Divemaster

PADI Divemaster Course

Looking for the first step in working with scuba as a career? Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational scuba diving begins with the PADI Divemaster program. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, in this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers. PADI Divemaster is the prerequisite certification for both the PADI Assistant Instructor and PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor certifications.

Get College Credit

You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Divemaster course.

What You Learn

During the PADI Divemaster program, you learn dive leadership skills through both classroom and independent study. You complete water skills and stamina exercises, as well as training exercises that stretch your ability to organize and solve problems as well as help others improve their scuba. You put this knowledge into action through a structured internship or series of practical training exercises.

What You Can Teach

After becoming certified as a PADI Divemaster you will be authorized to:

• Supervise both training and non-training-related activities by planning, organizing and directing dives
• Assist a PADI Instructor during the training sessions for any PADI Diver course
• Conduct the PADI Skin Diver course and PADI Discover Snorkeling program
• Conduct the PADI Discover Local Diving experience
• Conduct the PADI Scuba Review program
• If qualified as a Discover Scuba Diving Leader, independently conduct the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program.
• Earn the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor rating to be able to teach the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer specialty.
• Independently guide Open Water Diver course students on the tour portion of Open Water Diver course Training Dives 2, 3 and 4 at a ratio of two student divers per certified divemaster.
• Accompany Open Water Diver students under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor during:
  • surface swims to and from the entry/exit point and during navigational exercises
  • when the instructor conducts a skill, such as an ascent or descent, a Divemaster can remain with other student divers (with an individual student or buddy team)
• Accompany student divers during Adventure Dives or Specialty training dives under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor.
• Conduct the PADI Seal Team AquaMission
• Conduct subsequent dives under an instructor’s indirect supervision for Discover Scuba Diving participants after participants have satisfactorily completed the first dive with a PADI Instructor.
• Teach Emergency First Response courses after successfully completing an Emergency First Response Instructor course.

At a glance, compare what you can teach when you continue your professional diver education.

The Scuba Gear You Use

• You use all the basic scuba equipment and some scuba accessories such as a dive slate, dive knife, compass, dive watch, etc.
• It is highly recommended that you own all of your own scuba equipment, as familiarity with personal gear improves general scuba diving skills. You can find most everything at your local dive shop

The Learning Materials You Need

The PADI Divemaster crewpak includes everything you’ll need to start the PADI Divemaster program. The complete set of materials includes:

• The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving – a comprehensive overview of diving physics, physiology, and equipment.
• The Diving Knowledge Workbook – a self-study guide used in preparation for the Divemaster and Instructor exams.
• Divemaster slates
• PADI Divemaster Manual
• CD-ROM with instructor outlines for Divemaster-conducted programs (exclusive item not available for purchase separately)

To purchase this product, contact your local PADI Five Star IDC Dive Shop or Resort.

Prerequisites

To take this course, you must be:

• 18 years old
• A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• A PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• An Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (or qualifying first aid and CPR training from another organization) course completion within the past 24 months.
• Have at least 20 dives to begin the course and 60 for certification
• Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement (PDF) signed by a physician within the last 12 months.

Other Courses That Will Prepare You for Success as a PADI Divemaster

Here are some suggestions for other PADI courses that will help make you more successful as a PADI Divemaster:

• Boat Diver
• Coral Reef Conservation
• Digital Underwater Photographer
• Emergency First Response Instructor
• Emergency Oxygen Provider
• Enriched Air Diver (You can even sign up for the PADI Enriched Air Course Online!)
• Equipment Specialist
• Night Diver
• Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Underwater Naturalist
• Underwater Navigation

Assistant Instructor

The PADI Assistant Instructor course

As a PADI Assistant Instructor, you not only gain additional experience as a PADI Professional scuba diver, but you also start learning the PADI System of diver education. You can act as an instructional scuba assistant and assume limited teaching responsibilities. It’s a great way to gain experience in order to become a scuba instructor!

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The PADI Assistant Instructor course is the first portion of the PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) and when followed by the Open Water Scuba Instructor course (OWSI) and successful performance at the Instructor Examination (IE), leads to certification as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

The Fun Part

Get mentored while gaining hands-on experience teaching students.

Get College Credit

You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Assistant Instructor course.

What You Learn

You build upon your abilities to organize and supervise scuba diving activities, while concentrating on developing teaching skills. You learn through:

• Knowledge development through self-study, quizzes, lectures and presentations
• Confined water skill review and assessment, workshops and presentations
• Open water workshops, rescue assessment and candidate presentations

The PADI Assistant Instructor Course consists of these sections:

• Module 1: Academic Training
  · PADI Discover Scuba Diving and Snorkeling Programs
  · Developing Knowledge Development Presentations
  · Teaching Project AWARE and Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialties
  · Teaching in Confined Water
  · Conducting Open Water Training Presentations
• Module 2: Independent Study
  · Knowledge Development
• Module 3: Practical Application
  · Confined Water and Open Water Teaching Presentations
  · Standards Exam
  · Dive Rescue Skills Assessment

What You Can Teach

In addition to the responsibilities and duties you already have as a PADI Divemaster, as a PADI Assistant Instructor you can:

• Teach academic presentations under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor
• During confined water dives, present initial skills training under the direct
• supervision of a PADI Instructor
• Evaluate Open Water Diver surface skills under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor
• Teach and certify  PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty Divers under the direction of a PADI Instructor
• Teach Project AWARE Specialty courses
• Teach the AWARE Coral Reef Conservation specialty course
• Conduct PADI Discover Scuba Diving experiences in a pool or confined water
• Conduct PADI Seal Team AquaMissions
• Teach PADI Digital Underwater Photographer specialty courses under the direction of a PADI Instructor after earning the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor rating

At a glance, compare what you can teach when you continue your professional diver education.

