Specialty Courses
Wind your way through narrow swimthroughs. Hang upside down to spot that hidden lobster. Hover effortlessly along a wall. The PPB specialty fine-tunes your ability to control your lung volume, trim your weights, and reduce your air consumption. Excellent when combined with the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer specialty.
The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy specialty can be done in as little as half a day. It consists of two dives and a knowledge development session where we discuss the various techniques we will apply during the dives.
The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy specialty can be done in as little as half a day. It consists of two dives and a knowledge development session where we discuss the various techniques we will apply during the dives.
Nitrox is one of PADI's most popular Specialty Courses. Diving with Enriched Air (Nitrox) allows you to safely extend your no decompression limits, which means more time underwater and shorter surface intervals. So if you are into underwater photography, wreck diving or just like to enjoy leisurely diving for longer the Enriched Air Specialty Course keeps you where you want to be... underwater!!
The minimum age for the Enriched Air Course is 12 years old and you must be certified as a Open Water diver. The course covers the knowledge, skills and techniques for diving with enriched air and is split between knowledge development and practical applications.
The course takes 1 day to complete, plus some independent study, or 2 days if you want to experience what it is like to dive on Enriched Air. You can complete the Enriched Air Course without completing any open water dives - the course is based on theory and dive planning using Enriched Air, although we do encourage you to try it out.
The minimum age for the Enriched Air Course is 12 years old and you must be certified as a Open Water diver. The course covers the knowledge, skills and techniques for diving with enriched air and is split between knowledge development and practical applications.
The course takes 1 day to complete, plus some independent study, or 2 days if you want to experience what it is like to dive on Enriched Air. You can complete the Enriched Air Course without completing any open water dives - the course is based on theory and dive planning using Enriched Air, although we do encourage you to try it out.
Deep diving opens the door to many new exciting dive sites like deeper wrecks, reefs and walls. Divers are usually adventurous people, and deep diving whether to visit a wreck or take photos can certainly be called adventurous.
it ’s only natural that most divers have an interest in deep diving. Deep diving is a means to an end. You make a deep dive to see, to do or to experience something that you can't on a shallower dive. There is no reason to make a deep dive if you can make essentially the same dive at a shallower depth.
The goal of the Deep Diver course is to teach you about the equipment needed for deep diving, to discourage thrill seeker attitudes and encourage the proper deep diver behaviour. You will learn how to plan and safely execute deep dives, which will add to your enjoyment of deep diving. The course takes 2 days to complete and you make 4 dives, starting with a 30 metre dive and including 1 dive to 40 metres. By the start of the course, a diver must be certified as a PADI Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water Diver and be at least 15 years old. When you have completed the deep diver course you will be certified to dive to 40 metres, which is the maximum depth allowed in recreational diving. Then you can discover what fantastic adventures wait for you in the deep.
it ’s only natural that most divers have an interest in deep diving. Deep diving is a means to an end. You make a deep dive to see, to do or to experience something that you can't on a shallower dive. There is no reason to make a deep dive if you can make essentially the same dive at a shallower depth.
The goal of the Deep Diver course is to teach you about the equipment needed for deep diving, to discourage thrill seeker attitudes and encourage the proper deep diver behaviour. You will learn how to plan and safely execute deep dives, which will add to your enjoyment of deep diving. The course takes 2 days to complete and you make 4 dives, starting with a 30 metre dive and including 1 dive to 40 metres. By the start of the course, a diver must be certified as a PADI Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water Diver and be at least 15 years old. When you have completed the deep diver course you will be certified to dive to 40 metres, which is the maximum depth allowed in recreational diving. Then you can discover what fantastic adventures wait for you in the deep.
Be the diver everyone wants to follow and make your sense of direction legendary with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course. When everyone's buzzing about a reef or checking out a wreck, they're having a great time until it's time to go. Then they turn to you, because as a PADI Underwater Navigator, you know the way back to the boat. The aim of the Underwater Navigator Course is to focus on fun and challenging underwater navigation dives with an emphasis on safety.
