This course is designed to help the student develop the skills, knowledge and techniques for dry suit diving.

COURSE COST

• $200.00 per person
• $300.00 per person – Private

REQUIRED AGE/CERTIFICATION LEVEL

• Minimum age is 10 years old with PADI Open Water certification or Junior Open Water certification, or proof of equivalent certification by another training agency.

COURSE OVERVIEW

• Knowledge reviews in the PADI Dry suit Diver manual which must be completed and reviewed by the Instructor during a classroom session, when you will also watch the PADI Dry Suit Diver video.
• This course is particularly useful for those planning on diving in a cold environment.  It can also be credited as one of the specialty courses needed to achieve the Master Scuba Diver rating.
• Site entrance fees are included

There are a total of 3 dives in the Dry Suit Diver Course:

•  Complete a confined water dry suit orientation dive prior to making the first Dry Suit open water dive of this course.
• The confined water dive provides an opportunity to eliminate potential equipment problems and allows student divers to try out their dry suits and develop basic dry suit diving skills.
• Learn to don and remove dry suit, demonstrate how to conduct a buoyancy check at the surface while wearing a dry suit with undergarments and full scuba equipment.
• Demonstrate neutral buoyancy by performing a one-minute fin pivot and a one-minute hover near the bottom.
• Disconnect and reconnect the low-pressure hose from the dry suit inflator valve while under water wearing gloves.
• Demonstrate the ability to maintain neutral buoyancy, near the bottom, while both the inflator and deflator mechanisms of the dry suit are depressed.
• Demonstrate one technique for recovering from excess gas in the feet.
• Perform a neutrally buoyant ascent from the bottom, at a rate no faster than 18 meters/60 feet per minute and remove and replace both the scuba unit and weight system while on the surface of the water.

 2. Dry Suit Open Water Dive One - Students will participate in the following:

• Don and remove a dry suit with the aid of another diver.
• Adjust the amount of weight necessary to be neutrally buoyant at the surface, while maintaining a full breath when both the dry suit and the BCD are completely vented of air.
• Perform a controlled descent, avoiding sui squeeze by adding air to the suit.
• Demonstrate neutral buoyancy by pivoting on the fin tips, or when appropriate, another point of contact for one minute.
• Maintain neutral buoyancy near the bottom by hovering (without kicking or sculling) for one minute.
• Maintain neutral buoyancy during the dive and avoid accidentally kicking up silt or touching the bottom.
• Perform a neutrally buoyant ascent from the bottom, at a rate no faster than 18 meters/60 feet per minute.
• Perform a safety stop at 5 meters/15 feet for at least three minutes
• Remove and replace, on the surface, both the scuba unit and weight system.

3. Dry Suit Open Water Dive Two - Students will participate in the following:

• Don and remove a dry suit with the aid of another diver if appropriate for that model dry suit.
• Performed a controlled descent, while adding a little air to avoid suit squeeze.
• Disconnect and reconnect the low-pressure hose from the dry suit inflator valve while underwater wearing gloves.
• Maintain neutral buoyancy during the dive and avoid accidentally kicking up bottom silt and/or touching the reef/bottom
• Perform a neutrally buoyant ascent from the bottom, at a rate no faster than 18 meters/60 feet per minute.
• Perform a safety stop at 5 meters/15 feet for three minutes.

STUDENT TO SUPPLY

• Mask, fins, snorkel, dive knife, gloves, dry suit with an inflator hose and an under garment appropriate for the environment
• BCD, regulator, pressure gauge, compass, and tanks can be rented from Lauderdale Diver.

To Book this class, call Lauderdale Diver toll-free 1-800-654 2073 or 954-467-2822
For more information, contact us.
When you become a student at Lauderdale Diver you will receive a 10 % discount on anything in the store for life.