Specialties
Choose your own adventure with our specialty courses.
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Course
Learn how to hover like a fish.
During your Peak Performance Buoyancy course we will perfect your weighting, trim, kicking and hovering techniques before putting you through our buoyancy clinic and practicing and refining your new skills on 2 shore dives.
Price: $145.00. Length: 1 day. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 10 years. Includes: Full equipment & PADI e-Learning. Excludes: Dive Insurance.
PADI Deep Specialty Course
Want to explore deeper underwater?
The PADI Deep specialty course teaches you how depth effects us both mentally and physically. Through knowledge development sessions and 4 boat dives, you will learn about dive planning and air management for deeper dives and upon certification will be able to dive to 40m.
Price: $295.00. Length: 2-3 days. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 15 years. Includes: Full equipment & PADI e-Learning. Excludes: Dive Insurance.
PADI Wreck Specialty Course
Explore further by going inside historical wrecks!
Diving in an overhead environment presents new challenges, and that is what we will be managing on this specialty course. From mapping and assessing entry points to laying lines and managing air supply, over your 4 boat dives you will learn how to avoid common mistakes and make the most out of your wreck dives!
Price: $295.00. Length: 2-3 days. Maximum Ratio: 2 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 15 years. Includes: Full equipment & PADI e-Learning. Excludes: Dive Insurance.
PADI Night Specialty Course
Explore the dark side of diving and experience how the reef comes alive at night.
From navigating in the dark, communicating with a dive light and dealing with potential problems. The Night Specialty course will teach you all you need to know while diving at night while also helping you understand what creatures you can see.
Price: $195.00. Length: 3 nights. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 12 years. Includes: Full equipment & PADI e-Learning. Excludes: Dive Insurance.
PADI Drift Specialty Course
Channel diving in the Maldives is the perfect place to experience the thrill of drift diving and the exciting marine life it brings.
Learn how to dive safely in strong currents and practice your new skills over 2 boat dives.
Price: $195.00. Length: 1 day. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 12. Includes: Full equipment & PADI e-Learning. Excludes: Dive Insurance.
PADI Underwater Navigation Specialty Course
Find your own way around the reef by advancing your navigation skills.
Learn how navigate like a pro, using a compass and natural navigation to find your way over three shore dives - with the option to do one of them at night!
Price: $195.00. Length: 2 days. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 10. Includes: Full equipment & PADI e-Learning. Excludes: Dive Insurance.
PADI Search and Recovery Specialty Course
Find and recover objects both big and small.
Learn the search patterns, knots, removal procedures and more to find anything lost underwater over 4 shore dives.
Price: $245.00. Length: 2-3 days. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 12. Includes: Full equipment & PADI e-Learning. Excludes: Dive Insurance.
PADI Fish ID Specialty Course
If you want to identify what you see on your dives then this course is for you.
The Fish ID specialty course starts off with a 1/2 day classroom presentation and identification workshop before we use our newly learnt skills to identify the fish found on 2 shore dives. At Aqua Dive we use the REEF (Reef Environmental Education Foundation) surveys, so the data you collected will be submitted and used by scientists on a global scale.
Price: $195.00. Length: 2 days. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 10. Includes: Full equipment. Excludes: Dive Insurance.
PADI Self Reliant Specialty Course
Undertake training; including the right equipment, attitude and risk assessments, for independent diving and practice your new skills over 3 shore dives.
This course requires Advanced Open Water and a minimum of 100 logged dives to start.
Price: $195.00. Length: 2-3 days. Maximum Ratio: 2 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 18. Includes: Full equipment. Excludes: Dive Insurance.
PADI Equipment Specialist Specialty Course
Learn how to maintain scuba equipment with one of our maintenance specialists.
This 1/2 day dry course includes a hands-on workshop in how to maintain and fix the more-common problems with a full range of scuba equipment.
Price: $145.00. Length: 1/2 Day. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 10. Includes: Full equipment & PADI e-Learning.
PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider Specialty Course
Be prepared to offer aid and recognise the diving injuries & illnesses that require emergency oxygen.
There is no minimum age for this course, just a willingness to provide help when needed.
