PADI Training Courses
One-day Scuba Refresher
Our one-day Scuba Refresher program is just the perfect chance for a brush up on your scuba knowledge and skills. A dive Professional will get you in the water having fun and feeling comfortable and confident again. It is quick, easy and a good way to prepare for your next course or to get ready for adventure on a diving vacation. This is the ideal course for certified divers who needs a refresher, an update before diving travel, or before an assessment for a training course.
Prerequisites: Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
Includes: All gear rentals, instructor tutoring, two open water dives and all local fees.
Price: $199 USD per student.
PADI Open Water Diver Course
With the popular online scuba programs, you can get started immediately with the knowledge development portion of the course and work at your own pace using the online system. This convenient, interactive study option allows you to learn anytime and anywhere you have an internet connection. By completing the knowledge development parts of the course online, you will be ready to meet with your instructor and start having fun in the water.
Prerequisites: you must be 10 years old or older and in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required.
Includes: Open Water Diver eLearning online course materials, training dives, all gear rentals, instructor tutoring, and local fees.
Price: $629 USD per student.
PADI Open Water Diver Referral Course
The Open Water Referral course is designed for students completing the pool or confined water work at home along with the diving theory portion of the PADI Open Water Diver course. Students then complete the four qualifying dives at Scuba XOC Dive Center in Cozumel with a PADI professional.
Includes: Full scuba gear rentals, open Water certification dives, instructor tutoring and local fees.
Price: $459 USD per student. For students who have completed the eLearning portion of the course, the course is only $399 per student.
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
The Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about exploration, excitement and gaining experience. This course is designed to advance your diving, so you can start right after earning your Open Water Diver certification. The course helps build confidence and expand your scuba skills through different Adventure Dives. You try out different specialties while gaining experience under the supervision of your scuba Instructor. You log dives and develop capabilities as you find new ways to have fun scuba diving.
Prerequisites: Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
Includes: All gear rentals, PADI Advanced Open Water Diver online training materials, five Adventure Dives, instructor tutoring and all local fees.
Price: $699 USD per student.
PADI Rescue Diver Course
Most scuba divers describe the Rescue Diver course as the most challenging, yet most rewarding course they have ever taken. You learn to prevent and manage problems in the water, and become more confident in your skills as a diver, knowing that you can help others if needed. During this course, you will learn how to become a better buddy by practicing problem solving skills until they become second nature. The course is demanding, but allows for lots of fun in between the focused learning and rescue scenarios. The Rescue Diver course prepares you thoroughly to manage real-world dive emergency situations, both minor and major, using a variety of techniques. Through knowledge development and hands-on experience during rescue exercises, you learn what to look for and how to respond to time sensitive situations calmly and effectively. The topics in this course include: how to recognize and manage stress in other divers, how to assist a panicked diver, and how to rescue unresponsive divers, to name a few.
Prerequisites: You must be 12 years or older, have an Adventure Diver or equivalent certification, be trained and current
for first aid and CPR within the previous two years. Ask your instructor about Emergency First Response CPR and first aid courses.
Includes: PADI Rescue Diver eLearning online course materials, instructor tutoring, training dives and all local fees.
Price $529 USD per student.
PADI Divemaster Training Course
Do you love scuba diving? Do you want to share it with others on a whole new level? Then join us in the Divemaster training program and do what you love to do as a career. Scuba divers look up to divemasters because they are leaders who mentor and motivate others. As a divemaster, you not only get to dive a lot, but also experience the joy of seeing others have as much fun diving as you do.
The PADI Divemaster program is your first level of professional training. Working closely with a scuba Instructor, you will fine-tune your dive skills, like perfecting the effortless hover, and refine your rescue skills so you anticipate and easily solve common problems. You will gain dive knowledge, management and supervision abilities so you become a role model to divers everywhere. As a Divemaster, you will lead others as you supervise scuba diving activities and assist with diver training. Whether you want to work at a faraway dive destination or close to home at a local dive shop, the adventure of a lifetime awaits you. Divemasters are respected dive professionals who are part of the largest and most respected dive organization in the world.
