Speciality Courses:
Here are a list of the PADI specialties we can offer at Yo Yo Divers. Please click on each one to read more about the specialty course.
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PADI AWARE Fish ID Course (£125.00)
The PADI Project AWARE Fish Identification Specialty course provides you with the fish identification basics.During two dives you gain hands-on experience in looking for and identifying the fascinating fish you see underwater. You must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver
Covers Project AWARE and aquatic protection worldwide.
Characteristics of local fish families and species will be explained.
Fish survey techniques and strategies.
Fish identification dive planning, organization and procedures will be practiced.
Two open water training dives, the course lasts about 12 hours.
All speciality course prices include manuals, DVD's (where necessary), certification fees and equipment hire (excluding mask, snorkel, fins and boots). Entrance fees are NOT included in the course price.
PADI Coral Reef Conservation Course (£65.00)
The AWARE - Coral Reef Conservation Specialty course teaches divers, snorkelers and nondivers about the vital role of coral reefs in the marine environment. The course also familiarizes participants with the current state of the world's coral reefs and how they can help.
There are no dives or age limits. Divers and nondivers alike enjoy learning about the aquatic environment.
An introduction to the Project AWARE Foundation.
Covers the importance of coral reefs to marine ecosystems and coastal areas
Classroom based course .
Coral reef biology, association and competition.
The status of the world's coral reefs, & how participants can help, including responsible diving and snorkeling practices.
PADI Deep Diver Course (£225.00)
The Deep Diver Specialty course offers you the opportunity of a lifetime - going deep to see things others can only dream about. In this course you will experience what it's like to dive beyond 60 feet.
Down there, it's different. It takes additional training. Here's where you get it.
Must be a PADI Adventure Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and 15 years old.
Experience diving beyond 18 metres/60 feet.
Learn deep dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and hazards.
Four open water dives that range from 18 - 40 metres / 60 - 130 feet.
Gain experience with diving deep under the direct, professional supervision of a PADI Instructor.
All speciality course prices include manuals, DVD's (where necessary), certification fees and equipment hire (excluding mask, snorkel, fins and boots). Entrance fees are NOT included in the course price.
PADI Diver Propulsion Vehicle Course (£225.00)
DPV's offer a thrilling way to see a lot of underwater territory in a brief amount of time. They scoot you through the water without kicking. Want to visit that offshore reef from the beach? A DPV may be the way to go.
Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and 12 years old
Diver propulsion vehicle dive planning organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards
Equipment considerations
Diver etiquette and how to avoid harming fragile aquatic life
The PADI Diver Propulsion Vehicle Diver certification counts toward your Master Scuba Diver rating
Two open water dives
All speciality course prices include manuals, DVD's (where necessary), certification fees and equipment hire (excluding mask, snorkel, fins and boots). Entrance fees are NOT included in the course price.
PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Course (£195.00)
Digital has taken the underwater photography world by storm. Get in on the action with the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty course. You can quickly and easily capture the underwater world with your camera and on your computer.
During the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty course, you learn to use the PADI SEA (Shoot, Examine and Adjust) method, which takes full advantage of digital technology. The result is good underwater photos faster than you may imagine. You not only learn how to take good photos, but how to share them with your friends via email or printing, optimizing your work with your computer, storage and more.
Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization) However, you can take the course as a snorkeler and receive a nondiving certification.
Choosing and using modern digital cameras and underwater housings.
Using the PADI SEA method for getting great shots quickly.
Editing and sharing your pictures.
The three primary principles for getting good photos underwater.
Two open water dives
This is one of PADI's most adaptable specialty courses, and can even be started during the last dive of your PADI Open Water Diver course.
All speciality course prices include manuals, DVD's (where necessary), certification fees and equipment hire (excluding mask, snorkel, fins and boots). Entrance fees are NOT included in the course price.
PADI Drift Diver Course (£125.00)
The PADI Drift Diver Specialty Course introduces you to the coolest magic carpet ride you'll ever experience. This course shows you how to enjoy ocean currents by “going with the flow,” staying with your dive partner, communicating with the dive boat and knowing where you are the whole time.
Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization) and be at least 12 years old.
Planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of drift diving.
An introduction to drift diving equipment -- floats, lines, reels.
Buoyancy-control, navigation and communication for drift diving.
Two open water dives.
Site selection and overview of aquatic currents – causes and effects.
Techniques for staying close to a buddy or together as a group.
All speciality course prices include manuals, DVD's (where necessary), certification fees and equipment hire (excluding mask, snorkel, fins and boots). Entrance fees are NOT included in the course price.
PADI Dry Suit Diver Course (£135.00)
Want to stay warm on a dive? Then stay out of the water. What? Stay out of the water? Yes! Unlike a wetsuit, a dry suit seals you off from the outside water. In the PADI Dry Suit Diver Specialty course, you'll learn how to use a dry suit that keeps you warm! Even in very cold water.
Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another training organization) and at least 10 years old.
Don and doff techniques specific to your dry suit.
Dry suit buoyancy control skills.
Dry suit maintenance and storage.
Undergarment (fleece or overall-type garments worn under the dry suit) options
One pool session and two open water dives
All speciality course prices include manuals, DVD's (where necessary), certification fees and equipment hire (excluding mask, snorkel, fins and boots). Entrance fees are NOT included in the course price.
PADI Enriched Air Diver Course (£175 inc dives, £125.00 no dives)
Welcome to one of PADI's most popular specialties – the PADI Enriched Air Diver course. Diving with enriched air nitrox lets you safely extend your no stop time beyond the no decompression limits for air. Diving with enriched air means more time underwater – but you need to be certified as an Enriched Air Diver to get enriched air fills.
Whether you're into underwater photography or wreck diving, on vacation in some tropical paradise or just out for a leisurely day of diving at your local dive site, the PADI Enriched Air Diver course helps you get more out of diving by giving you more time underwater.
Must be a PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization).
Learn to analyze cylinder contents.
Plan enriched air dives using tables and dive computers.
Safely increase your no stop time
Two open water dives(optional)
All speciality course prices include manuals, DVD's (where necessary), certification fees and equipment hire (excluding mask, snorkel, fins and boots). Entrance fees are NOT included in the course price.
PADI Equipment Specialist Course (£65.00)
Want to know about how your dive gear works? Then the PADI Equipment Specialist course is for you. This course familiarizes you with the operation and maintenance of your dive equipment. The more you know about how your gear works, the more comfortable you are with it, the more performance you get from it and the better you can care for it.
Must be a PADI Scuba Diver or Junior Scuba Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization).
Reviews the theory, principles and operation of dive equipment
Routine, recommended care and maintenance procedures, and equipment storage.
Common problems with equipment and recommended professional maintenance procedures (may include a demonstration of repair procedures).
Simple suggestions for comfortable equipment configurations and an introduction to new gear (may include optional confined water dive to try new or unfamiliar equipment).
No dives are required, so you can take the Equipment Specialist course any time of the year.
The PADI Equipment Specialist Course is not an equipment repair course, but it provides the foundation you'll want if you're interested in learning equipment repair
Classroom based course
PADI Multilevel Diver Course (£125.00)
Do you want to maximize your dive times? (Of course). Want to get the most out of your dive computer and The Wheel TM ? (Naturally). Then the PADI Multilevel Diver Specialty course is for you.
In this course, you learn how to plan dives that extend your bottom time by crediting you for slower nitrogen absorption when you ascend to a shallower depth. That's the way you really dive, after all. You'll learn to use The Wheel TM version of the RDP for planning multilevel dives, making it a great companion for your dive computer (as well as a way to make multilevel dives if you forget to bring your computer).
Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization) and 12 years old.
Plan and execute multilevel dives (different depths on the same dive).
Back up your dive computer and plan multi-level dives with The Wheel. TM
Maximize your no stop time
Two open water dives
All speciality course prices include manuals, DVD's (where necessary), certification fees and equipment hire (excluding mask, snorkel, fins and boots). Entrance fees are NOT included in the course price.
PADI Night Diver Specialty Course (£195.00)
As the sun sets, you don your dive gear, slip on your mask and. A deep breath and you step off the boat – into the underwater night. Although you've seen this reef many times before, this time you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive torch.
The adventure, thrill and excitement of night diving can be yours when you complete your PADI Night Diver Specialty course. You learn about night dive planning, equipment and navigation. You practice these on three night dives, plus introduce yourself to the whole new cast of critters that comes out after the sun goes down.
Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization) and 12 years old
Number of Dives: Three
Dive lights and night diving equipment
Entries, exits and navigation at night
Nocturnal aquatic life
Communication and torch handling
All speciality course prices include manuals, DVD's (where necessary), certification fees and equipment hire (excluding mask, snorkel, fins and boots). Entrance fees are NOT included in the course price.
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Course (£125.00)
Float effortlessly, drifting over reefs. Be the diver you want to be, with ultimate buoyancy control, able to hover close to the bottom and examine underwater organisms without touching them.
Buoyancy skills separate the good divers from the great divers. In the Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course, you will learn to how to precisely weight yourself for optimum control, poise and balance. You learn to ascend and descend so effortlessly, it seems like you only think about it and it happens. By mastering streamlining, you move through the water cleanly, efficiently and gracefully. You swim near fragile environments without harm to them or yourself.
Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization) and 10 years old.
Number of dives: Two
Buoyancy fundamentals, weighting and adjustments
Streamlining, balance and trim
Fine tuning buoyancy and mastering hovering
All speciality course prices include manuals, DVD's (where necessary), certification fees and equipment hire (excluding mask, snorkel, fins and boots). Entrance fees are NOT included in the course price.