The best way to learn underwater navigation procedures and to apply them is by doing it. The goal of the Underwater Navigator course is to develop the techniques involved in navigating underwater within recreational limits while avoiding disturbing delicate marine life. The course expands student diver knowledge about environmental clues that help them to navigate, how to use a compass for precision, navigational instruments and how to interact responsibly with the aquatic life. Student divers will apply their knowledge during 3 open water dives which can be completed in 1 day. To begin the course you need to be at least 10 years old and a (Junior) Open Water Diver.
The best way to learn underwater navigation procedures and to apply them is by doing it. The goal of the Underwater Navigator course is to develop the techniques involved in navigating underwater within recreational limits while avoiding disturbing delicate marine life. The course expands student diver knowledge about environmental clues that help them to navigate, how to use a compass for precision, navigational instruments and how to interact responsibly with the aquatic life. Student divers will apply their knowledge during 3 open water dives which can be completed in 1 day. To begin the course you need to be at least 10 years old and a (Junior) Open Water Diver.
Many factors such as visibility, sea conditions and topography can affect the success or failure of any search and recovery conducted underwater. The search and recovery dive team cannot control most of these factors, but one aspect of an underwater search and recovery that can be controlled is organisation. The other factors must be considered when the team plans a search and recovery, altering how they search and the recovery methods to accommodate them.The goal of the Search & Recovery Specialty course is to develop the techniques involved in locating and retrieving lost articles, large and small, within recreational diving limits and while avoiding disturbing delicate marine life.
The course takes 2 days to complete and consists of 4 Search & Recovery Dives where you will learn things like search patterns, lifting procedures and knot tying.
The minimum age for the Search & Recovery Course is 12 years old and you must be a (Junior) Advanced Open Water Diver.
The course takes 2 days to complete and consists of 4 Search & Recovery Dives where you will learn things like search patterns, lifting procedures and knot tying.
The minimum age for the Search & Recovery Course is 12 years old and you must be a (Junior) Advanced Open Water Diver.
Whatever the motivation to dive at night - you will find that the environment is quite different. You will see the same, familiar creatures that you usually see, but doing different things - like trying to sleep. Parrot fish, for example, lower their heads under the reef ledge and secrete a mucous sack that envelope their bodies rather like a bubble, and this is how they sleep. The philosophy of this course is to focus on seeing in the dark things you miss seeing, or that appear differently during daylight dives. During the 3 dives required to complete the course you will develop the techniques involved in night diving while avoiding disturbing the delicate marine life. This course expands your knowledge about night diving equipment, evaluating dive conditions at night, using and maintaining dive lights, night navigation techniques, and how to interact responsibly with the aquatic life you see while night diving, plus introducing yourself to a whole new cast of critters that come out after the sun goes down. You need to be at least 12 years old to take the Night Diver Specialty Course.
Most places you go diving will require you to dive from one kind of boat or another, whether it's a speedboat, a rib or even a liveaboard. Diving from boats gives you access to dive sites not accessible from shore as well as providing you with a way to visit remote dive sites that are a long way from where you are. The Boat Diving Specialty course covers the knowledge and techniques specific to boat diving. The purpose of the PADI Boat Diver Specialty course is to familiarise you with the skills, knowledge, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and enjoyment of diving from a boat.The course covers knowledge of dive boats, proper boat diving etiquette, basic dive boat terminology and includes important boat diving skills such as entries/exits, use of emergency/safety equipment and enables you to plan, organise and conduct safe dives. The course includes 2 open water dives and you must be at least 12 years old and at least a (Junior) Open Water Diver.
DUP is an introduction to digital underwater photography centered around today's point-and-shoot digital cameras. The course helps you develop the knowledge, skills and practical techniques necessary to obtain excellent photographs with a digital camera, even on their first photo dive.The course covers what equipment you need to take great underwater photographs, how to prepare the underwater photo system, and basic underwater photo techniques. The course is open to snorkelers, Open Water Diver students and certified divers who have an interest in underwater photography.
