Advanced and Specialty Diver Courses

Your beginning scuba course was just that: a beginning. Ending your education there is like bragging that you’ve graduated the sixth grade. Just as a grade-school education isn't going to cut it in the job market, beginning courses cannot adequately prepare you to take advantage of all that diving offers.

Fortunately, we offer a wide assortment of Advanced and Specialty Diver courses that allow you to custom-tailor your education to fit your individual interests and needs.

Available courses include:

Advanced Diver Course

If you thought learning to dive was fun and rewarding, don’t stop now. Advanced training makes you safer and more confident, and can introduce you to a world of specialized diving activities. More…
 

Boat Diver Course

The world’s best diving almost always takes place from boats. This is why specialized training in boat diving is so helpful. Boat Diver training can save you time, effort (and embarrassment). And the best part is, you get to go boat diving as part of the course. More…

Cavern Diver Course

Cavern diving is the penetration of natural overhead environments while remaining within sight of daylight. It can be the first in a series of courses designed to lead to full Cave Diver certification, or simply an enjoyable specialty course requiring little more than normal recreational scuba equipment. More…

Deep Diver Course

The recommended depth limit for divers with Advanced training is 100 feet. The absolute depth limit for any recreational diver is 130 feet. What prepares you for that extra 30 feet? This course does. It’s a good foundation for tech diver training, too. More…

Drysuit Diver Course

Dry suits can make diving more enjoyable any time water temperatures drop below the mid 70s — or when depths approach 100 feet and beyond. Dry suits open the door to activities such as deeper wreck diving and ice diving, and can extend your diving season well beyond just the warmest months of the year. More…

Enriched Air Nitrox Diver

Few things have revolutionized recreational diving in the past decade as much as the introduction of Enriched Air Nitrox (EANx). Nitrox is nothing more than the air you are breathing right now with some additional oxygen added to reduce the concentration of nitrogen. More…

Equipment Specialist Course

Your dive equipment represents a substantial investment. It makes sense to learn how to get the best return on that investment. This is what the Equipment Specialist Course is all about. More…
 

Ice Diver Course

Why dive under ice? Sites with poor visibility during warmer months can be amazingly clear when ice cover eliminates algae bloom and sediment caused by wave action. Your ice diving skills enable you to truly dive year-round, regardless of season or weather. More…

Multilevel/Computer Diver

More than any other piece of equipment in the past 20 years, computers have revolutionized how people dive. Due to their ability to track exposure to reduced levels of nitrogen at shallower depths, computers can allow us to take advantage of substantially longer bottom times and shorter surface intervals. More…

Underwater Navigator Course

The Underwater Navigator course builds on the navigation skills you acquire as part of the Open Water Diver course. It provides an introduction to complex compass patterns, mapmaking and using navigation in conjunction with other specialty activities. More…

Night Diver Course

Diving at night, however, entails more than just grabbing a light and going. Special planning, preparation, equipment and communication skills are needed — among others. Fortunately, the Night Diver course can provide you with these skills in a very short period of time. More…

Search and Recovery Diver Course

Nearly every diver dreams of finding sunken treasure. Real treasure, however, is less likely to be gold doubloons and more likely to come in the form of lost wallets, golf balls or your aunt’s gold necklace that she carelessly let slip overboard. More…

Wreck Diver Course

With a rich maritime history and an aggressive artificial reef program, our region is a wreck diver’s paradise. Wreck diving offers something for divers of nearly every experience level. In this course, you will learn how to protect, preserve and promote understanding or wrecks. More…

Master Scuba Diver

The Master Scuba Diver certification is the highest non-leadership rating in recreational diving. It is not a course you take, but rather a certification achieved by obtaining your Advanced, Rescue and five Specialty Diver certifications. More…

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