PADI Project AWARE Specialty Course (£65.00)
Sign up for the Project AWARE Specialty course to learn about some of the most pressing problems facing these vulnerable environments and everyday actions you can take to help conserve them. It's informative, interesting and most importantly, you learn how to make a difference.
Project AWARE Foundation is the dive industry's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving the aquatic environment through education, advocacy and action. Besides completing the Project AWARE Specialty course, you can become a partner in the efforts to preserve the underwater environment.
The ocean commons and coastal zone issues
Fisheries challenges and sustainability
Coral environment overview and inhabitants the role of the diver in protecting aquatic environments
PADI Search and Recovery Course (£225.00)
Spend time around water (as a diver, how can you avoid it?) and sooner or later, you come across someone who lost something underwater. If you're looking for the challenge and excitement – along with doing your good deed for the day – the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course is for you. It gives you the skills you need to find what's been lost, and how to get it to the surface.
In the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Specialty course, you learn search and recovery dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and how to deal with potential problems. You learn how to locate large and small objects using search patterns, and various ways for lifting them to the surface. Not only do these skills make you more capable and confident in the water, but most Search and Recovery Divers eventually end up searching for and recovering something they lost themselves .
Must be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or a PADI Open Water Diver with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty (or equivalent certification from another organization)
Must be at least 12 years old
Number of Dives: Four
Search patterns, lift bag use and recovery method
Limited visibility techniques and navigation for search and recovery
Materials: You'll Need Search and Recovery-Pak, which includes the PADI Search and Recovery Diver Manual and the Search and Recovery video.
All speciality course prices include manuals, DVD's (where necessary), certification fees and equipment hire (excluding mask, snorkel, fins and boots). Entrance fees are NOT included in the course price.
Surface Marker Buoy Distinctive Specialty (£125.00)
The PADI SMB Distinctive Specialty course teaches divers the correct and safe use of reels and SMB's. This course, fully reviewed and approved by PADI, consists of a theory session, one pool dive to gain familiarity with deploying various types of reel and SMB's & then two open water dives where the skill development is put into practice. Upon completion, students will receive a PADI Distinctive Specialty card.
PADI Underwater Naturalist Course (£99.00)
Underwater Are you fascinated with aquatic life? Always wondering what that fish is and why it always dances under a coral head whenever you get close? If you're engrossed with life under the surface, the PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course is especially for you.
In your journey to underwater naturalist, the course teaches you about the different major aquatic life groupings and how they interact so that you understand what you observe in the underwater environment. With the PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course under your belt, you see the aquatic world differently. You don't see “fish,” but individual species with distinct strategies for surviving in a complex, interactive ecosystem.
Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Overview of aquatic life groupings and interrelations
The role of aquatic plants, food chains and predator prey relationships
Responsible interactions with aquatic life
Number of Dives: Two
Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
All speciality course prices include manuals, DVD's (where necessary), certification fees and equipment hire (excluding mask, snorkel, fins and boots). Entrance fees are NOT included in the course price.
PADI Wreck Diver Course (£225.00)
You drift down and pass through a window into the past. As you near the bottom, a recognizable shape begins to form. First, you see a straight line, then a round window. Next, a ship materializes in front of you. As you look at the wreck, past and the present meet.
Whether sunk intentionally or tragically, whether a sunken ship, a plane or an automobile, the call of wrecks is nearly irresistible to divers. Through the PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course, you get the skills, knowledge and procedures you need to answer the call of wreck diving.
Must be a PADI Adventure Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization) and be at least 15 years old.
Number of Dives: Four dives over two days
Materials You'll Need: Wreck-Pak, which includes the PADI Wreck Diver Manual and Wreck Diving video.
Certification counts toward the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating.
All speciality course prices include manuals, DVD's (where necessary), certification fees and equipment hire (excluding mask, snorkel, fins and boots). Entrance fees are NOT included in the course price.
Emergency First Response Course
Prices vary according to which modules you would like included. (Primary and Secondary care, AED, Care for children etc).
Emergency preparedness is gnawing at the edge of our collective consciousness; recent disasters reinforce the need for all of us to be prepared to be self-sufficient in a time of crisis.
Having training in CPR and first aid is critical, as you are likely to be the emergency responder for your family or in your workplace or neighbourhood when Emergency Medical Services are delayed or unavailable.
You can get CPR, AED and first aid training from our Emergency First Response course. Our training approach builds your confidence to provide care when there is a medical emergency. We do this by teaching CPR and first aid skills in a non-stressful learning environment and providing more hands-on skill practice time. General academic information is covered using our independent study materials. More practice time means better skill retention, which gives you the confidence to respond in the event of a medical emergency.
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