There the possibility to complete the DUP Course theory on-line with PADI eLearning. Contact us to buy your access code.
There the possibility to complete the DUP Course theory on-line with PADI eLearning. Contact us to buy your access code.
The purpose of the Project AWARE Specialty Courses is to familiarise divers and non-divers with the plight of worldwide aquatic ecosystems and to describe what individuals can do to help protect them. The Project AWARE Specialty Course doesn't require open water dives and can be taken by people of any age.
The Coral Reef Conservation Course highlights the problems faced by the worlds Coral Reefs, outlines the causes of the problems and gives some ways which we can begin to help save them.
The fight to protect the ocean planet begins with you. Small conservation actions multiplied by many like-minded individuals can add up to big results. You can be the change every time you dive, travel and more. To find out ways you can help protect our amazing underwater world take a look at Project AWARE's.
The course takes half a day and consists of classroom presentations only.
DiveZone Tokyo offers a free Coral Reef Conservation course to all it members. See promotions.
The Coral Reef Conservation Course highlights the problems faced by the worlds Coral Reefs, outlines the causes of the problems and gives some ways which we can begin to help save them.
The fight to protect the ocean planet begins with you. Small conservation actions multiplied by many like-minded individuals can add up to big results. You can be the change every time you dive, travel and more. To find out ways you can help protect our amazing underwater world take a look at Project AWARE's.
The course takes half a day and consists of classroom presentations only.
DiveZone Tokyo offers a free Coral Reef Conservation course to all it members. See promotions.
The PADI Sidemount Course provides structured training for recreational divers who wish to safely and effectively use sidemount configuration for their diving. The course includes, knowledge development and practical applications, allowing divers to learn how to properly set-up and configure sidemount kits. Divers also participate in a series of open water training sessions, enabling them to get the most out of this ground-breaking approach to scuba diving.
What is Sidemount Diving?
Sidemount diving is the, now increasingly formalised, approach towards conducting dives with 2 or more primary cylinders secured at the side of the body and in line with the torso – with no cylinders on the diver’s back. A common feature that defines sidemount configuration is the use of bungee cords to provide an upper attachment on the cylinder valve, normally routed from behind the diver’s upper back, whilst the lower cylinder is secured to the diver’s lower harness (butt-plate or waist D-rings) via bolt-snaps. There are many benefits to sidemount diving like flexibility, streamlining, safety, comfort and redundancy of gas. For more details about sidemount diving, visit our sidemount diving page.
Course Schedule
2-3 days* with classroom, practical workshops and 4 dives
– Classroom theory, equipment workshop and practical applications
– Equipment set-up/configuration and extended confined water
– Open Water Sidemount dives 1-2
– Open Water Sidemount dives 3-4
Pre-study of course materials/completion of knowledge reviews can substantially reduce daily workload for the student. This is highly recommended.
*The course is performance based, not time based. Performance requirements for each section must be satisfied to allow progression and certification.
What is Sidemount Diving?
Sidemount diving is the, now increasingly formalised, approach towards conducting dives with 2 or more primary cylinders secured at the side of the body and in line with the torso – with no cylinders on the diver’s back. A common feature that defines sidemount configuration is the use of bungee cords to provide an upper attachment on the cylinder valve, normally routed from behind the diver’s upper back, whilst the lower cylinder is secured to the diver’s lower harness (butt-plate or waist D-rings) via bolt-snaps. There are many benefits to sidemount diving like flexibility, streamlining, safety, comfort and redundancy of gas. For more details about sidemount diving, visit our sidemount diving page.
Course Schedule
2-3 days* with classroom, practical workshops and 4 dives
– Classroom theory, equipment workshop and practical applications
– Equipment set-up/configuration and extended confined water
– Open Water Sidemount dives 1-2
– Open Water Sidemount dives 3-4
Pre-study of course materials/completion of knowledge reviews can substantially reduce daily workload for the student. This is highly recommended.
*The course is performance based, not time based. Performance requirements for each section must be satisfied to allow progression and certification.
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