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Because there are so many factors, such as number of dives you need to do for the course or how many specialties you want to do, we have left the price list off. If you want to know more on prices e-mail us and we will give you the price on what you need to do on the course diving wise.
PADI Equipment Specialty
Don’t miss a dive due to a scuba gear issue.
Whether it's a blown o-ring, regulator problem, wetsuit tear or a broken fin strap, you can learn how to manage basic scuba equipment adjustments.
As a PADI Equipment Specialist, you are prepared for the basic scuba equipment maintenance, care and adjustments you'll encounter every day. In addition, you'll learn interesting background information about how your gear works, how it’s repair and other information that helps you with your equipment investment.
The Fun Part
The more you know about how your dive gear works, the more
•Comfortable you are with it
•Performance you get from it
•You can care for it
What You Learn
•Review the theory, principles and operation of scuba diving equipment
•Learn about routine, recommended care and maintenance procedures, and equipment storage
•How to overcome common problems with equipment and recommended professional maintenance procedures (may include a demonstration of repair procedures)
•Gain simple suggestions for comfortable equipment configurations and an introduction to new gear.
This course can be completed in one day.
PADI Specialty courses.
When you took the PADI Advanced Diver course you did five dives from a long list of activities. This gave you a taste of what that type of diving is all about and the dive is also credited to the specialty course, eg: wreck dive, credits to wreck diver specialty. Even though the dive was fun, in every case there is still plenty more to learn on the subject and you can increase your training by taking the appropriate PADI specialty course, most courses can be completed in a day or two.
PADI Wreck Specialty
This is one of the most popular types of diving in Pattaya but one that really does require specialist training, particularly if you wish to penetrate the wreck. Most wrecks are in deep water - otherwise they would have been salvaged - and usually students take the Deep diver Specialty and the Enriched Air Specialty in order to get the best out of their wreck dives. They also offer good photo and video opportunities as they provide a haven for marine life, particularly big groupers, rays and turtles.
Penetrating a wreck is really easy - getting out safely can be the hard part and several factors have to be taken into consideration - exhaled air hitting a ceiling can wipe out visibility if it dislodges silt; getting lost in the dark, entanglement, running out of air, losing your buddy….
Why would anyone in their right mind want to do this?
Because with the right training wreck diving is immense fun and when you've taken this course you will know how to how to fix an escape line to help you get out in zero viz and various tricks of the trade.
Then a whole new world is waiting for you to explore, Divers often help research the history of the wreck - where they came from and how they sunk.
Pattaya has several wrecks you can dive on including a WW2 cargo ship called the Hardeep, the HTMS Khram amd the HTMS kood.
This course needs at least 2 days to complete.
PADI Deep Diver specialty course.
Once divers hear that the site ahead is a deep dive there is usually an air of excitement. As you descend slowly down the line the light and colours change and big, flying saucer bubbles float slowly up from divers below.
Then you see the bottom and it's time to explore, most of the shipwrecks in Pattaya are deep dives around the 30 metre mark thats where we do most of the dives on this course. The Deep diver course is a two day - three dive course and you will learn safe dive planning including; safety stops, navigating at depth, controlled descents and ascents and much more. If you have plans to move into technical diving this is a good starting point.
This course needs 2 days to complete.
PADI Navigation specialty course.
Most people like to be independent, to know where they are going and how to get there and that's the same in scuba diving. It's so much more fun for you and your buddy to work together navigating around the reef at your own pace, relaxing and having fun exploring the aquatic marine life. It's also very satisfying to be able to get back to the "up" line without the need to surface for a quick look, hoping that the Divemaster won't spot you!
On the PADI Navigation specialty you will learn different methods of judging distance; using a compass and combining that skill with natural navigation.
There are several good reasons to be a proficient navigator, you won't waste air and bottom time getting lost, you will get exactly where you want to go without popping your head up all the time, you can plan your dive to end on the "Up" line and avoiding long swims and surface traffic and it's a nice feeling when the Divemaster who has been watching your surface marker or bubbles comes up and says: "Well done."
The course can be completed in just a day.
PADI Search and Recovery Specialty course.
If you dive regularly it's only a matter of time before another diver will ask you to help find his mask, dive computer, knife, weight belt or something else, which they have accidentally dropped or has fallen over the side of the boat. Luckily this usually happens when the boat is moored.
Well as a Search and Recovery specialist you have a good chance of finding the missing object. Thanks to your training you know what equipment is needed to suit the bottom conditions, what the best search method is and how to brief your buddys.
You will know that the bottom conditions determine the search method. Expanding circles using a rope are great for finding small objects on a sandy unobstructed bottom but coral heads and rocks would rule out this search pattern because the line would get tangled, fortunately your training will allow you to introduce one of several other options to find what you are looking for.
