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Seattle Scuba Schools Specialty Courses
For information on Specialty Courses offered at our California, Maui & Florida
Schools, please contact us.
Tuition Fees for the programs are listed and vary with each Specialty Course. The tuition fee will cover the
cost of the training and PADI certification registration fees.
Tuition prices do not include the cost of study materials that may be required or equipment rental
fees. Each diver is required to supply (own or rent) all necessary equipment for the course.
Know where you are. Always!Under water
Navigation is, without a doubt, the most important, and often, the most overlooked aspect of diving. Remember your very first
Open water dive? You were excited about your first diving experience and probably paid little attention to where you were
going during the dive. You were perhaps astonished to surface and see that your instructor knew exactly where you were all
the time. Navigation can be difficult but, with a little practice and experience, you two will soon be navigating like a pro.
Dive requirement: 3 Dives over 2 days. Advanced Certified Divers have already completed the first dive
as part of the Navigation Specialty Course. In the case of Advanced Certified divers the remaining two dives, and Navigation
Specialty Certification, can be completed in one day.
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
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Pressing the limit.Mention "deep diving"
amid a group of divers and watch the reactions. Novice divers want to know what it's like. More experienced divers, who have
been a bit deeper chat with excitement. Deep Diving Specialty Divers, those qualified to venture to 130 feet, the recommended
farthest edge of recreational diving, also show enthusiasm, but tempered with respect for the more serious nature of deep
diving. There's something a bit attractive, exciting and mysterious about "going deep." Through the Deep Diving Specialty
Course you will be introduced to the techniques of deep diving and be qualified to dive to depths as deep as 130 feet.
Dive requirement: 4 Dives over 2 days
Prerequisite: Advanced Open Water Diver
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The Key to unlimited bottom time.Multilevel
diving gives you the ability to increase your bottom time by gradually ascending to a shallower depth during your dive. Through
the use of the PADI Wheel or a dive computer, and the techniques learned in this class, you will be able to do much more of
what you got into diving for; explore the aquatic realm.
Dive requirement: 2 Dives in 1 day
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
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Another New Adventure!Why
would people dive at night when they can see the same dive site just as easily during the day? At dusk, nocturnal animals
such as shrimp, crabs and many nocturnal fish become active. Other animals that are difficult to approach during the day,
will let you get closer at night. Night diving adds a whole new perspective to an "old" dive site.
Dive requirement: 3 Dives over 2 nights
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
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The Heights of Adventure!Over the years
the worlds mountains have become synonymous with recreation, a place to escape civilization and commune with nature. Not surprisingly,
more and more divers are heading for the hills to pursue their recreation. Mountain lakes are often cool, clean, clear and
full of interesting aquatic life. Altitude diving is your key to diving opportunities inland, away from the ocean.
Dive requirement: 2 Dives in 1 day
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
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Take the Adventure to the High SeasNo
hike from the car, No rock entries, No long surface swim, No surf entries or exits, need I say more. Much of the best diving
in the world is accessible only by boat.
Dive requirement: 2 Dives in 1 day
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
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If You Can't Beat the Current, Join It!Many
of the worlds best diving is in high current areas. Rather than fight the current, drift with it. In some sites, the current
carries you far faster than you could swim, sailing you along effortlessly. Drifting with the current and not having to worry
about returning to the boat, lets you relax and concentrate on the dive. This is as close as it gets to effortless diving.
Dive requirement: 2 Dives in 1 day
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
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Find the AdventureOne of the most gratifying
experiences in diving is setting out to find a lost object, and succeeding. In this course you will learn a variety of search
patterns and techniques to better help you in finding lost objects.
Dive requirement: 4 Dives over two days
Prerequisite: Advanced Open Water Diver
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Explore the PastThere's nothing like
the thrill of diving a wreck for the first time. Descending, you gaze downward, trying to catch a glimpse of it. At first,
you see nothing. Then, as it slowly comes into view you can't help but reflect on this once vibrant vessel resting peacefully
on the bottom, slowly being claimed by the sea and her creatures. Wreck diving is an adventure in exploring man's loss and
nature's gain.
Dive requirement: 4 Dives over 2 days
Prerequisite: Advanced Open Water Diver
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Make the Adventure DryModern dry suits
have opened the door to diving in even the coolest water. A dry suit lets you venture into sites far from the tropical dive
resorts to which many people limit their diving. While dry suits offer warmth, they do require some special techniques. Fortunately,
it's not much of a drawback because mastering dry suit skills is easy. With the cost of dry suits free falling many divers
are choosing to "go dry."
Dive requirement: 2 Dives in 1 day
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
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Extend the AdventureOne of the most
important innovations ever in recreational diving. Nitrox is air that has been enriched to a maximum of 40% oxygen. By cutting
back on the nitrogen content of the air, nitrox will give you longer bottom times as well as a decreased risk of decompression
sickness and nitrogen narcosis.
Dive requirement: 2 Dives in 1 day
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver with 10 logged dives or Advanced Open Water Diver
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Bring the Adventure HomeWho doesn't
want to bring back photographic memories of their underwater adventures! Not long ago, taking pictures underwater was a difficult
endeavor reserved for those with patience and a mountain of cash. Today, camera systems are far more affordable and easy to
use. Whether exploring reefs, or wrecks, diving the ice or at altitude, or diving that local site you've done hundreds of
times, underwater photography adds a new element of interest to every dive.
Dive requirement: 2 Dives in 1 day
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
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Recognize the AdventureThe more you
know about the marine environment, the more interesting your diving will become. The UW Naturalist course will get you started
in recognizing and identifying marine life in all it's varied forms.
Dive requirement: 2 Dives in 1 day
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
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Learn to Relax Peak Performance Buoyancy
is an enjoyable day of diving aimed at helping you polish your buoyancy control beyond the Open Water Diver level.
Dive requirement: 2 Dives in 1 day
Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
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The Ultimate Adventure The PADI Master
Scuba Diver is a diver who has gained knowledge and experience far beyond that of the average diver. He/She is a diver who
through their superior knowledge and experience is ready and able to lend guidance and assistance to the rest of the diving
community and help make diving's already great safety record, even better.
If you're the kind of diver who wants to go beyond the ordinary, who wants to participate in
some of the most exciting and rewarding diving possible, consider the PADI Master Scuba Diver Program.
To qualify for the rating you will need to be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver,
PADI Rescue Diver and earn five PADI Specialty ratings. Some of the most enjoyable diving comes through participation in the
wide range of PADI Specialty Diver Courses offered through Scuba Schools. Upon completion of five Specialty Courses you will
become certified as a PADI Master Scuba Diver.
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