PADI Deep Diver Specialty — Explore Greater Depths Safely

How to Start Deep Diving

When you dive below 18 metres/60 feet, there are special safety considerations. If you're ready to expand your boundaries, a PADI Instructor will help you gain the skills and confidence to explore to a maximum depth of 40 metres/130 feet.

Take This Course If You Want to:

• Make deep dives with an instructor

• See more of the underwater world

• Dive to a maximum depth of 40m/130ft

Learn How to:

• Manage your gas supply

• Identify and deal with narcosis

• Recognize your personal limits

During the PADI® Deep Diver Specialty course, you'll learn how to plan deep dives, manage your gas supply and how to identify and manage narcosis.

You'll learn about buddy contact procedures, safety considerations and buoyancy control at depth.

Certification Requirements

Prerequisites

PADI Adventure Diver (or qualifying certification)

Time

PADI eLearning: 2-4 hours

Entire course: 2-3 days (dives must be completed over a minimum of two days)

Age

15 years or older

Health

Good physical health

Step 1

PADI eLearning

PADI eLearning makes it easy to fit scuba lessons into a busy schedule. Complete the independent study part of your course whenever, wherever it's convenient for you. Work at your own pace, online or offline, using a computer or mobile device. Connect with your instructor for inwater training, or whenever you have a question.

• eLearning time commitment: 2-4 hours

Step 2

With Your Instructor

During four dives with a PADI Instructor, you'll practice descents, buoyancy and safety stops. Through hands-on exercises, you'll discover how deep dives affect color, physical objects and your brain.

• Total time commitment: 2-3 days (dives must be completed over a minimum of two days