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all the basic scuba equipment and some scuba accessories such as a dive slate, dive knife, compass, dive watch, etc.

It is highly recommended that you own all of your own scuba equipment, as familiarity with personal gear improves general scuba diving skills. You can find most everything at your local dive shop

The Learning Materials You Need

The PADI IDC crewpak includes all the materials needed to prepare for a PADI Assistant Instructor or Open Water Scuba Instructor course. The 23-item pack includes:

• Instructor cue cards for PADI’s core courses (OW, AOW, Rescue and Divemaster)
• IDC Candidate Workbook and related reference materials,
• Lesson planning slates for confined and open water
• Quiz and exam booklets for the core courses
• Specialty outlines for Project AWARE
• PADI Instructor Manual.

Prerequisites

You must

• Be a PADI Divemaster or qualifying certification from another certification organization
• Be at least 18 years old
• Have 60 logged dives, including night, deep, and navigation dives
• Have been a certified diver for at least 6 months
• Have CPR and First Aid Training within the last 24 months
• Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement (PDF) signed by a physician within the last 12 months
• Want a fun and exciting career!

If you are looking for information on where to go pro, please contact Philippine Islands Divers and sign-up today.

Your Next Adventure

Take the full Instructor Development Course to become a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor so you can teach and certify PADI Open Water Divers.

Divemaster

PADI Divemaster Course

Looking for the first step in working with scuba as a career? Your adventure into the professional levels of recreational scuba diving begins with the PADI Divemaster program. Working closely with a PADI Instructor, in this program you expand your dive knowledge and hone your skills to the professional level. PADI Divemaster training develops your leadership abilities, qualifying you to supervise dive activities and assist instructors with student divers. PADI Divemaster is the prerequisite certification for both the PADI Assistant Instructor and PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor certifications.

Get College Credit

You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Divemaster course.

What You Learn

During the PADI Divemaster program, you learn dive leadership skills through both classroom and independent study. You complete water skills and stamina exercises, as well as training exercises that stretch your ability to organize and solve problems as well as help others improve their scuba. You put this knowledge into action through a structured internship or series of practical training exercises.

What You Can Teach

After becoming certified as a PADI Divemaster you will be authorized to:

• Supervise both training and non-training-related activities by planning, organizing and directing dives
• Assist a PADI Instructor during the training sessions for any PADI Diver course
• Conduct the PADI Skin Diver course and PADI Discover Snorkeling program
• Conduct the PADI Discover Local Diving experience
• Conduct the PADI Scuba Review program
• If qualified as a Discover Scuba Diving Leader, independently conduct the PADI Discover Scuba Diving program.
• Earn the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor rating to be able to teach the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer specialty.
• Independently guide Open Water Diver course students on the tour portion of Open Water Diver course Training Dives 2, 3 and 4 at a ratio of two student divers per certified divemaster.
• Accompany Open Water Diver students under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor during:
  • surface swims to and from the entry/exit point and during navigational exercises
  • when the instructor conducts a skill, such as an ascent or descent, a Divemaster can remain with other student divers (with an individual student or buddy team)
• Accompany student divers during Adventure Dives or Specialty training dives under the indirect supervision of a PADI Instructor.
• Conduct the PADI Seal Team AquaMission
• Conduct subsequent dives under an instructor’s indirect supervision for Discover Scuba Diving participants after participants have satisfactorily completed the first dive with a PADI Instructor.
• Teach Emergency First Response courses after successfully completing an Emergency First Response Instructor course.

At a glance, compare what you can teach when you continue your professional diver education.

The Scuba Gear You Use

• You use all the basic scuba equipment and some scuba accessories such as a dive slate, dive knife, compass, dive watch, etc.
• It is highly recommended that you own all of your own scuba equipment, as familiarity with personal gear improves general scuba diving skills. You can find most everything at your local dive shop

The Learning Materials You Need

The PADI Divemaster crewpak includes everything you’ll need to start the PADI Divemaster program. The complete set of materials includes:

• The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving – a comprehensive overview of diving physics, physiology, and equipment.
• The Diving Knowledge Workbook – a self-study guide used in preparation for the Divemaster and Instructor exams.
• Divemaster slates
• PADI Divemaster Manual
• CD-ROM with instructor outlines for Divemaster-conducted programs (exclusive item not available for purchase separately)

To purchase this product, contact your local PADI Five Star IDC Dive Shop or Resort.

Prerequisites

To take this course, you must be:

• 18 years old
• A PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• A PADI Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• An Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (or qualifying first aid and CPR training from another organization) course completion within the past 24 months.
• Have at least 20 dives to begin the course and 60 for certification
• Be fit for diving and submit a Medical Statement (PDF) signed by a physician within the last 12 months.

