Continuing Education
Here are some specialties you can choose to continue your scuba education! Use these to obtain your Advanced Open Water certification, and a total of five full specialty certifications will get you your Master Scuba Diver rating.! Choose which ones interest you the most!
Nitrox
Extend your bottom time, shorten your surface intervals and dive deeper on repetitive dives.
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
Learn how to survey and explore wrecks responsibly with special finning techniques, lines and reels, and avoid common problems.
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
Reach new depths, discover new dive sites, and learn about deep dive planning, dive limits and gas management.
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Find the perfect balance: Dive with less weight, and improve your buoyancy control and air consumption.
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.
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 & Recovery
Help recover lost items, plan a search operation, improve your navigation skills, learn underwater search techniques and how to use a lift bag.
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Emergency First Responder
Learn First Aid, and how to perform CPR and use an AED.
Emergency Oxygen Provider
Gain experience assembling an oxygen unit, and learn to identify when and how to administer oxygen and aid for diving and water-related injuries.
Equipment Specialist
Avoid missing dives and learn how to manage basic gear repairs, fix equipment problems, and clean, maintain and protect your equipment.
Underwater Navigator
Fine tune your navigational skills and learn to be more accurate with your underwater compass.
Underwater Photographer
Share your adventures and learn how to use underwater strobes, reduce backscatter, safely photograph marine life, and choose photo equipment.
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
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 brings divers and ocean enthusiasts together to take action and protect the underwater world.
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.
