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Calm Sea
Calm Sea

Continuing Education

We currently offer the following specialties and more! Starting these count toward your Advanced Open Water certification, and completing a total of five full specialty certifications count toward your Master Scuba Diver rating!  Choose which ones interest you the most, and let us know.  

Starting from $250 (Price Varies)
Nitrox

Nitrox

Extend your bottom time, shorten your surface intervals and dive deeper on repetitive dives. 

boat diver

Boat Diver

Learn boat diving etiquette, terminology, how to properly stow gear, and potentially practice using lines or deploying a surface marker buoy.

Wreck Diver

Wreck Diver

Learn how to survey and explore wrecks responsibly with special finning techniques, lines and reels, and avoid common problems. 

Night Diver

Night Diver

See the underwater world after sundown and learn how to navigate, ascend and descend, and use your dive light to communicate at night.

deep diver

Deep Diver

Reach new depths, discover new dive sites, and learn about deep dive planning, dive limits and gas management.

Peak Performance Buoyancy

Peak Performance Buoyancy

Find the perfect balance: Dive with less weight, and improve your buoyancy control and air consumption. 

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Full Face Mask

Full Face Mask

Diving with a full face mask allows you to breathe from your nose and mouth, and provides added comfort in colder water. The mask can also be fitted with communication gear, which can be useful for various types of specialty diving. 

Master Scuba Diver

Drysuit Diver

Learn how to control the air in your drysuit, buoyancy, common drysuit problems, and basic repairs and maintenance in order to dive more places. 

Search and Recovery

Search & Recovery

Help recover lost items, plan a search operation, improve your navigation skills, learn underwater search techniques and how to use a lift bag. 

Emergency First Responder

Emergency First Responder

Learn First Aid, and how to perform CPR and use an AED. 

Emergency Oxygen Provider

Emergency Oxygen Provider

Gain experience assembling an oxygen unit, and learn to identify when and how to administer oxygen and aid in diving and water-related injuries. 

Equipment Specialist

Equipment Specialist

Avoid missing dives and learn how to manage basic gear repairs, fix equipment problems, and clean, maintain and protect your equipment. 

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Underwater Navigator

Underwater Navigator

Fine tune your navigational skills and learn to be more accurate with your underwater compass.  

Underwater Photographer

Underwater Photographer

Share your adventures and learn how to use underwater strobes, reduce backscatter, safely photograph marine life, and choose photo equipment. 

Altitude Diver

Altitude Diver

Diving at altitudes higher than 300 meters/1000 feet above sea level is altitude diving. Discover a hidden world where only a few have ventured. 

Underwater Naturalist

Underwater Naturalist

Get a better understanding about the local ecosystem and the differences between terrestrial and aquatic worlds. See new things, even in the most familiar dive sites. 

PADI Aware

PADI Aware

PADI Aware brings divers and ocean enthusiasts together to take action and protect the underwater world.

Dive Against Debris

Dive Against Debris

You’ll learn how ocean plastic and trash cleanups not only keep your local dive sites healthier, but also how to contribute to a global database that documents our planet’s marine debris problem. 

PADI Continuing Education
Multi choice

Get in Touch

59469 Liberty Street, Slidell, LA 70460

760-793-4364

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