Other Courses That Will Prepare You for Success as a PADI Divemaster

Here are some suggestions for other PADI courses that will help make you more successful as a PADI Divemaster:

• Boat Diver
• Coral Reef Conservation
• Digital Underwater Photographer
• Emergency First Response Instructor
• Emergency Oxygen Provider
• Enriched Air Diver (You can even sign up for the PADI Enriched Air Course Online!)
• Equipment Specialist
• Night Diver
• Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Underwater Naturalist
• Underwater Navigation

Master Scuba Diver Rating

Sharpen Your Skills with the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating

You have the passion. You want to join the best of the best in recreational scuba diving. You want to live the dive lifestyle and explore the underwater world and go places and see things you have never experienced.

More than a pipe dream?

Absolutely! Do it by becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver – a rating that puts you in a class of distinction – writing your ticket to endless adventure and opportunities through the experience and scuba training that sets you apart.

The Fun Part

h the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating, you have reached the highest non professional level in the PADI System of diver education. It means that you have acquired significant training and experience in a variety of dive environments. See all the specialty diver courses offered.

Prerequisites

• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• PADI Rescue Diver or Junior Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• 12 years old
• Minimum of five PADI Specialty Diver courses
• Minimum of 50 logged dives

Depending on where you live, you may be eligible for special incentives when you take the PADI Master Scuba Diver Challenge today.

Want it. Live it. Dive it.™

For more information on becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver, contact your local PADI Dive Shop or Resort where you can explore PADI course options.

Depending on where you live, you may also be eligible to earn free gifts while earning your Master Scuba Diver rating with the Specialty of the Month program.

Wreck Diver

The PADI Wreck Diver Course

Whether sunk on purpose as an artificial reef or the result of mishap, wrecks open fascinating windows to the past. Most divers find wrecked ships, airplanes and even automobiles nearly irresistible because they’re intriguing to explore, exciting avenues of discovery, and usually teeming with aquatic life. The PADI Wreck Diver course teaches you the ins and outs of rewarding, responsible wreck diving.

The Fun Part

The fun part of the PADI Wreck Diver course is visiting wrecks, unlocking mysteries and starting to gain the knowledge and experience that allows you to see things that others overlook. Sometimes, only the trained, experienced eye recognizes that a small hole or open door likely caused the vessel’s demise.

Get College Credit

You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course.

What You Learn

• Techniques for diving exploring shipwrecks, and how to avoid common hazards
• How to research and learn the background of your favorite wrecks
• Wreck scuba diving equipment considerations
• Considerations and techniques for entering intact wrecks
• Experience in planning, organizing and making at least four wreck dives under the supervision of your PADI Instructor

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all the basic scuba gear including a dive computer, some accessories and a dive light.

Check with Philippine Islands Divers about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at PIDS

The Learning Materials You Need

Prepare for the exciting –and specialized- world of wreck diving with PADI’s Wreck Diver crewpak. Preview the skills you’ll practice during your open water dives, become familiar with wreck diving etiquette, and take in breath-taking images from wreck diving hotspots around the world.

To purchase this product, contact PIDS Instructor, dive shop or resort.

Prerequisites

To enroll in the PADI Wreck Diver course, you must

• Be 15 years or older
• Have a PADI Adventure Diver (not yet on site map) certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)

Your Next Adventure

Many shipwrecks are often found in deeper water. That’s why the PADI Wreck Diver course is a natural companion to the PADI Deep Diver course. Sometimes you can take these two specialties concurrently.

Other training to consider is the PADI Enriched Air Diver course on your way to PADI Master Scuba Dive

Digital Underwater Photographer course

The PADI Digital Underwater Photographer and Underwater Photographer Courses

Underwater photography is one of the most popular diving specialties, and the rise of digital underwater photography has made it easier and more fun than ever. This is why there are actually two PADI underwater photography courses. The PADI Digital Underwater Photographer course gets you going quickly with today modern digital equipment, whether you use a point-and-shoot snap camera or a sophisticated D-SLR like the pros. The PADI Underwater Photographer course is a more traditional photography course designed for conventional film equipment.

The Fun Part

It’s a great way to relive the adventures you’ve had. Plus capture images to share with your friends and family. You can even enter a photo contest and see your best shot on the 2010 PADI Diving Society member card. Click the banner for more details!

Get College Credit

You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Underwater Photographer Specialty course

What You Learn

• How to choose the right underwater camera system for you
• The PADI SEA method for getting great shots quickly
• The three primary principles for good underwater photos

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all the same basic scuba gear you would use for the diving environment as well as an underwater photography system.

Check with your local dive shop about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at the scuba diving shop in your area.

The Learning Materials You Need

Avoid the frustration of learning underwater photography through trial and error. The PADI Digital Underwater Photography crewpak shortens the learning curve with tips and hints from the pros.

Topics covered include :

• Basic photography tips
• Strobe diagrams for a variety of effects
• Tips for eliminating backscatter
• An explanation of the various digital file formats
• How to bring back the color in your images

The crewpak includes the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Manual and submersible white balance slate. The course materials preview skills you’ll practice with your instructor. Once the course is over, use your manual as a reference guide as you explore new environments and to evolve your skills.

