Guide to Scuba Diving Courses

In this site you will find information about diving courses from introductory levels to leadership levels. Scuba diving courses are divided into six category:
  • Introductory programs
  • Entry level courses
  • Specialty level courses
  • Supplementary programs
  • Intermediate level courses
  • Leadership level courses

You may select the category that is relevant to your training requirement. In this site, detail information on each course including entry prerequisites, registration protocols, equipment requirements, course fees. course contents and course policies. If you wish to find more details that is not mentioned in these pages, click on the "Contact" button and send me an email.


Introductory programs:

These are participation programs designed to:
  • Create interest in aquatic activities.
  • Introduce Scuba to non-divers.
  • Create awareness for conservation of the aquatic environment.
Snorkeling for Kids Program
Try Scuba Program
Passport Diver Program
Reef Fish Identification Program
Coral Reef Awareness Program

Entry Level Courses:

The skin diver and scuba diver are certification courses, which is the where your adventure in diving starts. You may choose to take each course separately or if you wish you can enroll in the scuba diver course without taking the skin diving course. However taking the skin diver course will better prepare you for the scuba diver certification course. 
Skin Diver Course
Scuba Diver Course
Upon successful completion of the scuba diver course, graduates are considered competent to engage in diving activities without supervision provided the areas and conditions are similar to those of their training.

Specialty Level Courses:

As a certified scuba diver you may need specialty training on the activities you had in mind. These courses will introduce specific concepts on each area that are useful for you to achieve your dive objectives. For example, as a diver you wish to take pictures underwater; you may find the underwater photography course useful that it gives you the knowledge and skills. While taking pictures, you may want to photograph marine life that comes out at night. Now you will need the night diving specialty course that allows you to dive at night. The scuba rescue diver course is a prerequisite to all leadership courses.
Night Diver
Underwater Environment Diver
Underwater Photographer
Search and Recovery Diver
Wreck Diver
Deep Diver
Scuba Rescue Diver
Training Assistant
Data Collecting and Sampling Diver

Supplementary Courses:

Supplementary courses is aimed to provide additional knowledge in aspects related to safer diving. The first aid and CPR course as well as the DAN oxygen provider course will prepared you for emergencies. It is also a prerequisite for the leadership level courses as well as the scuba rescue diver course.

First Aid and CPR

DAN Oxygen Provider

Intermediate Level Courses:

The advanced scuba diver course is run entirely in an open water setting and it consists of 1 pre-training evaluation dive, 3 core dives and 2 elective dives. The master scuba diver course is the highest non-professional level. Every diver should become a master scuba diver. At this level you will have good knowledge and skills to ensure safety in diving.
Advanced Scuba Diver
Master Scuba Diver

Leadership Level Courses:

These are professional level certification courses. Upon completion of these courses graduates are required to enroll as member of the certifying agency. As a member you will be entitle to benefits and assistance from your principle agency. Being a diving professional is a dream of many divers. It is a rewarding career, this is conveyed in reality that not many diving professionals leave their job for other professions. However, to become a good diving leader requires your commitment in time, effort and resources.
Divemaster
Assistant Instructor
Skin Diving Instructor

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Introductory and entry level courses includes academic sessions as well as skills demonstrations in a confined water environment.

Open water training sessions proceeds when the students successfully completed all academic and confined water lessons.

Deep diving techniques will be introduced in the advanced scuba diver course. Deep diving is also offered as specialty course.

Night diving is also introduced in the advanced scuba diver course as well as specialty course.

The underwater environment diver is a specialty course which expose the diver to aspects of environmental sciences such as oceanography, limnology, geology, biology and ecology.

If you want to learn how a survey is conducted at a coral reef, the data collecting and sampling course is for you. The course includes survey methodology, sampling procedures and dive planning.

The coral reef awareness program and the reef fish identification programs are fun and it contributes to conservation of the marine environment.