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PADI Specialty Courses

Go deeper (literally with the Deep Diver course!) into the areas of diving that interest you. Working closely with one of our experienced and qualified instructors we can take you further and teach you to improve your skills. At Quality Time Divers we offer a range of different specialty courses, all aimed to help you improve as a diver.

Update! We are proud to be one of the very few dive shops in the area to teach the PADI Self Reliant course, learn to be a better buddy and to dive solo!

Here are the details of a few of the more popular specialty courses:

Deep Diver

• Minimum Age: 15 years old
• Duration: 2 days
• Maximum depth: 130 feet or 40 metres
• Prerequisites: Advanced Open Water

Give into the lure of the deep. Maybe it's a wreck that's calling you deeper, or a wall or maybe you just want to stretch your limits. Learn to dive deeper safely. Dive planning, using a dive computer, managing air supply and dealing with narcosis are all parts of the course.

Enriched Air Diver

• Minimum Age: 15 years old
• Duration: 1/2 day
• Maximum depth: none - classroom
• Prerequisites: Open Water Diver

Nitrox gives us something that all divers want, more time underwater. Because enriched air gives us more no decompression time we can stay longer and have shorter surface intervals. You will learn how to manage oxygen exposure, how to set a dive computer correctly for the gas you are using and how to analyze nitrox tanks.

Night Diver

• Minimum Age: 12 years old
• Duration: 2 to 3 days (or more accurately, nights!)
• Maximum depth: Depends on other certifications
• Prerequisites: Open Water Diver

You can dive the same site in the day, and have a completely different experience at night. You'll see a whole different world in the glow of your flashlight. Learn different communication procedures, light handling and become familiar with the changes in species and behaviours that happen when the sun goes down.

Self Reliant Diver

• Minimum Age: 18 years old
• Duration: 2 days
• Maximum depth: Depends on other certifications
• Prerequisites: Advanced Open Water with minimum 100 logged dives

Perfect for photographers, dive professionals or people that want to experience the freedom and joy of diving alone. Learn to carry extra equipment and how to deal with problems that a buddy would normally help you with.

Digital Underwater Photography

• Minimum Age: none
• Duration: 1 day
• Maximum depth: Depends on certification
• Prerequisites: none - snorkelers can take this course

Underwater photography has a great draw for many people, and with the advent of digital camera it has become far more accessible for many divers. Get the most out of your camera, whether it is a point-and-shoot or a DSLR.

Wreck Diver

• Minimum Age: 15 years old
• Duration: 2 days
• Maximum depth: Depends on certification
• Prerequisites: Advanced Open Water

The allure and mystery of a ship wreck is the stuff of many a story, and is why many people take up diving in the first place. Most divers love swimming around a ship wreck but for some the real attraction is the inside. Penetrating a wreck takes preperation, planning and new techniques. Learn all about it with this course.


Other specialty courses can be arranged, contact us with the button below to discuss your needs.