The PADI Divemaster program teaches you to be a leader and take charge of dive activities. Through knowledge development sessions, water skills exercises and workshops, and hands-on practical assessment, you develop the skills to organize and direct a variety of scuba diving activities. Topics and practical workshops include:
- The role and characteristics of the PADI Divemaster.
- Supervising dive activities and assisting with student divers.
- Diver safety and risk management.
- Divemaster conducted programs and specialized skills.
- Business of diving and your career.
- Awareness of the dive environment.
- Dive setup and management.
- Mapping an open water site.
- Conducting dive briefings.
- Organizing a search and recovery project and a deep dive.
- Conducting a scuba review and skin diver course.
- Assisting with Discover Scuba Diving and leading Discover Local Diving programs.
- Be a PADI Rescue Diver or equivalent certification, at least 18 years old.
- Have your own dive gear complete with safety devices.
- Be trained and current for Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) within the past 24 months.
- Have a medical statement of fitness signed by a physician within the last 12 months.
- Have at least 40 logged dives to enroll in the program and at least 60 logged dives to earn certification.
Price: $1,279 USD per student. Divemaster internships available. Contact us for details.
PADI ReActivate Scuba Refresher Program
Have you not been diving lately and want an in depth scuba refresher course? PADI's ReActivate is the perfect way to update all your dive skills and knowledge from the PADI Open Water Diver course before jumping back into the water. Whether you want a few reminders or need to go over the basics, or review hand signals, ReActivate is personalized for you. You review the scuba concepts you need and then go back to diving in the company of a dive Professional.
Prerequisites: Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
Includes: eLearning online course materials, two open water dives, all gear rentals, instructor tutoring, updated certification card and all local fees.
Price: $279 USD per student.
PADI Specialty Courses
PADI Boat Diver Specialty Course
Much of the best scuba diving is in the world accessible only by boat. Whether you have never made a boat dive or you have logged dozens, the Boat Diver Specialty course will benefit you because boats in various parts of the world do things differently. The Boat Diver course will expand your knowledge about boats from small inflatables to large liveaboards. You will gain experience scuba diving by completing two dives from a boat in your local area and learn boat terminology, boat diving procedures and etiquette, including how to enter and exit and where to stow your gear, and boating safety, including how to locate safety equipment.
Prerequisites: You must be a (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
Includes: PADI Boat Diver eLearning online course materials, instructor tutoring, two training dives, gear rentals and all local fees.
Price $345 USD per student.
PADI Deep Diver Specialty Course
The lure of the deep. There is something exciting and mysterious about exploring deeper dive sites while scuba diving. Sometimes it is a wreck that attracts you below 18 meters/60 feet, and on wall dives it may be a giant fan or sponge. Whatever it is, to scuba dive with confidence at depths down to 40 meters/130 feet, you should take the Deep Diver Specialty course. During four deep dives with your instructor over the course of two days, you will learn about specialized deep diving equipment, deep dive planning, buddy contact procedures, buoyancy control, how to manage your gas supply and dealing with gas narcosis and safety considerations.
Prerequisites: You must be at least 15 years old and an Adventure Diver or equivalent certification.
Includes: PADI Deep diver eLearning online course materials, instructor tutoring, four training dives, gear rentals and all local fees.
Price: $545 USD per student.
PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Course
With so many underwater cameras to choose from, it has now become easier and more fun than ever to capture images of your underwater scuba adventures. The Digital Underwater Photographer course gets you going quickly, whether you use a point-and-shoot camera or a sophisticated dSLR like the pros. Through hands-on training during two dives and with guidance from your dive professional, you will discover how to choose the right underwater camera system for you, the proper method for getting great shots quickly, principles for good composition of underwater images and practical techniques to take great photos with your digital camera.
Prerequisites: You must be a (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
Includes: PADI Digital Underwater Photographer eLearning online course materials, instructor tutoring, two training dives, gear rentals and all local fees.
Price $345 USD per student.
PADI Drift Diver Specialty Course
The Drift Diver Specialty course teaches you how to use ocean currents to glide along during your dive. Drift diving can be relaxing and exhilarating at the same time. If this sounds like fun, then the Drift Diver course is for you. Along with drift diving techniques and procedures, you will receive an introduction to drift diving equipment - floats, lines and reels. You will also get an overview of aquatic currents, their causes and effects, practice with buoyancy control, navigation and communication during two drift dives and learn techniques for staying close to a buddy or together as a group as you float with the current.