To purchase this product, contact your local PADI Instructor, yanick@phildivers.com

The Prerequisites for This Course

To enroll, you must

have a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)

Your Underwater Photography Adventure Dive in the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver / Adventure Diver course credits (at your instructor’s discretion) as the first dive in the PADI Underwater Photographer course

Your Next Adventure

Two excellent specialties to pair with underwater photography are the PADI Enriched Air Diver course, and the PADI Dry Suit Diver course on your way to PADI Master Scuba Diver The PADI Enriched Air Diver course allows you to extend your time underwater so you have more time to capture images. In cooler climates, a dry suit allows you to dive comfortably longer, and to make more dives.

You may also find the Peak Performance Buoyancy course gives you helpful tips to optimize your weighting and skills so you’ll be in better position to capture that perfect picture.

Underwater Navigator

The PADI Underwater Navigator Course

Be the diver everyone wants to follow and make your sense of direction legendary with the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course.

The Fun Part

Finding your way is not a matter of luck! When everyone’s buzzing about a reef or checking out a shipwreck, they’re having a great time – until it’s time to go. Then they turn to you, because as a PADI Underwater Navigator, you know the way back to the boat.

Get  College Credit

You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Underwater Navigator Course.

What You Learn

Underwater navigation can be challenging, but in the PADI Underwater Navigator Specialty course, you master the challenge. You learn the tools of the trade, including navigation via natural clues and by compass.

You learn

• Navigation patterns
• Natural navigation (without a compass)
• Compass navigation
• How to “mark” or relocate a submerged object or position from the surface
• Underwater map making
• How to follow irregular courses with the Nav-Finder
• Dive site relocation
• How to estimate distance underwater

The Scuba Gear You Use

You will use the basic scuba diving equipment, some scuba accessories such as a dive slate and an underwater compass.

Check with Philippine Islands Divers about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at PIDS

The Learning Materials You Need

Accurate navigation is based on thoughtful preparation. With that in mind: PADI’s Navigation crewpak includes everything needed to complete the Underwater Navigation specialty. The manual and DVD preview the navigation skills you’ll practice with your instructor both on land and underwater. Use the Nav-Finder to track where you’ve been and chart the most direct route back to the boat or shore.

To purchase these products, contact your local PADI Instructor, dive shop or resort.

Prerequisites

You must be:

• A PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from  another organization)
• At least 10 years old

Your Next Adventure

Underwater navigation is an important skill no matter what type of scuba diving you’re doing. It’s especially useful when night diving, wreck diving or when you’re searching to recover a lost item underw

Underwater Naturalist

The PADI Underwater Naturalist Course

Look closer to see more on your next dive. Look for symbioses, predator/prey and other relationships between aquatic plant and animal life. Learn not just what fish and animals are, but how they interact with each other and the environment.

The Fun Part

Learn about why some creatures behave the way they do and what their role is in the aquatic ecosystem.

What You Learn

• The major aquatic life groupings, interactions and factual information that dispels negative myths.
• The role of aquatic plants, food chains and predator prey relationships
• Responsible interactions with aquatic life
• The underwater naturalist’s view of organisms and their roles in the environment

You put this information into practice during your two open water dives.

The Scuba Gear You Use

You will use the basic scuba gear and perhaps some scuba accessories.

Check with Philippine Islands Divers about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at the PIDS

Prerequisites

• Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)

Your Next Adventure

If you are interested in becoming an underwater conservationist or documenting what you encounter, you’ll also enjoy these specialty courses:

PADI National Geographic Diver
AWARE Fish Identification
Coral Reef Conservation
Project AWARE Specialist
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Digital Underwater Photography
Underwater Videographer

Project AWARE Specialty

The underwater world needs heroes. You can be one of them by championing the causes of the world’s most fragile and important aquatic ecosystems.

The Fun Part

You can make a difference.

Learn about some of the most pressing problems facing these vulnerable environments and everyday actions you can take to help conserve them. It’s informative, interesting and most importantly, you learn how to make a difference.

What You Learn

Project AWARE Foundation is the scuba diving industry’s leading nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to conserving the aquatic environment through education, advocacy and action. Besides completing the Project AWARE Specialty course, you can become a partner in the efforts to preserve the underwater environment.

You learn about:

• The ocean commons and coastal zone issues
• Fisheries challenges and sustainability
• Coral environment overview and inhabitants
• The role of the scuba diver in protecting aquatic environments

The Learning Materials You Need

Our World, Our Water peels back the curtain and takes you behind the scenes of our underwater world. Discover just how important our underwater eco-systems are and what you can do to help protect them.

Visit Project AWARE Foundation to download your copy today.

Prerequisites

• There are no prerequisites for this course.

Your Next Adventure

If you are interested in becoming an underwater conservationist, you’ll also enjoy these specialty courses:

PADI National Geographic Diver
AWARE Fish Identification
Coral Reef Conservation
Underwater Naturalist
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Digital Underwater Photography
Underwater Videographer

Peak Performance Buoyancy

The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Course

What is neutral buoyancy? Scuba divers like to be neutrally buoyant so they neither sink nor float. It can be a tricky thing. Divers who’ve mastered the highest performance levels in buoyancy stand apart. You’ve seen them underwater. They glide effortlessly, use less air and ascend, descend or hover, almost as if by thought. They interact gently with aquatic life and affect their surroundings minimally. The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course refines the basic skills you learned as a PADI Open Water Diver and elevates them to the next level.

The Fun Part

The fun part of this course is giving your dive skills a polish you may not have thought possible.

