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Explore our courses

Step beyond the surface and begin your journey into the underwater world.

Our courses are designed to build confidence, capability, and calm beneath the water, whether you’re taking your first breaths on scuba or refining advanced skills. Explore training that opens doors to dive sites across the world.

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Foundation

PADI Open Water Diver Course

PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver

PADI Scuba Diver

The PADI Open Water Diver course is your gateway to the underwater world and provides a lifetime scuba certification recognised globally.

Once qualified, you can dive anywhere… Learn More

The PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver course is one of the most popular and useful scuba specialities, designed to extend your no-decompression limits and reduce surface interval times… Learn More

The PADI Scuba Diver course is an internationally recognised entry-level certification, designed for those who want to experience scuba diving with a reduced time commitment while maintaining a strong focus on safety and core skills… Learn More

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Progression

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

PADI Rescue Diver

The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is designed to build on your existing certification, expanding both your experience and capability underwater… Learn More

The PADI Rescue Diver course is widely regarded as one of the most challenging and rewarding scuba qualifications. It transforms the way you dive by developing awareness, responsibility, and the ability to respond effectively to problems, both in and out of the water… Learn More

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Go Pro

PADI Divemaster

PADI Instructor Development

The PADI Divemaster course is your first step into professional diving. It develops your existing skills into real leadership ability, building experience, confidence and awareness so you can supervise divers and assist instructors in training... Learn More

The PADI Instructor Development course (IDC) prepares you to teach others to dive and confidently lead training programmes. It builds on your Divemaster experience, developing your knowledge, presentation skills and in-water teaching ability to professional instructor standards… Learn More

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Speciality

AWARE Dive Against Debris

Boat Diver

The PADI AWARE Dive Against Debris speciality teaches you how to turn every dive into a conservation action. You’ll learn how to safely remove marine debris, record what you collect, and submit data that contributes to global research protecting the underwater world… Learn More

The PADI Boat Diver speciality teaches you how to dive safely and comfortably from boats of all sizes. You’ll learn entry and exit techniques, boat etiquette, equipment setup in confined spaces and how to manage gear and positioning in changing conditions... Learn More

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Delayed Surface Marker Buoy

The DSMB speciality teaches you how to deploy a delayed surface marker buoy safely and confidently in open water — an essential skill for diving in currents, low visibility and busy boat areas… Learn More

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Drift Diver

The PADI Drift Diver speciality teaches you how to move with the water, not against it. You’ll learn how to plan and conduct dives in currents safely while maintaining control, awareness and buddy contact... Learn More

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Dry Suit Diver

The PADI Dry Suit Diver speciality introduces you to diving comfortably in colder water while staying warm and protected. You’ll learn how a dry suit works, correct weighting, buoyancy control using the suit and safe ascent techniques.… Learn More

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Night Diver

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Peak Performance Buoyancy

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