PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox)

Age: 15+
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness, Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Course Duration: 2 Days
Open Water Dives during course: 2 (min)

This course teaches recreational divers to use air enriched with a higher percentage of oxygen, this allows greater no stop dive time around 18m-30m depths depending on the oxygen percentage used . This course provides the training required to responsibly use enriched air from 22% - 40% oxygen.

Further information on these and all other courses can be found on the PADI web site.


PADI Wreck Diver

Age: 15+
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness, Adventure Diver or equivalent.
Course Duration: 2 Days
Open Water Dives during course: 4

This course teaches recreational divers to safely dive on wreck. This course provides the training required to navigate a wreck and responsibly penetration within the light zone within the wreck overhead environment.


Further information on these and all other courses can be found on the PADI web site.


PADI Shark Aware

Age: 12+
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness, Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Course Duration: 1 Day
Open Water Dives during course: 2

The True Shark Awareness Diver Specialty Course introduces divers to sharks and familiarizes them with the proper techniques for recreational diving amongst sharks with minimal impact on the sharks’ habitat and behavior. During the course divers learn about the sharks biology, distribution, hunting and reproductive cycle. Divers are also taught to recognize the importance of Sharks in their environment and to understand the impact that destructive shark fishing techniques has on sharks. By the end of the course the diver will be able to plan, org anise and execute a dive with sharks, in a safe and passive manner as well having the knowledge required to dispel negative myths about them.

This course is a distinctive specialty created by Bruce Phillips of Buccaneer Diving and approved by PADI.


PADI Reef Diver

Age: 15+
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness, Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Course Duration: 1 Days
Open Water Dives during course: 2 (min)

Divers are taught to dive along and around a reef environment with sensitivity to it's fragility, this course is very good at helping newer divers gain that little bit of extra experience and as an introduction to divers new to this type of environment.


Further information on these and all other courses can be found on the PADI web site

 

PADI Night Diver

Age: 12+
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness, Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Course Duration: 2 Days
Open Water Dives during course: 3

This course teaches recreational divers to dive at night and provides training on the different procedures and equipment required to do so safely.


Further information on these and all other courses can be found on the PADI web site

 

PADI Deep Diver

Age: 15+
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness, Adventure Diver or equivalent.
Course Duration: 3 Days
Open Water Dives during course: 4

This course teaches recreational divers to dive safely within the 18m-30m depth range to a maximum depth of 40m. It teaches divers how to stay within no decompression limits at these depths as well as training divers responsible diving techniques for diving at depth and the possible hazards of deep diving.


Further information on these and all other courses can be found on the PADI web site

 

PADI Drift Diver

Age: 12+
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness, Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Course Duration: 1 - 2 Days
Open Water Dives during course: 2 (min)

This course teaches recreational divers additional techniques required when drift diving, this includes navigation, communication and equipment required for drift diving as well as an information on aquatic currents.

Further information on these and all other courses can be found on the PADI web site

PADI Fish ID Diver

Age: 10+
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness, Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Course Duration: 1 Day
Open Water Dives during course: 2

This course teaches recreational divers about the families of fish that habitate a region, how to identify them and introduces species surveying techniques and the importance of marine conservation.


Further information on these and all other courses can be found on the PADI web site

 

PADI Underwater Photographer

Age: 10+
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness, Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Course Duration: 1 Day
Open Water Dives during course: 2

This course teaches recreational divers tips and techniques required to take photographs successfully underwater. Training covers issues such as reduced light, water clarity and equipment set-up and care. We offer both the traditional PADI Underwater Photographer course as well as the new Padi Digital Underwater Photographer which is specially adapted to cover underwater photography with digital cameras.


Further information on these and all other courses can be found on the PADI web site

 

PADI Naturalist Diver

Age: 10+
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness, Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Course Duration: 1 Day
Open Water Dives during course: 2

This course teaches recreational divers to interact with the marine environment and its inhabitants respectfully to avoid having a negative impact. Divers also learn about marine life classification, interactions and factual information about creatures perceived to be dangerous.


Further information on these and all other courses can be found on the PADI web site

 

PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy

Age: 10+
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness, Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Course Duration: 1 Day
Open Water Dives during course: 2

This course teaches divers to fine-tune their buoyancy skills enabling them greater control and enjoyment whilst underwater. Good buoyancy control also helps divers to be more successful when pursuing other activities such as photography and helps them avoid damaging fragile aquatic life. During this course divers learn techniques to ensure good buoyancy as well as practicing exercises in the open water to fine tune their skills.


Further information on these and all other courses can be found on the PADI web site


PADI Turtle Aware

Age: 12+
Pre-requisites: Medical fitness, Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Course Duration: 1 Day
Open Water Dives during course: 2

The theory outlines the life history of sea turtles, the various species of sea turtles, the life cycle of sea turtles and the numerous threats that sea turtles face. This finishes with a glimpse of the various conservation measures in place to protect the sea turtles .During the dives divers will be taught to identify sea turtles both at a species level and on an individual level using distinguishing characteristics. To record all these sightings the diver can either use a slate to draw, sketch or make notes, use a camera to capture an image of the turtle (and to further enhance the database), or a combination of the two. For each sea turtle sighted a sighting sheet will be completed and added to the sea turtle database (and passed on to the Kenya Sea Turtle Conservation Committee-KESCOM). Upon successful completion of the course one is issued with a certification card from PADI stating “Sea Turtle Diver”.
This course is a distinctive specialty created by Sander den Herring of Buccaneer Diving and approved by PADI.