What You Learn

• How to trim your scuba gear so you’re perfectly balanced in the water
• Nuances in determining weight so you’re not too light nor too heavy by even a slight degree
• How to streamline to save air and move smoothly through the water
• How to hover effortlessly in both a vertical position and a horizontal position

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all your basic scuba gear as required in your local diving environment.

Check with your local dive shop about equipment and packages for this course. You can find most everything at the PADI Dive Center or Resort in your area.

The Learning Materials You Need

PADI’s Peak Performance Buoyancy video on DVD provides an overview of the skills you’ll practice with your instructor. It comes with an enclosed booklet that includes a buoyancy assessment questionnaire and basic weighting guidelines – useful whenever you purchase new gear or dive in a new environment.

To purchase this product, contact your local PADI Instructor, yanick@phildivers.com

Prerequisites

To enroll in the PADI Peak Performance Diver course, you must

• Have a PADI Open Water Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)

Your Peak Performance Buoyancy Adventure Dive in the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver /Adventure Diver course credits (at your instructor’s discretion) as the first dive in the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course

Your Next Adventure

Part of mastering buoyancy control is learning how to use your BCD and weight system effectively, plus maintain streamlining. This makes the PADI Equipment Specialist course a natural companion, because you learn more about these pieces of gear and how to make them suit your specific diving styles.

Night Diver

The PADI Night Diver Course

As the sun sets, you don your dive gear, slip on your scuba mask and bite down on your dive regulator. A deep breath and you step off the boat – into the underwater night. Although you’ve seen this reef many times before, this time you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive light.

The Fun Part

Introduce yourself to the whole new cast of critters that comes out after the sun goes down. See your favorite dive sites from a whole new perspective at night.

Get Credit

You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Night Diver course!

What You Learn

• Night dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problems
• How to control your buoyancy at night
• Entries, exits and underwater navigation at night
• Nocturnal aquatic life, since many of the plants and animals you’ll see are different

The Scuba Gear You Use

You will use the basic scuba diving equipment with a dive light

Check with Philippine Islands Divers about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at PIDS

The Learning Materials You Need

Night Diving – there’s really nothing like it. With the right training and a little bit of planning, night dives can be as easy as diving during the day. PADI’s Night Diver crewpak (manual and video on DVD) will help you prepare for your first night dives with a PADI Instructor. Topics covered include: tips for navigating at night, night diving etiquette, establishing an entry and exit point, and how to maintain your underwater light system.

To purchase this product, contact your local PADI Instructor,  yanick@phildivers.com

Prerequisites

You must be

• A PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization).
• At least 12 years old.

Your Next Adventure

Take your navigation skills to new levels with the PADI Underwater Navigator course.

Get your buoyancy dialed in with the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course.

Recognize what those critters are on your night dive with the AWARE Fish Identification course.

AWARE Fish ID

The PADI Project AWARE Fish Identification Course

Have you ever been scuba diving and asked yourself, “What was that?”

The PADI Project AWARE Fish Identification Specialty course provides you with the fish identification basics so that next time, you know the answer.

The Fun Part

You’ll find you enjoy your dives even more when you recognize the creatures that you see. The fun part about this course is you can use the skills you learn on every scuba diving vacation because once you learn the main fish families and characteristics it will help you decipher the species you see all over the world.

For example, a butterfly fish in the Caribbean has a similar shape to a butterfly fish in Southeast Asia, but their colors and markings maybe wildly different. If you know what fish family it belongs to, it becomes much easier to look up the local name or at least be able to intelligently ask the local scuba instructor what you saw. That works better than asking about a “yellow thingy with a funny tail fin.”

What You Learn

During two dives you gain hands-on (okay, eyes-on) experience in looking for and identifying the fascinating fish you see underwater. You’ll learn :

• How to identify characteristics of local fish families and species
• Fish survey techniques and strategies
• How to practice fish identification dive planning, organization and procedures

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all the basic scuba gear. You may also need some scuba accessories such as a dive slate for making notes when conducting fish surveys.

Check with Philippine Islands Divers about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at the PIDS

The Learning Materials You Need

AWARE’s Our World Our Water includes a section on identifying reef fish based on body shape and habitat. You’ll also learn about marine life indigenous to tidal zones, polar regions, kelp forests, and wetlands. Our World Our Water also includes a five page glossary of terminology used by marine biologists.

Visit Project AWARE Foundation to download your copy today.

Prerequisites

To take this course, you must be

a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)

Your Next Adventure

While you’re learning about fish, you’ll probably also be curious about the different types of coral and want to check out the Coral Reef Conservationist course.

As you learn about fish survey techniques you may also want to work on a conservation project as part of your PADI National Geographic Diver certification.

You may also want to brush up on your underwater photography skills so that you can document and capture images of the species you’re encountering.

Equipment Specialist

The PADI Equipment Specialist Course

Don’t miss a dive due to a scuba gear issue.

Whether it’s a blown o-ring, regulator problem, wetsuit tear or a broken fin strap, you can learn how to manage basic scuba equipment adjustments.

As a PADI Equipment Specialist, you are prepared for the basic scuba equipment maintenance, care and adjustments you’ll encounter every day. In addition, you’ll learn interesting background information about how your gear works, how it’s repair and other information that helps you with your equipment investment.

