PADI Adaptive Support Diver
If you have a dive buddy with a disability, and want to become a better dive buddy or be a buddy for someone else with a disability, then then we have you covered. We specialize in adaptive diving and are more than excited to share our knowledge with you to help increase your skills as an Adaptive Support Diver.
Increase your awareness of divers' varying abilities, and explore adaptive techniques to apply while diving with someone that has a disability. We do a classroom session where we talk about various disabilites and do some dry skills training in preperation for the confined water training piece. We finalize with an open water dive where you demonstrate mstery of the skills you were tought in the course.
For more information, or to schedule a one on one with one of our Two Course Directors to discuss your training needs and options you can stop in, call or email and we would be happy to assist you.
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Do you want to learn how to best support a dive buddy who has a physical or mental challenge? The PADI® Adaptive Support Diver course will increase your awareness of divers' varying abilities, and explores adaptive techniques to apply while diving with a buddy with a disability.
PADI Open Water Divers who are at least 15 years old and have completed the EFR Primary and Secondary Care course within 24 months are eligible to take the PADI Adaptive Support Diver course. It is also recommended that you complete the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course beforehand so that you have better awareness of trim.
Academic
Through knowledge development and two diving workshops - one in confined water and one in open water - you'll learn useful techniques that will increase your ability to become a better dive partner to a diver with a disability. You'll gain insight and practical experience as you learn about:
- Becoming more aware and mindful of individual considerations when diving with people with disabilities.
- Adaptive techniques that can be applied while diving with buddies with mental and/or physical challenges.