Combining boat and shore diving, with not a hint of the classroom, you complete 5 dives, along with 5 knowledge reviews, to gain this qualification. Deep and Navigation are required dives, but you can choose three others.
With options including Fish ID (upgrade to do this in the Dubai Aquarium!), Peak Performance Buoyancy (highly recommended) and Underwater Naturalist, a world of possibilities awaits you.
What’s involved?
Combining boat and shore diving, with not a hint of the classroom, you complete 5 dives, along with 5 knowledge reviews, to gain this qualification.
What does this qualification mean to me?
This certification is a pre-requisite for the deeper Musandam dive sites and the Dubai wreck dives
You will be qualified to 30m** depth and have credit towards any speciality that you have completed an Advanced Dive in!
(** guests younger then 12years are limited to 21m)
Duration
2-3 days
Requirements
PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent. Older than 10 years.
Adventure dives available to divers 10 years and older: AWARE-Fish Identification, Boat,
Peak Performance Buoyancy, Underwater Naturalist, Digital Underwater Photography,
National Geographic, Underwater Navigator.
Adventure dives available to divers 12 years and older. All of the above including Drift, Deep, Wreck, Multilevel, Search and Recovery, Night.
Adventure dives available to divers 15 years and older. All of the above including Nitrox.
Schedule
Session 1: Scuba review and Navigation Dive: available every Friday at Jumeria Beach, or on demand at Jebel Ali and Al Aqah
Session 2: Peak Performance Buoyancy and Underwater Naturalist: available every Saturday in Al Aqah
Session 3: Deep and Wreck Dives: available every Friday of in Al Aqah. Dubai Extra Dive: Night Dives are held every Wednesday at Jumeria Beach (150 Dhs excl torch rental). Night dives can also be scheduled at Al Aqah.
Price
1,930 Dhs including all dives, equipment rental, PADI materials and your PADI certification card.
Dubai Aquarium Upgrade: 2230aed with one FISH ID dive in the Dubai Aquarium.
E-Learning: 1,500 Dhs + PADI online fees directly to PADI