PADI Speciality Courses

You’ll have lots of fun in one of our PADI specialty courses, where you’ll learn new skills, meet new dive buddies. and expand your diving abilities. Most specialties require a minimal amount of self-study and classroom work while maximizing your in-water dive time!

PADI Master Scuba Diver Coral Reef Divers will take you to some of the best diving places around the Red Sea and by completing 5 specialties dives and Rescue Diver certification. You can reach The Master Scuba Diver rating which is the highest recreational rating in the PADI system of diver education. Achieving Master Scuba Diver status is a mark of distinction that denotes superior achievement and proficiency in dive skills, experience and underwater activities.

AWARE Fish Identification Become the fish identification expert on your next trip. You'll enjoy your dives even more when you recognize the creatures that you see and can identify the main fish families and their characteristics. This fun programme covers the knowledge and techniques needed for identifying fish common to the Red Sea environment. You’ll do two dives, which may be completed in one day.

Boat Diver The Boat Diver programme makes diving easy – just take one giant step off the back and you’re in the water! During this course you’ll go on two open water dives off of a boat (hence the name “Boat Diver specialty) and you will learn the techniques and procedures for diving from different types of boats.

Drift Diver Gliding with the currents, feeling the rush of flying underwater is what drift diving is all about. The drift diver specialty course covers the planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential hazards of drift diving. The class involves two open water dives and may be completed on many of our diving safaris.

Night Diver Night diving is both mysterious and magical. At night, familiar dive sites take on an entirely new look as nocturnal animals emerge from their daytime hiding places. This course will introduce you to the skills and techniques for diving at night or in low-visibility conditions including dive site evaluation, using and maintaining dive lights, night navigation and other topics. The class involves 3 open water dives.

Peak Performance Buoyancy This specialty covers all aspects of buoyancy control and involves a minimum of 2 open water training dives where you will practice proper weighting skills, learn new propulsion techniques and fine tune your buoyancy and trim skills. This course will not only make your diving safer and more enjoyable, but will increase your bottom time and improve your air consumption.

Wreck Diver Whether it’s your first or your hundredth dive on it, very few experiences in diving compare with the thrill of descending on a wreck. This very popular specialty will introduce you to the skills and techniques of safe wreck diving, including wreck diving hazards, equipment, wreck navigation, mapping and basic wreck penetration techniques. Four open water training dives and one classroom session are required.

Underwater Naturalist Interested in sea life? Then this is the programme for you! You’ll do two open water dives, which may be conducted in one day, which will introduce you to different aquatic life and include an overview of responsible human interactions with aquatic life. This class may be completed during many of our diving safaris.

Self Sufficient Diver Most divers have horror stories of being paired with the “buddy from hell” who not only was of no help to them, but was a liability and potential hazard. With an emphasis on self-sufficiency, this class teaches experienced recreational divers how to safely & responsibly dive independently of a dive buddy while strengthening buddy team skills. The course stresses proper dive planning, personal limitations, accident prevention as well as the benefits, hazards, and proper procedures for diving solo if you must. You will also learn the additional equipment that is required for solo diving including its proper usage and assembly. This is the perfect course for underwater photographers and underwater video divers, or for those traveling divers who often times are paired with divers they don’t know. The class consists of two classroom sessions and a minimum of 2 open water dives.