PADI Deep Diver Specialty
The Padi Deep Diver course is one of our favourite courses to teach. As Banderas Bay is one of the deepest bays in the world, we are afforded endless options on how to approach the Deep Diver speciality.
The cost includes rental of all equipment, including: mask, fins, regulator, BCD, wet-suit, and computer. If you are already an Advanced Diver, you need to bring your book with you. If you choose to tackle this course before Advanced certification, the book will need to be purchased.
The course will take place over two days and four dives. By the end, you will be able to comfortably dive to between 18m/60feet and 40m/130feet.
So, please come and explore the depths of Vallarta and ask about this course.
(All courses taught to above and beyond PADI standards.)
Prerequisites
To qualify for the Deep Diver course, an individual must:
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- 1. Be certified as a PADI Adventure Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization similar to that of a PADI Advanced Open Water
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- Diver.)
- 2. Be 15 years of age or older.
Open Water Training Dive 1
The recommended depth: 25m/80 feet to 33m/100 feet.
By the end of this open water training session, you will be able to:
- Execute a descent using a reference as a tactile or visual guide.
- Compare your own depth gauge to your instructor’s and/or other student’s depth gauges.
- Describe and record changes of colors at depth.
- Use a depth gauge and timing device (or a decompression computer with an ascent-rate indicator) to measure an ascent rate not to exceed 60 feet per minute.
- Perform an ascent using a reference line or sloping bottom as a tactile guide.
- Perform a three-minute safety stop at 15 feet before surfacing.
Open Water Training Dive 2
The recommended depth: 18m/60 feet to 25m/80 feet
By the end of this open water training session, you will be able to:
- Execute a “free” descent using a reference line, wall or sloping bottom as a visual guide only.
- Describe and record the changes that occur to three pressure-sensitive items while at depth.
- Perform a navigation swim with a compass away from, and back to, the anchor of the reference line (one diver navigates away from, the other navigates back to, the reference line for a distance of between 10 to 20 kick cycles, depending on visibility).
- Perform an ascent using a reference line as a visual guide only.
- Use depth gauge and timing device (or decompression computer with ascent-rate indicator) to measure an ascent rate not to exceed 60 feet per minute.
- Perform a three-minute safety stop a/15 feet before surfacing without physically holding on to a reference line for positioning.
Open Water Training Dive 3
The recommended depth: 30m/90 feet to 40m/130 feet
By the end of this open water training session, you will be able to:
- Execute a descent using a reference line, wall or sloping bottom as a tactile guide.
- Compare the amount of time needed to complete a task on the surface and at depth.
- Perform an ascent using a reference line as a tactile guide.
- Use a depth gauge and timing device (or decompression computer with ascent-rate indicator) to measure an ascent rate not to exceed 60 feet per minute.
- Perform an 8-minute simulated emergency decompression stop at 15 feet before surfacing, while breathing from an emergency air source for at least one minute of the total time.
Open Water Training Dive 4
The recommended depth: 18m/60feet to 33m/100 feet
By the end of this open water training session, you will be able to:
- Execute a descent using the contour of a sloping bottom, wall or ascent/descent line as a reference.
- Complete an underwater tour of the area.
- Perform an ascent using the contour of a sloping bottom, wall or ascent/descent line as a reference.
- Use your depth gauge and timing device (or decompression computer with ascent-rate indicator) to measure an ascent rate not to exceed 60 feet per minute.
- Perform a three-minute safety stop at 15 feet before surfacing.