Drysuits let you dive more challenging dive sites, and extend your dive season. When you have the right cold water scuba diving attire, you can stand up to the elements and take advantage of the generally better visibility offered by winter months-especially at inland dive sites such as quarries, lakes, sinkholes, and caves etc. As a drysuit diver you're equipped to scuba dive some of the world's incredible dive sites in the world's cooler regions that are best enjoyed in a drysuit even in their warmer months.
What You Learn:
Gain the knowledge and skills to safely don, dive with, doff and store a drysuit. Get introduced to the different types of suits so you can make a very informed decision if considering purchasing a drysuit. You learn:
- Drysuit buoyancy control skills.
- Drysuit maintenance, storage and basic repair.
- Undergarment (fleece or overall-type garments worn under the drysuit) options.
Practical skills you'll master in this course:
- Drysuit familarisation.
- Safety checks.
- Entry techniques.
- Bubble check.
- Buoyancy check.
- Descent techniques.
- Fin pivot.
- Hover.
- Excess gas in feet emergency roll drill.
- Stuck inflator emergency drill.
- Stuck exhaust valve emergency drill.
- Ascent procedure - remove and replace scuba unit and weight belt on the surface.
- Exit techniques - removal of drysuit, storage and maintenance.
The Learning Materials You Need:
The PADI Drysuit Diving crewpack (manual and DVD) is the owner's guide you didn't get with your drysuit. Topics include:
- Basic drysuit repairs.
- How to pack a drysuit to prevent damage.
- Maintenance tips.
Additionally, the course materials preview skills and activities you'll practice in the PADI Drysuit Specialty course including:
- Handling and avoiding potential problems.
- Buoyancy control.
Pre-requisites:
You must be:
- A PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifiying certification from another training organisation).
- At least 10 years old.
For more information, or to book, please contact us.
