO NOT include course materials.
25 PADI Specialty Courses offered!
PLUS 2 PADI Distinctive Specialties written by the Instructor!
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Eagle Wreck Diver - A fun, challenging and exciting experience into the fascinating world of Florida's first sunken artificial reef by divers for divers! Submerged in the Upper Keys explore this wreck and learn some fascinating history all while having fun. You will learn the skills necessary to safely dive and explore shipwrecks.
Course cost, Contact the Instructor Includes 2 Dives. All course materials are provided free! Click on the logo and view the Knowledge review and course materials!
PREREQUISITES: Advanced Open Water, or qualifying prerequisite Open Water with Deep Diver training. Minimum age – 15 yrs old.
Upper Keys Wreck Explorer - The Florida Keys most famous artificial reefs are teaming with aquatic life, three of them will be part of this course! The possible wrecks include; USS Spiegel Grove, USCGC Duane, USCGC Bibb, Eagle, SS Benwood or the Aquatic Pursuit of Happiness. Depending on weather conditions.
Course cost, Contact the Instructor Includes 3 Dives. All course materials are provided free! Click on the logo and view the Knowledge review and course materials!
PREREQUISITES: Advanced Open Water, or qualifying prerequisite Open Water with Deep Diver training. Minimum age – 15 yrs old.
Project AWARE - Dedicated to supporting you AWARE divers are the ocean protectors. We’ll help you boost your dive plans to protect the ocean with helpful online tools and resources. This is course does not require dives. Course cost $90. Download book for FREE! No age restrictions.
Altitude Diver - specialty course is to familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of diving at altitudes between 1000 feet and 10,000 feet using the Recreational Dive Planner.
Course cost $250, Includes 2 dives. Materials: Adventures in Diving book $45. Age 10+
Search & Recover - Looking for lost treasure? Learn effective ways to locate objects underwater. You'll learn all about the techniques of navigation, lift bags, search and recovery. Valuable skills and knowledge every diver should have.
Course cost $379 Includes 4 Dives.
Materials: PADI S&R manual. Age 12+
Deep Diver - Deep diving can be fun and exciting if done safely. This specialty is geared toward the more challenging side of recreational diving. It offers some rewards and discoveries that will enable you to dive deeper with the knowledge and confidence to keep you safe.
Course cost $379 Includes 4 Dives.
Materials: PADI Deep manual. Age 15+
Underwater Naturalist - In this course, you will learn about aquatic life groupings , factual information that dispels myths of potentially dangerous aquatic life, an overview of basic aquatic life interactions and associations.
Course cost $379 Includes 2 Dives.
Materials: PADI U/W Nat manual. Age 10+
Peak Performance Buoyancy - This program is the perfect opportunity to hone your buoyancy skills, and you'll learn to conserve air and energy. You'll concentrate on are weight positioning and distributing for comfort and desired body position.
Course cost $229Includes 2 Dives.
Materials: PADI PPB manual. Age 10+
Wreck Diver - A fun, challenging and exciting experience into the fascinating world of submerged wrecks. Learn the skills necessary to safely dive, penetrate and explore shipwrecks.
Course cost $379 Includes 4 Dives.
Materials: PADI Wreck manual. Age 15+
AWARE Fish I.D. - Have you ever been scuba diving and asked yourself, "What was that?” The PADI Project AWARE Fish Identification Specialty course provides you with the fish identification basics so that next time, you know the answer.
Course cost $229 Includes 2 dives.
Materials: Project AWARE book, it is FREE! Age 10+
Night Diver - So many nocturnal creatures come out to play and crawl about. Let us show you this amazing, seldom seen world and teach some very useful and safety oriented skills along the way.
Course cost $379 Includes 3 Dives.
Materials: Free Night manual Download. Age 12+
Drysuit Diver - Cold water is never a reason to stop diving! This course teaches you about different options in drysuits and the usage and care for them. You'll be able to expand your dive season and stay warm and dry!
Please contact us directly for pricing on this course. Certification Includes 2 Dives. Age 10+
Drift Diver - Gliding with the currents, feeling the rush of flying underwater, is what drift diving is all about. You'll learn about special equipment such as floats, lines, reels and proper procedures for buoyancy-control.
Course cost $379 Includes 2 Dives.
Materials: PADI Drift manual. Age 12+
Boat Diver - Just take one giant step off the back and you're in the water! You'll learn about diving from different kinds of boats. It's a great program for those who travel the world and will be diving from boats. Please contact us directly for pricing on this course. Certification Includes 2 Dives. Age 10+
DSMB - Many divers wouldn't think of diving without carrying a delayed surface marker buoy (DSMB, and in some locations it's considered required safety equipment. Knowing how to properly deploy and manage a DSMB skills are learned in this course.
Course cost $229 Includes 2 Dives.
Materials: None OW and min Age 12+
AWARE Shark Conservation - Sharks are crucial to marine ecosystems. They maintain a balance in populations of prey species and keep the ocean healthy by removing ill or diseased animals. Please contact us directly for pricing on this course. Materials: Free manual Download. Certification Includes 2 Dives. Age 12+
Sidemount - A sidemount configuration (scuba tanks alongside of the diver) offers more flexibility and better steamlining options. Learn about the many benefits of diving in a sidemount configuration
Course cost, Contact Instructor for dive requirements and cost.
Materials: PADI Sidemount Diver and Tec Sidemount Diver Manual
OW and min Age 15+
Invasive Lionfish Hunter Tracker - The Lionfish invasion in the Northwestern Atlantic and the Caribbean. With this course you will develop and increase your knowledge of invasive Lionfish facts and useful information. Please contact us directly for pricing on this course. Materials: Free manual Download. Certification Includes 2 Dives. Age 15+
Multi Level Diver - Extend your underwater time, learn what multilevel diving is and how to calculate for multilevel dives. Plan and execute a two-level and three-level scuba dive using the eRDPML
Course cost, Contact Instructor for dive requirements and cost.
Materials: eRDPML. Jr. OW and min Age 12
Adaptive Diver Do you want to learn how to best support a dive buddy who has a physical or mental challenge? The PADI® Adaptive Support Diver course will increase your awareness of divers' varying abilities, and explores adaptive techniques to apply while diving or freediving with a buddy with a disability.
Course cost, Contact Instructor for dive requirements and cost and age requirements.
Underwater Navigator - A must for every recreational diver. This course will leave you with the confidence and knowledge to navigate your way around most dive sites or underwater area; and return easily and confidently back to the boat or shore.
Course cost $379 Includes 3 Dives.
Materials: PADI U/W Nav manual. Age 10+
Take the Master Scuba Diver Challenge! Complete you dive certifications through Rescue and complete any 5 of the specialty diver certifications and you can earn the highest non-professional diver rating PADI offers!
AWARE Coral Reef coming soon!
Underwater Photographer - Want to learn how to take more memories home from your dive excursions? Learned about how water and conditions affect how you would want to take photographs.
Course cost $229 Includes 2 Dives.
Materials: Adventures in Diving book. Age 10+
PADI Enriched Air Diver - Course is PADI’s most popular specialty course. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives. This is course does not require dives but instead one evening of classroom. Course cost $160. plus Crewpack or eLearning cost Age 15+
Self Reliant Diver coming soon!
Equipment Specialist - A must for every recreational diver. This course will leave you with the confidence in being able to address most dive site problems dealing with blown o-rings to replacing a broken fin or mask strap. You'll learn what items you should always carry in your "Save-a-dive Kit". There are no dives for this course, just a relaxing evening in the classroom.
Course cost $229.
Materials: None required