The Fun Part

Dry suits let you dive more challenging dive sites and extend your dive season. When you have the right cold water scuba diving attire, you are better prepared to safely and enjoyably scuba dive some incredible dive sites in the world’s cooler regions.

What You Learn

Gain the knowledge and skills to safely put on, dive with, take off, and store a dry suit. Get introduced to the different types of suits so you can make a very informed decision if considering purchasing a dry suit. You will learn:

• Dry suit buoyancy control skills
• Dry suit maintenance, storage, and basic repair
• Undergarment (fleece or overall-type garments worn under the dry suit) options

Practical skills you will master in this course:

• Dry Suit Familiarization
• Safety Checks
• Entry Techniques
• Buoyancy Check
• Descent techniques
• Excess gas in feet emergency roll drill
• Stuck inflator emergency drill
• Stuck exhaust valve emergency drill
• Ascent procedure: Remove and replace the scuba unit and weight belt on the surface
• Exit techniques: Removal of dry suit, storage, and maintenance

Prerequisites

To take this course, you must be:

• A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• 15 years old

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all the basic scuba gear, including a dive computer and other specialty gear

The Learning Materials You Need

PADI's Dry Suit Diver Manual. You will use it as a guidebook to improve your diving skills and prepare for new experiences and adventures

Your course price includes

• Instruction, books, and materials
• Certification Fees
• Dry Suit & Undergarment Rental

Price: $240/person or E-Learning Available: $335/person

• Class size is limited to 4 students
• Weekend or weekday scheduling formats, year-round

*Students must provide their own personal items, including a mask, fins, snorkel, booties, gloves, regulator, BCD, and tanks. We have rentals available for the regulator, BCD, dive computer, wetsuit, and tanks.

*Boat dives are required for an additional fee. Your experience level will determine which trips you need to complete the course. If you book this course online, you will be contacted by our staff to determine and reserve the appropriate trip(s).