It's Time to Get Back in the Water!
Whether you’ve been dry for a while and need to refresh scuba principles and skills, or you've been diving a lot but want to review the basics, PAD...Find Out More
Discover Scuba
Breathe Underwater!
A quick and easy introduction into breathing underwater. Let our professionals guide you through a scuba diving experience that you will never forget.
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Open Water
LEARN TO SCUBA DIVE!
If you’ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures, or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it all starts. The PA...Find Out More
Advanced Open Water
ADVANCE YOUR DIVING SKILLS!
This course can be taken after completing the PADI Open Water Diver certification. It's titled PADI Advanced Open Water Diver because it advances your diving knowled...Find Out More
Rescue Diver
MAKE A DIFFERENCE. BE A RESCUE DIVER!
Learn to prevent and manage problems in the water, and become more confident in your skills as a diver. It's challenging, yet very rewarding.
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Master Scuba Diver Challenge
TAKE THE MASTER SCUBA DIVER CHALLENGE!
Join the best of the best in recreational scuba diving. The Master Scuba Diver rating places you in an elite group of respected divers who have earned this ra...Find Out More
Scuba Specialties
Altitude Diver
Diving at altitudes higher than 1000 feet above sea level is altitude diving. Discover a hidden world where only a few have ventured!
If you want to explore the hidden world of a mountain lake...Find Out More
Boat Diver
LEARN THE INs AND OUTs, OR OFFs AND BACK ONs OF BOAT DIVING!
This course helps you expand your knowledge about boats from small inflatables to large liveaboards. You'll gain experience sc...Find Out More
Deep Diver
GO DEEP!
Explore deeper dive sites with confidence at depths down to 130 ft. Learn to manage your gas supply, go over buddy contact procedures, and buoyancy control.
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Digital Underwater Photographe...
"Take only pictures, leave only bubbles."
The most popular diving specialties course. It’s easy and fun to capture images of your underwater scuba adventures.
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Diver Propulsion Vehicle
DIVE IN THE FAST LANE!
Propel your way through the water and glide over reefs, buzz around a large wreck, or weave through a kelp forest.
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Drift Diver
GO WITH THE FLOW!
Drift diving can be relaxing and exhilarating. The course teaches you how to enjoy going with the flow as you scuba dive down rivers and use ocean currents to glide along.
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Dry Suit Specialty
STAY WARM AND DRY SCUBA DIVING!
Becoming a dry suit diver allows you to expand your boundaries and dive more places, more often. This suit seals you off from the water and keeps you comfortable, ev...Find Out More
Equipment Specialty
KNOW YOUR STUFF
Learn to manage basic scuba diving equipment repairs and adjustments. Understand routine care and maintenance procedures and how dive gear works.
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Full Face Mask Diver
PADI Full Face Mask Diver Specialty
Breathe easy!
You will be amazed at the comfort and ease of breathing that comes with learning to use a full face mask.
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KAYAK DIVER
KAYAK DIVING IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING SPORTS IN THE WORLD!
The Kayak Diver Distinctive Specialty course was written by Scubatude Master Instructor Robert Arak. It is designed to give certified...Find Out More
Navigation
"Lead the way."
Fine-tune your underwater observation skills and learn to use your compass more accurately.
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Night Diver
See in the dark.
See what happens underwater as day creatures sleep and nocturnal organisms emerge when the sun goes down.
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Nitrox (Enriched Air)
EXTEND YOUR DIVE WITH NITROX!
The most popular PADI specialty course. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression time, especially on repetitive scuba dives.
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Peak Performance Buoyancy
Control Yourself!
Observe aquatic life without disturbing their surroundings. Improve the buoyancy skills you learned as a new diver and elevate them to the next level.
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SEA SIGNS
SILENT UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION!
Waiting until your surface interval just to communicate can be frustrating. Whether you are having a problem, or just want to point out something cool, keeping good...Find Out More
Search and Recovery
Lost and Found
Retrieve lost items that have fallen overboard or off a dock. Learn effective search patterns and using a lift bag for heavy objects.
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Self Reliant Diver
Are you alone?
Develop self-reliance and independence while diving.
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Wreck Diver
DIVE IN TO HISTORY!
Ships, airplanes and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life. Each wreck dive offers a chance for a new discovery.
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WRECK PENETRATION DIVER
THE NEXT LEVEL OF WRECK DIVING!
The Wreck Penetration Distinctive Specialty Course was written by Scubatude Master Instructor, Robert Arak.
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ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE DIVER
98% OF ALL DIVERS FEEL THEY ARE UNPREPARED FOR A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE!
...according to a recent survey we created and then falsified.
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Project AWARE
Project AWARE Specialist
The underwater world needs heroes. You can be one of them by championing the causes of the world’s most fragile and important aquatic ecosystems.
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Project AWARE Dive Against Deb...
Project AWARE’s flagship citizen-science program, Dive Against Debris®, empowers scuba divers to remove marine debris from the ocean and report data on the types, quantities and locations of...Find Out More
Project AWARE Shark Conservati...
Sharks are an essential part of a healthy ocean. This course explores why they are vulnerable, the importance of a healthy shark population, managing threats and how to take action to protect them.
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