What is Continuing Education ?

The Open Water course is only the beginning of your potential diving education. The PADI Continuing Education program is designed to allow you to expand your diving skills and knowledge at your own pace, culminating in the Master Scuba Diver rating, the highest non-professional diving rating available.

Continuing Education (or 'Con-Ed') starts with the Advanced Open Water course and thereafter takes two tracks. The first track takes you through the Medic First Aid and then the Rescue Diver courses. These are two substantial courses that equip you to handle diving emergencies. The second track involves taking five or more specialities from the wide selection available. Once you've completed the Medic First Aid and Rescue Diver courses and gone onto acquire five specialities you can call yourself a Master Scuba Diver !

 

Advanced Open Water £180

The PADI Advanced Open Water Course is ideally suited to follow on straight from the Open Water Course enabling the entry level diver to gain etc. as yours You can complete the PADI Advanced Open Water course on all of the scuba centre holidays for £180 including materials and certification. .

Rescue Diver Course £225

The PADI Rescue Diver Course makes the serious subject of accident prevention and management enjoyable and rewarding. It takes your focus beyond your self and your buddy to make diving safer for others as you learn to recognise and prevent potential diving accidents and how to handle them if they do occur.

Rescue Academic Sessions are held at the Scuba Centre on the second weekend of every month. Rescue Open Water Exercises can be completed on Scuba centre holidays or in the UK on the third weekend of every month.

Specialities

Increase your diving skills and focus on the underwater activities that interest you most. Speciality certifications expose you to exciting new skills and environments. Courses can be completed in a weekend or over 2 days with emphasis on hands-on learning i.e. Diving!

Wreck Diver	Ship wrecks not only provide a fascinating glimpse into the past but form man made reefs that teem with fish and other marine life. They can also provide picturesque overhead environments that can be explored by the trained wreck diver. This four dive course teaches you mapping, exploration and penetration techniques	POA
Enriched Air Diver	Diving with Enriched Air or "Nitrox" is becoming ever more popular with divers wishing to extend their dive times and enjoy the other benefits of lower nitrogen absorption.	POA
Deep Diver	This course will teach you the techniques and procedures to safely explore wrecks and reefs on the limits of recreational diving.	POA
Underwater Photographer	The basic principles of taking underwater photographs are explained, together with hands on camera preparation and maintenance and practical experience on two open water dives. Take those underwater memories home with you. Camera provided	POA
Underwater Videographer	Learn how to capture the underwater world on the latest video equipment. One of the most rewarding courses, shoot your own video during three dives, with guidance on editing and story boarding. Video Camera Provided	POA
Dry Suit Diver	An ever growing number of divers are exploring the fascinating wrecks and underwater life around our own coast. The only way to remain dry and warm in these temperate waters is to use a dry suit and this course will teach you how to use and maintain them.	POA
DAN o2 Provider	A useful supplement to the Rescue and Medic First Aid courses. You will become familiar with Oxygen equipment and practice emergency scenarios using oxygen. Oxygen First Aid courses are held at the Scuba Centre on the second weekend of every month	POA

(Specialities are available on Scuba Centre holidays and on UK boat diving weekends)

Master Scuba Diver

When you have completed PADI Advanced Open Water, Rescue Diver and any five speciality courses, you are eligible to earn a PADI Master Scuba Diver rating. This prestigious rating is the highest non professional credential in recreational diving. This rating is free if you've done the required specialities with us, or one of the packages outlined below.

Speciality Packages

We also offer the following continuing education package deals

EFR, Rescue Diver & Oxygen First Aid	This course takes place over two weekends. The first weekend comprises the O2 and EFR academic sessions with the second weekend covering the practical Rescue Dives, usually at Horsea Island.	POA
Master Scuba Diver Red Sea Package	Choose five specialities from Wreck Diver, Enriched Air Diver, Boat Diver, Night Diver, Deep Diver, Drift Diver, Underwater Naturalist and Search and Recovery Diver. You must already be a PADI Rescue Diver to take this course.	POA