But what if you have been called in to find a speedboat engine that dropped off its mountings, now your biggest problem is not only locating it but getting it to the surface safely. Knowing how to use a lift bag to do this job is just another part of the course and recovering an engine should also cover your costs, if you negotiate in advance!
This course can be completed in a day or two.
PADI Night Diving specialty course.
It's nighttime, you are standing on the dive platform ready to do a giant stride entry. You know there's an island about 100 metres in front of you but you can't see it, then you look up and see the brightlights of Pattaya in the background. Your instructor is beside you and gently reminds you that you dived in exactly this spot two hours ago and you weren't worried then. On goes your torch and you step forward into the unknown, one giant step for mankind. Guess what? they were right, there's the big coral head brilliantly lit up in the torch beam and there's the sea anemone bed, theres a big turtle on the sand inspecting a parrotfish in its nighttime protective mantle.
Scared! Me?
Hey this is fun and there's no time to be scared…in any case my instructor and my buddy are right beside me and we'll stick together throughout the dive, which is actually easier because you can see each others lights.
On the PADI Night diving specialty course you will learn how to take care of your lights, how to use chemical light sticks, how to navigate at night without being disorientated, how to use your torch for hand signals without dazzling other divers and correct descent and ascent methods.
The course takes two nights to complete.
PADI Enriched Air Diving Specialty course (Nitrox)
Have you ever been on a deep dive or an interesting shipwreck and your dive computer has warned you that you have reached your no decompression limit?
This is particularly annoying when you still have plenty of air in your tank and that's where the problem lies - you are breathing air.
Time to take the Enriched Air Specialty course. This is designed to show you how to dive on different oxygen contents that has been raised to the normal air you breathe, which in turn reduces the amount of potentially harmful nitrogen that can build up in your body tissues causing the bends.
But you will also learn that there is no such thing as a free lunch, the elevated level of oxygen can also create problems and it is essential you know about this and the need to learn new dive tables to determine the limits of the gas mix you are using.
You can take this course two ways, the first is to learn the theory on a one-day classroom course or you can take a two-day course where you get to do two enriched air dives. How effective is EANx or nitrox as it is usually known? Well, if you dived on a wreck at 30m on air your bottom time would be 20minutes, on nitrox where the oxygen level had been raised from the normal 21% to 36% you would get 50mins - provided you were carrying enough air to last that amount of time.
This course takes either one or two days.
PADI Drift Dive Specialty.
The PADI Drift Diver Specialty course introduces you to the coolest magic carpet ride you’ll ever experience. This course shows you how to enjoy ocean currents by “going with the flow,” staying with your dive partner, communicating with the dive boat and knowing where you are the whole time. Pattaya has some great drift diving sites such as Koh Man Wichai, Koh Klung Badan and probably the fastest drift dive in Pattaya Koh Krok.
What You Learn:
During your PADI Drift Diver certification course, you learn about:
•Planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of drift diving
•An introduction to drift diving equipment -- floats, lines, reels
•Buoyancy-control, navigation and communication for drift diving
•Site selection and overview of aquatic currents – causes and effects
•Techniques for staying close to a buddy or together as a group.
The Drift dive specialty can be completed in one day.
PADI Multi-Level specialty.
Maximize your dive time so you can explore more!
In this course, you learn how to plan dives that extend your bottom time by crediting you for slower nitrogen absorption when you ascend to a shallower depth. That’s the way you really dive, after all.
The Fun Part
This is a great way to learn how to make multilevel dives even if you forget to bring your dive computer.
Pattaya has 3 shipwrecks that are all great for multi-level diving so you can get more time on the wrecks safely without pushing limits.
What You Learn
You'll learn what multilevel diving is and why you want to plan for multilevel dives. You'll also get to see the various types of multilevel dive calculators (including dive computers), as well as learn about multilevel dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques, and potential problems. You'll plan a multilevel dive profile and dive it with your PADI Instructor.
You learn how to:
•Plan and execute multilevel dives (different depths on the same dive)
•Back up your dive computer and plan multilevel dives
•Maximize your no stop time
The course can be completed in just one day.
PADI Underwater Photography Specialty course.
How many times have you heard a diver say "I wish I had a camera with me."
Seeing something wonderful on a dive is great but being able to show other people what you saw makes it even better.
Even with today's easy-to-use digital cameras it's still worth learning some of the tricks of the trade as shooting underwater has some quirks that screw up your pictures and camera.
The course also includes invaluable advice on how to protect your equipment from sea water. The older generation will tell you that it's a case of "When" not "if" when it comes to having the housing flood and destroy the camera or camcorder.
There is still some truth in saying equipment is good if well cared for, we will show you how to prepare the camera as well as how to look after and store it.
We'll also teach you how to maintain your position in the water and avoid damaging the coral or yourself while shooting your snap shots.
The course can be completed in a day.