Who this course is for:

Certified divers looking for advanced training in dry suit equipment, selection and diving techniques. This diver can extend their diving season, spend more time diving in cooler environments and/or enjoy enhancing their dive experience by staying warm and cozy in a dry suit.

Course prerequisites:

• Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent

• Minimum age 18, 10 - 15 with private instruction

What you can expect to learn:

The Dry Suit Diver course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:

• Types of dry suits

  • Shell style

  • Crushed neoprene

  • Neoprene

• Types of seals

  • Latex

  • Neoprene

• Features

  • Self don

  • Rear entry

  • Boots

  • Zipper guard: protect waterproof zipper from chaffing

  • Warm neck collar

  • Suspenders

• Dive wear insulation (often times called undergarments)

  • Cut to be close to the skin

  • Compression resistant

  • Components

• Dry suit valves

  • Inflator and deflator considerations

• Buoyancy control

• Maintenance and care

  • Cleaning

  • Zipper care

  • Minor repairs

• Dry suit emergencies

The required skills you will have to demonstrate include all of the following and more:

• Planning a dive

• Proper donning of a dry suit

• Review functions of the dry suit

• Buoyancy check and proper weighting

• Practice dry suit skills

• Inflate and deflate dry suit

• Roll out from an inverted position

• Buoyancy skills such as hovering in a fixed position

• Emergency procedures for dry suit malfunction

• Safety stop

• Ascend and exit

• Log dive

What’s in it for you?

Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may engage in dry suit diving activities without direct supervision of the Instructor* so long as the following limits are adhered to:

• The diving activities approximate those of training

• The areas of activities approximate those of training

• Environmental conditions approximate those of training

How to take this course:

• Sign up and receive your online code. Choose between SDI or PADI!

• Once you complete the online portion schedule the class, pool, or open water dives as required.

• Course Cost:

• $116.10 (PADI) $139.95 (SDI) for eLearning & certification card once earned. 

• $315 Tuition Fee - Includes Classroom Session, Pool Session, and 2 open water dives (Equipment is complimentary for all pool sessions).

• Dive count is the minimum required amount of dives to successfully complete the course.