Prerequisites: You must be a (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
Includes: PADI Drift Diver eLearning online course materials, instructor tutoring two training dives, all gear rentals and local fees.
Price: $345 USD per student.
PADI Enriched Air Diver Specialty Course
Scuba diving with enriched air (nitrox) gives you more no decompression time, especially on repetitive dives. If staying down longer and getting back in the water sooner appeals to you, then the enriched air diver specialty course is for you. You will learn why diving with air that has higher oxygen and lower nitrogen content gives you more bottom time, along with enriched air equipment considerations. During a practical session, you will discuss managing oxygen exposure, practice analyzing oxygen content in your scuba tank and learn how to set your dive computer for diving with enriched air nitrox.
Prerequisites: You must be at least 12 years old and a (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
Includes: PADI Enriched Air Diver eLearning online course materials, instructor tutoring and all local fees.
Price $180 USD per student.
PADI Night Diver Specialty Course
The thought of dipping below the surface at night seems mysterious, yet so alluring. Although you have 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 Night Diver Specialty course. During three night dives, you will practice light handling and communication techniques, entering, exiting and navigating in the dark and identifying how plants and animals differ or change behavior at night.
Prerequisites: You must be at least 12 years old and a (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
Includes: PADI Night Diver eLearning online course materials, instructor tutoring, three training dives, all gear rentals and local fees.
Price $525 USD per student.
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Course
Buoyancy control is what defines skilled scuba divers. They glide undisturbed, use less air and ascend, descend or hover effortlessly. They more easily observe aquatic life without disturbing their surroundings. The Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course improves the buoyancy skills you already learned and elevates them to the next level. During two dives, you will learn how to determine the exact weight you need, so that you are not too light or too heavy, trim your weight system and scuba gear so you are perfectly balanced in the water, streamline to save energy, use air more efficiently, move more smoothly through the water and hover effortlessly in any position.
Prerequisites: You must be a (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
Includes: PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy eLearning online course materials, instructor tutoring, two training dives, all gear rentals and all local fees.
Price $345 USD per student.
PADI Search and Recovery Specialty Course
There are effective ways to search for objects underwater and practical methods to bring up small, large or awkward items to the surface. If you have ever lost something in the water and wanted to go find it, then the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course is for you. Search and recovery is challenging, but also fun. During four dives you will 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, and finally planning a search operation based on facts gathered about a lost object prior to the dive.
Prerequisites: You must be a (Junior) Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
Open Water Divers with an Underwater Navigator certification also qualify.
Includes: PADI Search and Recovery eLearning online course materials, instructor tutoring, three training dives, gear rentals including compass and lift bag, and local fees.
Price $545 USD per student.
PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty Course
Be the scuba diver everyone wants to follow because you know where you are and where you are going. The 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. You will learn how to navigate underwater using natural clues and by following compass headings. During three dives, you will practice methods to estimate distance underwater, compass navigation while making turns, marking or relocating a submerged object from the surface and underwater map making.
Prerequisites: You must be a (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
Includes: PADI Underwater Navigator eLearning online course materials, instructor tutoring, three training dives, gear rentals and all local fees.
Price: $525 USD per student.
PADI Wreck Diver Specialty Course
Wrecks are fascinating windows to the past. Ships, airplanes and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life. Each wreck dive offers a chance for discovery, potentially unlocking a mystery or spying something others have missed. The Wreck Diver Specialty course is popular because it offers rewarding adventures while observing During this course's four dives, you will learn safety considerations for navigating and exploring wrecks, surveying and mapping a wreck, explore the inside of a wreck using techniques to avoid kicking up silt or disturbing the wreck and its inhabitants.
Prerequisites: You must be at least 15 years old and have earned an Adventure Diver certification or higher
Includes: PADI Wreck Diver eLearning online course materials, instructor tutoring, four training dives, gear rentals and all local fees.
Price: $545 USD per student.