Price: $145.00. Length: 1/2 Day. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: None. Includes: Full equipment & PADI e-Learning.
PADI AWARE Specialty Course
Leave equipped with tangible actions and opportunities to bring about positive ocean change.
After completing your PADI e-Learning you will join your instructor for a 1/2 workshop, learning and discussing what we can do to help save our oceans.
Price: $95.00. Length: 1/2 Day. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: None. Includes: Full equipment & PADI e-Learning.
PADI AWARE Dive Against Debris Specialty Course
Join the movement to stop ocean pollution.
Learn about the debris problem both globally and locally and what we should and shouldn’t remove from our oceans, before gearing up and cleaning up one of our local reefs. After the dive we will work together to sort through and survey the debris found, submitting the data to PADI AWARE’s global database.
Price: $95.00. Length: 1 Day. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 10. Includes: Full equipment & PADI e-Learning. Excludes: Dive Insurance.
PADI AWARE Shark Conservation Specialty Course
Learn all about sharks and what we can do to protect them.
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. After a knowledge development workshop we will embark on 2 boat dives to see shark behaviours in the wild.
Price: $245.00. Length: 1-2 Day. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 12. Includes: Full equipment. Excludes: Dive Insurance.
PADI AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialty Course
Appreciate the complexity of coral reef habitats and how to conserve them.
This dry course helps you appreciate the complexity of coral reef habitats and teaches how you can help conserve these vital systems. Anyone who has an interest in the aquatic world can take this course. There are no prerequisites or age restrictions and no water sessions are required.
Price: $145.00. Length: 1/2 Day. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: None. Includes: Full equipment & PADI e-Learning.
PADI Sea Turtle Awareness Specialty Course
Learn all about sea turtles, why they are important and what we can do to protect them.
After a knowledge development session and workshop, on sea turtle biology, behaviours, threats and more, we will embark on a double excursion dive which will include Kuredu Caves - known for the largest population of green sea turtles in the Maldives.
Price: $295.00. Length: 1-2 Day. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 12. Includes: Full equipment. Excludes: Dive Insurance.
PADI Whale Shark Awareness Specialty Course
All about whale sharks, diving procedures and how you can contribute to citizen science!
Starting with a fun workshop and presentation on Whale Shark behaviours, biology and identification, we will then embark on two excursion dives to try and spot the biggest fish in the sea in their natural environment. For non-divers, this course can also be done snorkelling.
Price: $295.00. Length: 1-2 Day. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 12. Includes: Full equipment. Excludes: Dive Insurance.
PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty Course
Once you know more about the underwater environment you’ll see new things!
Why? Because when know more about symbioses, underwater ecology, and aquatic plant and animal habitats, you notice behaviors and see creatures you may have previously missed. Learn more about the local ecosystem and take a closer look on your next scuba diving adventure.
Price: $195.00. Length: 1-2 Day. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Minimum Age: 10. Includes: Full equipment. Excludes: Dive Insurance.
Reef Guru Coral Restoration Diver Course
In collaboration with Atoll Marine Centre, learn how to restore corals with hands-on experience.
After you have completed your Reef Guru eLearning, you will join your instructor for a knowledge development session. The first course dive includes a buoyancy clinic and coral ID. Dive 2 covers coral garden maintenance and data collection. On dive 3 you will be search along our reef for corals of opportunity, which you will then attach to our coral frames or nursery on dive 4.
Price: $145.00 (+£50 eLearning). Length: 2-3 Day. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Includes: Full equipment. Excludes: Dive Insurance and eLearning.
Reef Guru Coral Conservation Diver Course
In collaboration with Atoll Marine Centre, learn how to maintain a coral garden with hands-on experience.
After you have completed your Reef Guru eLearning, you will join your instructor for a knowledge development session. Next, it’s time to get in the water! You first course dive includes a buoyancy clinic and coral ID and dive 2 covers coral garden maintenance and data collection.
Price: $105.00 (+£40 eLearning). Length: 1-2 Day. Maximum Ratio: 4 students/instructor. Includes: Full equipment. Excludes: Dive Insurance and eLearning.
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