ADAPTIVE SUPPORT DIVER

Increase your awareness of divers' varying abilities, and explore adaptive techniques to apply while diving or freediving with a buddy with a disability.

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Increase your awareness of divers’ varying abilities, and explore adaptive techniques to apply while diving or freediving with a buddy with a disability. 

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 or freediving with a buddy with a disability.

REQUIREMENTS

PADI Open Water Divers or PADI Freedivers 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 Divers Paradise Peak Performance Buoyancy course beforehand so that you have better awareness of trim.

COST: $399

INCLUSIONS

Through E Learning 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:

1. Becoming more aware and mindful of individual considerations when diving with people with disabilities.

2. Adaptive techniques that can be applied while diving with buddies with mental and/or physical challenges.

  • Air fill card: save 20% buying 20 fills at a time

  • Buy any Nitrox computer $999 and over and get a free Nitrox class

  • Get a free dive trip with every $750 spent in the store on items (not classes or services)

  • Second Wednesday of every month 1/2 price on your dive trip (gear not included)

  • Pre-pay 5 trips & save 10% on trip & rental gear

  • Pre-pay 10 trips & save 15% on trip & rental gear

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