PADI Emergency First Response Specialty Course
Emergency First Response training focuses on building confidence in lay rescuers and on increasing their willingness to respond when faced with a medical emergency. Course participants learn simple to follow steps for emergency care and practice applying skills in a non-stressful learning environment. You will learn the steps and techniques for handling life-threatening emergencies. You will practice eight skills for aiding patients who are not breathing, have no heartbeat, may have a spinal injury, and may be in shock or who may have serious bleeding. You will learn to how to perform CPR and continue to monitor the patient, so that you provide every possible chance of survival while waiting for emergency medical services to arrive. Our EFR courses meet the CPR and first aid training requirements for the Rescue Diver course.
Includes: Emergency First Response eLearning course materials, instructor tutoring, practical session and local fees.
Price: $165 USD per student.
PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider Specialty Course
Knowing how and when to use emergency oxygen is a great skill to have and means you are ready to help others should the need arise. Becoming an Emergency Oxygen Provider lets you breathe easy knowing that you can recognize scuba diving illnesses treatable with emergency oxygen, and are prepared to offer aid. You will learn about dive injuries, different types of emergency oxygen equipment and safety considerations when using oxygen. Then you will practice assembling and disassembling emergency oxygen equipment, deploying a non-rebreather mask and a demand inhalator valve on a breathing diver and using a pocket mask on a non-breathing diver.
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites, age restrictions or water sessions required for this course.
Includes: Emergency Oxygen Provider eLearning online course materials, practical assessment, instructor tutoring and all local fees.
Price: $170 USD per student.
PADI Ecology Specialty Courses
PADI Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Course
Become a citizen scientist by exploring the underwater world with a purpose and take the Coral Reef Conservation Specialty course. Go beyond the vibrant colors and discover the complex web of life that thrives on a coral reef. This course focuses on the ecological role of reefs and the threats they currently face. You will learn how these underwater havens function and gain the knowledge to become a champion for their protection. Whether you are a scuba pro or an armchair oceanographer, this course empowers you to make a positive impact on these vital ecosystems.
Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites or age restrictions are required to earn this certification.
Includes: PADI Underwater Naturalist eLearning online course materials, fish ID chart, one training dive, gear rentals and all local fees.
Price: $265 USD per student.
PADI Dive Against Debris Specialty Course
Join the global movement to protect our oceans with the PADI Dive Against Debris Specialty course. Turn your dives into action by becoming a citizen scientist for ocean conservation. This program equips you with the skills to identify and remove debris from underwater environments, while also contributing valuable data to track the marine debris problem. Learn how your actions can directly benefit the health of local dive sites and become a steward for our underwater world.
Prerequisites: You must be a (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
Includes: Dive Against Debris eLearning online course materials, instructor tutoring, one training dive, gear rentals and all local fees.
Price: $270 USD per student.
PADI Fish Identification Specialty Course
Sharpen your marine biology skills with the PADI Fish Identification Specialty course. Turn every fleeting glimpse of colorful fins into exciting encounters with recognizable characters. This course focuses on the fascinating world of fish families, giving you the knowledge to easily identify a dazzling array of underwater creatures. Learn to distinguish between species by their shape, fins, behavior, and preferred habitat. No more swimming alongside mysteries! This course empowers you to become an expert in marine species, enriching every one of your dives with a better appreciation for the underwater world's biodiversity.
Prerequisites: You must be a (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
Includes: Fish ID chart, instructor tutoring, two training dives, gear rentals and all local fees.
Price: $250 USD per student.
PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty Course
Take the PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course and you will see new things, even on the most familiar scuba diving sites. Once you learn about symbioses, underwater ecology, and aquatic plant and animal habitats, you notice behaviors and see creatures you may have previously missed. Learn more about the local ecosystem and take a closer look on your next scuba diving adventures. Through class discussions and on the course of two dives, you will learn key differences between the terrestrial and aquatic worlds, major aquatic life groupings, responsible interactions with aquatic life and information that dispels myths.
Prerequisites: You must be a (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
Includes: PADI Underwater Naturalist manual, fish ID chart, instructor tutoring, two training dives, gear rentals and local fees.
Price: $315 USD per student.