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Night Diver
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Three dives and two days are required
for this specialty. All dives will be conducted between
sunset and sunrise. Underwater navigation, surface
lighting, communication, nocturnal aquatic life,
and “lights-out” exercises will be explored.
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Dry Suit Diver
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Two dives are required for this specialty
with a preliminary pool session required if divers
have never used a dry suit prior to enrolling in
the course. Proper donning and doffing of the dry
suit, buoyancy skills and emergency procedures in
case of flooding or trapped air are discussed.
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Peak Performance Buoyancy
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Two dives are required for this specialty.
Emphasis is on trim through adjustment of weight
system, swimming through obstacle courses without
touching objects, making depth adjustments through
breath control only, and increasing efficiency of
fin kicks.
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Boat Diver
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Two dives are required for this specialty.
Learn proper entry techniques; be able to identify
the various areas on the boat as well as locating
important emergency/safety equipment. This class
is especially useful if you plan on live aboard dive
excursions.
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| PADI Divemaster |
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PADI Divemaster is the first level
of professional training. This is where you begin
to help other divers with their skills and safety.
If you want to hone your skills and challenge yourself,
this is the class for you. Internship working with
instructor and students is required.
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| Deep Diver |
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Four dives on one weekend are required
for this specialty and your Adventure Diver or Advanced
Diver rating. Emphasis is on performing tasks at
depth, to notice how much more quickly air is consumed
at depth, what happens to pressure sensitive objects
at depth, navigation to and from a reference line,
how color is affected at depth as well as comparison
of descents and ascents with and without reference
lines. All safety stops and a simulated 8-minute
decompression stop from an emergency air source will
be performed.
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Underwater Naturalist |
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Two dives are required for this specialty.
Locate and identify local aquatic plants, vertebrate
and invertebrate animals. Observe symbiotic and predator/prey
relationships. Recommended texts for this class are:
"Pacific Coast
Inshore Fishes" by Daniel W. Gotshall
(3rd Edition revised)
"Pacific Coast Nudibranchs" by David W. Behrens
(2nd Edition)
"Pacific Coast Pelagic Invertebrates" by David
Wrobel & Cladia
Mills
"Guide to Marine Invertebrates Alaska to Baja
California" by David W. Gotshall.
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| Enriched
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Two dives are required for this specialty. Learn how enriched air can extend your dive times. Obtain and analyze enriched air cylinders. Execute
planned dives within enriched air, time and depths
limits. A final exam is required for completion of
this course.
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Specialty Classes are taking the
skills you’ve
previously learned in the advanced Open Water Diver class
to the next level (which will decrease the number of dives
required) or may be taken without previously having the
advanced rating (unless otherwise noted). Increase your
knowledge to dive safely in your areas of interest. The
number of dives required is listed for each specialty.
One additional classroom evening is also required. With
five of these specialties, divers qualify for the Master
Scuba Diver Rating.