PADI Specialty Courses

PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) Specialty

Enriched Air (Nitrox) is air which has been ‘enriched’ with extra Oxygen and therefore has less Nitrogen

Take the PADI EAN course to limit Nitrogen loading

Enjoy an extended no-decompression limit

Factor in an extra margin of conservatism to your regular dives

Theoretical and operational aspects of using enriched air with 22% – 40% oxygen are covered

Following certification, enjoy free Nitrox for the remainder of your holiday

Number of dives: 0

Duration: 1.5 hours

PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty

Buoyancy control is a crucial skill for good divers to master

Learn how to effortlessly glide through the water and control your position

Proper buoyancy control reduces air and energy consumption

See how weight distribution, breathing, streamlining and fitness all affect your buoyancy

You’re practically guaranteed to dive with less weight after this course

Feel the improvement immediately!

Number of dives: 2

Duration: 1 days

PADI Wreck Diver Specialty

Learn everything you need to know when planning or carrying out a dive on a wreck with the PADI Wreck Diver specialty

Ships, airplanes and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life

Understand responsible wreck diving practices with the PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course, including:

Safety considerations for navigating and exploring wrecks
Surveying and mapping a wreck
Using penetration lines and reels to guide exploration
Techniques to avoid kicking up silt or disturbing the wreck and its inhabitants

Here in Tenerife, you will make the four dives exploring 3 different wrecks – el Condesito, el Meridian and el Penon in Tabaiba

Number of dives: 4

Duration: 2 days

PADI Digital Underwater Photography Specialty

Capture your memories by learning how to use an underwater camera with the PADI Underwater Photography course

Practice positioning yourself in the water to take shots whilst respecting the fragile marine environment and avoiding personal harm

Compose photos whilst compensating for the effects of limited light at depth

Evaluate your shots

Learn how to care for the underwater housing

Share your underwater world with non-divers

Number of dives: 2

Duration: 1 day

PADI Sidemount Diver Specialty

The PADI Sidemount Diver course will acquaint you with the equipment and techniques of this style of diving

Sidemount (SM) divers carry their gas along the side of their bodies, most commonly with two cylinders.

Reduces your profile to make it easier to fit through tight spaces

Move the cylinders into any desired position during a dive

Don and doff the cylinders whilst in the water – helpful for those with physical constraints

Also helpful for those needing lots of air as its easy to carry significantly more gas

Useful for those interested in Tec diving

Number of dives: 5 – 6

Duration: 3 – 4 days

PADI Drift Diver Specialty

The course teaches you how to enjoy going with the flow as you scuba dive down rivers and use ocean currents to glide along.

It feels like flying – except that you’re underwater using scuba equipment. Drift diving can be relaxing and exhilarating at the same time. If this sound like fun, then the Drift Diver course is for you. If you’re a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver who is at least 12 years old, you can enrol in the Drift Diver specialty course.

Along with drift diving techniques and procedures, you’ll:

Receive an introduction to drift diving equipment – floats, lines and reels.
Get an overview of aquatic currents – causes and effects.
Practice with buoyancy control, navigation and communication during two drift dives.
Learn techniques for staying close to a buddy or together as a group as you float with the current.

Number of dives: 2

Duration: 1 day

PADI Self-Reliant Diver Specialty

As the name suggests, the PADI Self-Reliant Diver Specialty prepares divers to be able to handle any situation independently. The idea of this course is not to encourage you to dive solo. Instead, the idea is simply to prepare you with the knowledge, skills and confidence to handle all aspects of the dive with no help.

How many times have you been buddied with someone only to be left alone by them throughout the dive? Do you enjoy the freedom of exploring a dive site without having to follow a guide or remain within a group of divers? The Self-Reliant specialty is all about encouraging you to think about all aspects of the dive, including what can go wrong, and prepare appropriately.

‘Plan the dive and dive the plan’ has never been more appropriate.

You’ll learn how to calculate the rate at which you breathe through your gas. With this knowledge you’ll be able to calculate how long you can spend at any given depth, returning with ample reserve.

Fine tuning your navigational skills will help you to avoid confusion and errors.

You’ll take responsibility for yourself, rather than blindly following your Instructor.

Gain some independence! Become a self-reliant diver!

Number of dives: 3

Duration: 2 days

Night Diver

The thought of dipping below the surface at night seems mysterious, yet so alluring. Although you’ve been scuba diving at a site many times before, at night you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive light.

The scene changes as day creatures retire and nocturnal organisms emerge. If you’ve wondered what happens underwater after the sun goes down, sign up for the PADI Night Diver Specialty course.

PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers or higher, who are at least 12 years old, can enrol in the Night Diver specialty course.

Scuba diving at night teaches you to focus on what you can see in your light’s beam, on controlling your buoyancy by feel, on staying with your buddy and on paying attention to details you may overlook during the day. During three night dives, you’ll practice:

Light handling and communication techniques.
Entering, exiting and navigating in the dark.
Identifying how plants and animals differ or change behaviour at night.

Number of dives: 3

Duration: 2/3 nights

PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty

Fine-tune your underwater observation skills and learn to use your compass more accurately.

Be the scuba diver everyone wants to follow because you know where you are and where you’re going. The PADI Underwater Navigator course fine-tunes your observation skills and teaches you to more accurately use your compass underwater. If you like challenges with big rewards, take this course and have fun finding your way.

If you’re a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver who is at least 10 years old, you can enrol in the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course.

You’ll learn the tools of the trade, including navigation using natural clues and by following compass headings. During three scuba dives, you’ll practice:

Methods to estimate distance underwater.
Compass navigation while making at least five turns.
Marking or relocating a submerged object or position from the surface.
Underwater map making.

Number of dives: 3

Duration: 1 day

Search and Recovery

Retrieve lost items that have fallen overboard or over a dock. The PADI Search and Recovery course teaches you effective swimming patterns and how to use a lift bag for heavy objects.

It happens: People accidentally drop things from docks, off boats or even while scuba diving. If you’ve ever lost something in the water and wanted to go find it, then the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course is for you. There are effective ways to search for objects underwater that increase your chances of success. And there are good and better methods to bring up small, large or just awkward items. Search and recovery can be challenging, but a whole lot of fun.

PADI (Junior) Advanced Open Water Divers who are at least 12 years old can enrol in the Search and Recover Diver course. PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers with a PADI Underwater Navigator certification also qualify.

Gathering information and resources, then carefully planning a search are the first important steps you learn. During four scuba dives you’ll practice:

Swimming search patterns using your compass and natural navigation.
Locating large and small objects using various search patterns.
Using a lift bag for large or heavy objects, plus other recovery methods.
Planning a search operation based on facts gathered about a lost object prior to the dive.

Number of dives: 4

Duration: 2 days

PADI Boat Diver Specialty

The Boat Diver specialty will acquaint you with the names of the various areas of a boat and teach you how to locate items of emergency equipment.

You will analyse hazards both above and below the water’s surface, including sea conditions, and learn different exit styles suited to different types of boat.

Also you will learn about the use of various lines and how to drop and recover an anchor

Number of dives: 2

Duration: 1 day