The Fun Part

The more you know about how your dive gear works, the more

• Comfortable you are with it
• Performance you get from it
• You can care for it

What You Learn

• Review the theory, principles and operation of scuba diving equipment
• Learn about routine, recommended care and maintenance procedures, and equipment storage
• How to overcome common problems with equipment and recommended professional maintenance procedures (may include a demonstration of repair procedures)
• Gain simple suggestions for comfortable equipment configurations and an introduction to new gear (may include optional confined water dive to try new or unfamiliar equipment)

The Scuba Gear You Use

You will have a chance to see and interact with many types of scuba gear, accessories, dive lights, gear bags, flags and floats, dive computers, BCDs, regulators dive knives, scuba weight systems, photography equipment and more!

The Learning Materials You Need

Curious how scuba tanks are made? Ever wondered what the inside of your regulator looks like? The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving DVD-ROM explains it all with videos and four-color diagrams. In addition to a comprehensive overview of diving equipment, the Encyclopedia also covers diving physics, physiology and the history of scuba diving.

The Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving is also available as a full-color book.

To purchase this product, contact your local PADI Instructor, yanick@phildivers.com

Prerequisites

• Must be a PADI Scuba Diver or Junior Scuba Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)
• No dives are required, so you can take the Equipment Specialist course any time of the year

Your Next Adventure

The PADI Equipment Specialist Course is not an equipment repair course, but it provides the foundation you’ll want if you’re interested in learning equipment repair

Enriched Air Diver

Scuba Diving with Enriched Air Nitrox

The PADI Enriched Air Diver course is PADI’s most popular specialty scuba diving course, and it’s easy to see why. Scuba diving with enriched air nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives.

The Fun Part

You can typically stay down longer and get back the water sooner. No wonder many divers choose this as their very first specialty.

Get College Credit

You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Enriched Air Diver course.

What You Learn

• Techniques for getting more dive time by using enriched air nitrox
• Enriched air scuba diving equipment considerations
• Enriched air considerations, including managing oxygen exposure, how to tell what’s in your scuba tank and how to set your dive computer

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all the basic scuba gear. Your dive regulator. must be enriched air compatible.
Check with your local dive shop about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at the scuba diving shop in your area.

Prerequisites

To enroll in the PADI Enriched Air Diver course, you must

• Be 15 years or older
• Have a PADI Open Water Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)

Ask your PADI Instructor about how you can start your PADI Enriched Air Diver course during your PADI Open Water Diver course.

The Learning Materials You Need

The Enriched Air Diver crewpak includes all required materials* to complete PADI’s Enriched Air Diver specialty. The Enriched Air Diver Manual covers the procedures for diving with Enriched Air (up to 40%) and the Enriched Air Diving video on DVD demonstrates step-by-step how to plan a dive using multiple dive tables. The crewpak also includes the 32%, 36% and the DSAT Oxygen Exposure tables.

* The RDP^TM used in the PADI Open Water Diver course is required but not included with this crewpak.

To purchase this product, contact your local PADI Instructor yanick@phildivers.com

Your Next Adventure

Diving with enriched air nitrox benefits all types of diving, but it goes especially well with these specialties:

• PADI Wreck Diver course – Popular wrecks tend to be deeper, so enriched air nitrox maximizes your exploration time.
• PADI Deep Diver course – The deeper you dive, the shorter your no stop time – but enriched air nitrox increases it, giving your more time at depth
• PADI Digital Underwater Photographer – Photographers usually like to make several dives so they can get lots of pictures. Enriched air nitrox reduces the amount of residual nitrogen you accumulate, allowing repetitive dives to be longer.
• PADI Master Scuba Diver The PADI Enriched Air Diver course counts toward your Master Scuba Diver rating — the highest non professional rating in recreational diving.

Drift Diver

The PADI Drift Diver Course

The PADI Drift Diver Specialty course introduces you to the coolest magic carpet ride you’ll ever experience. This course shows you how to enjoy rivers and ocean currents by “going with the flow,” staying with your dive partner, communicating with the dive boat and knowing where you are the whole time.

The Fun Part

Drift Diving is nearly effortless and relaxing. You simply glide along and enjoy the rush of flying underwater while the current does the work.

What You Learn

During your PADI Drift Diver certification course, you learn about:

• Planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of drift diving
• An introduction to drift diving equipment — floats, lines, reels
• Buoyancy-control, navigation and communication for drift diving
• Site selection and overview of aquatic currents – causes and effects
• Techniques for staying close to a buddy or together as a group

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all the basic scuba gear plus some scuba accessories such as floats, lines and reels.
Check with Philippine Islands Divers about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at the scuba diving shop

The Learning Materials You Need

The PADI Drift Diver CrewPak

Prerequisites

You must be:

• A PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another training organization)
• At least 12 years old

Your Next Adventure

The Diver Propulsion Vehicle course introduces you to scuba diving with underwater scooters, which can come in handy while drift diving.

Deep Diver

e PADI Deep Diver Course

After your first few scuba dives, you soon want to explore a bit deeper. There’s something exciting and mysterious about the depth that attracts dives.

The Fun Part

The fun part about this course is the opportunity to explore the deep. It’s exhilarating.

Get College Credit

You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Deep Diver course!

What You Learn

• Techniques for diving in the deeper  range of 18-40 metres/ 60-130 feet
  Deep scuba diving equipment considerations
• Experience in planning, organizing and making at least four deep dives under the supervision of your PADI Instructor

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all the basic scuba gear including a dive computer, some accessories and most likely a dive light

Check with Philippine Islands Divers about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at the scuba diving shop in your area.

The Learning Materials You Need

PADI’s Deep Diver crewpak (DVD and manual) provides a thorough overview of the principles and techniques needed to complete the PADI Deep Diver specialty. In addition to previewing skills you’ll practice with your instructor, the materials serve as a reference guide for deep diving in a variety of conditions and environments. You’ll also find the answers to common questions such as :

Is it true that ascending no faster than your bubbles is a good ascent rate?

Can a slow ascent replace a safety stop?

To purchase this product, contact your local PADI Instructor, yanick@phildivers.com

Prerequisites

To enroll in the PADI Deep Diver course, you must

• Be 15 years or older
• Have a PADI Adventure Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)

Your Deep Adventure Dive in the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver / Adventure Diver course credits (at your instructor’s discretion) as the first dive in the PADI Deep Diver course

Your Next Adventure

Many shipwrecks are often found in deeper water. That’s why the PADI Deep Diver course is a natural companion to the PADI Wreck Diver course. Sometimes you can take these two specialties concurrently.

Other training to consider is the PADI Enriched Air Diver course on your way to PADI Master Scuba Diver

The AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Course

The AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialty course is designed to inform you about the world’s coral reefs.

The Fun Part

As a scuba diver, the health of aquatic ecosystems is often what makes a good dive. Become aware of the fragileness of coral reefs and how you can help preserve them.

What You Learn

The AWARE – Coral Reef Conservation Specialty course teaches you about the vital role of coral reefs in the marine environment. The course also familiarizes you with the current state of the world’s coral reefs and how you can help. You will learn about the Project AWARE Foundation and :

• How coral reefs function
• Why they are so important
• Why many reefs are in serious trouble
• What you can do to prevent further decline

The Type of Scuba Gear You Use

You use all the basic scuba gear

Check with Philippine Islands Divers about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at the scuba diving shop

The Learning Materials You Need

Our World, Our Water peels back the curtain and takes you behind the scenes of our underwater world. Discover just how important our underwater eco-systems are and what you can do to help protect them.

Visit Project AWARE Foundation to download your copy today.

Prerequisites

There are no dives or age limits. Divers and non-divers alike enjoy learning about the aquatic environment.

Your Next Adventure

As you learn about coral reef conservation you may also want to work on a conservation project as part of your PADI National Geographic Diver certification.

Since fish life and coral reefs go hand in hand, it also makes sense to learn about fish identification with the AWARE Fish ID course.

You may also want to brush up on your underwater photography skills so that you can document and capture images of the conditions of the reefs and species you’re encountering.

1. Boat Diver Course

Boat Diver

The PADI Boat Diver Course

Whether you’ve never made a boat dive or you’ve logged dozens, the PADI Boat Diver Specialty course can benefit almost every diver because different boats in different parts of the world do things differently.

The Fun Part

Diving from a boat is fun, especially when you look at ease when maneuvering around on it. It’s fun to know what you’re doing.

What You Learn

Learn the tips, tricks and ways to

• Dive from boats ranging from small inflatables to giant live-aboards :
  • how they differ from place to place
  • gain experience and training from diving on boats in your local area
  • Safely enter and exit the water :
    • sometimes it’s better to hand your gear up to the crew and then climb in the boat
    • sometimes you just take off your fins and weights and walk up the ladder
  • Stow your gear in the most appropriate areas
  • Use surface lines to initiate or conclude your dives.
  • Locate basic boat safety equipment

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all the basic scuba gear. Depending on what type of diving you’ll be doing from the boat, you may also want to use underwater photography equipment, DPVs (underwater scooters), a dive light, a dry suit, lift bags, a dive flag/float or other specialty gear.

Check with Philippine Islands Divers about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at the scuba diving shop

The Learning Materials You Need

Diving from a boat is a convenient and fun way to explore the underwater world. By reviewing the PADI Boat Diver Manual and video on DVD, you’ll learn the important do’s and don’ts of boat diving including: boat terminology, etiquette, safety and procedures.

To purchase these products, contact your local PADI Instructor, yanick@phildivers.com

Prerequisites

Must be a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)

Your Next Adventure

You can do many types of diving from a boat. Just about any PADI course can be taken in conjunction with the Boat Diver course, which can help you reach the coveted Master Scuba Diver rating.

Master Scuba Diver

The PADI Master Scuba Diver Course

You have the passion. You want to join the best of the best in recreational scuba diving. You want to live the dive lifestyle and explore the underwater world and go places and see things you have never experienced.

More than a pipe dream?

Absolutely! Do it by becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver – a rating that puts you in a class of distinction – writing your ticket to endless adventure and opportunities through the experience and scuba training that sets you apart.

The Fun Part

With the PADI Master Scuba Diver rating, you have reached the highest non professional level in the PADI System of diver education. It means that you have acquired significant training and experience in a variety of dive environments. See all the specialty diver courses offered.

Prerequisites

• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• PADI Rescue Diver or Junior Rescue Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• 12 years old
• Minimum of five PADI Specialty Diver courses
• Minimum of 50 logged dives

Depending on where you live, you may be eligible for special incentives when you take the PADI Master Scuba Diver Challenge today.

For more information on becoming a PADI Master Scuba Diver, contact your local PADI Dive Shop or Resort where you can explore PADI course options.

Depending on where you live, you may also be eligible to earn free gifts while earning your Master Scuba Diver rating with the Specialty of the Month program.

5.CPR and First Aid: Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care / for Children Emergency First Response

CPR and First Aid: Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care

First aid and CPR are good skills for anyone involved in adventure sports – just in case. And, you need these skills for the PADI Rescue Diver course.

Emergency First Response is a PADI affiliate that specializes in teaching these lifesaving skills – and they’re for anyone, not just divers. Most PADI Instructors are also Emergency First Response Instructors!

The Fun Part

The fun part about Emergency First Response training is learning serious medical emergency response skills in an upbeat, positive environment. You gain the confidence that you are prepared to help in an emergency.

What You Learn in the EFR Primary and Secondary Care Courses

• BLS (Basic Life Support) CPR and rescue breathing at the layperson level
• AED (automated external defibrillator) use (optional)
• Preventing and caring for shock
• Spinal injury management
• Use of barriers to reduce disease transmission risk
• Basic first aid and first aid kit considerations

The Learning Materials You Need

Through a combination of independent study and skill practice with an instructor, you’ll build the confidence and skills to provide basic emergency care. The Primary and Secondary Care Manual and video on DVD preview emergency scenarios and provide step-by-step skill demonstrations.

The Emergency First Response Care at a Glance card is a quick-reference guide for emergency situations. Designed to fit in a glove compartment or backpack, the Care at a Glance card is an important component for any first-aid or disaster preparedness kit.

To purchase these products, contact your local PADI Instructor, yanick@phildivers.com

Prerequisites

To enroll in Emergency First Response courses, you must

• Care about other people and want to be able to assist them in a medical emergency

Your Next Adventure

Beside the Primary and Secondary Care Courses, Emergency First Response offers Care for Children and other emergency training programs.

After completing Primary and Secondary Care, take the PADI Rescue Diver course and the PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider course Together, these three courses round out your ability to handle scuba diver emergencies.

Rescue Diver

The PADI Rescue Diver Course

“Challenging” and “rewarding” best describe the PADI Rescue Diver course. Building upon what you’ve already learned, this course expands on what you already know about how to prevent problems, and how to manage them if they occur.

The Fun Part

The fun part about this course is rising to challenges and mastering them. Most divers find this course both demanding and rewarding, and at the end, say it’s the best course they’ve ever taken.

Get College Credit

You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Rescue Diver Course.

What You Learn

• Self rescue
• Recognizing and managing stress in other divers
• Emergency management and equipment
• Rescuing panicked divers
• Rescuing unresponsive divers

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all your basic scuba gear including a dive computer and accessories.

Check with Philippine Islands Divers about the gear you’ll use during this course.

The Learning Materials You Need

The PADI Rescue Diver crewpak includes all materials required to complete the PADI Rescue Diver course – including a pocket mask. You’ll learn how to think like a rescue diver and preview skills you’ll practice with your PADI Instructor. Once your Rescue Dover course is complete, you can review the DVD to refresh your dive safety skills as needed. This tool box of knowledge and technique will give you the expertise to handle almost any emergency situation.

To purchase this product, contact your local PADI Instructor yanick@phildivers.com

Prerequisites

To enroll in the PADI Rescue Diver course, you must

• Be 15 years or older
• Have a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)
• Be trained and current for first aid and CPR within the previous two years (Ask your instructor about Emergency First Response CPR and first aid courses).

Your Next Adventure

After completing CPR and first aid and the PADI Rescue Diver course, you should take the PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider course Together, these three courses round out your ability to handle scuba diver emergencies.

Advanced Open Water Diver

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course

Exploration, Excitement, Experiences.  
They’re what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about. And no, you don’t have to be “advanced” to take it – it’s designed so you can go straight into it after the PADI Open Water Diver course.  The Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you increase your confidence and build your scuba skills so you can become more comfortable in the water.  This is a great way to get more dives under your belt while continuing to learn under the supervision of your PADI instructor.  This course builds on what you’ve learned and develops new capabilities by introducing you to new activities and new ways to have fun scuba diving.

You’ll hone your skills by completing five adventure dives that introduce you to:

• Underwater navigation
• Deeper water diving (typically anywhere from 18-30 metres/ 60-100 feet)
• A sampler of three more Adventure Dives of your choice

The Fun Part: Your Choice

One reason you’ll love the Advanced Open Water Diver course is that you and your instructor choose from 15 types of Adventure Dives to complete your course. You can try your hand at digital underwater photography, wreck diving, night diving, diving with underwater scooters, peak performance buoyancy and much more.

• Get credit! Each Adventure Dive in the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course may credit toward the first dive of the corresponding PADI Specialty Diver course.

Prerequisites

To take this course, you must be:

• A PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
• 15 years old (12 for Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)

Start the Advanced Open Water Diver Course Online

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is part of PADI eLearning®. The Advanced Open Water Diver Course Online gets you started right now with the background information you need for the seven of the most popular Adventure Dives (though you and your instructor can still choose any of the Adventure Dives.)  Start Now!

What You Learn

The knowledge and skills you get in the Advanced Open Water Diver course vary with your interest and the adventures you have, but include

• Practical aspects of deep diving
• Physiological effects of deeper scuba diving.
• More ways to use your underwater compass
• How to navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time
• How to better use your dive computer and electronic Recreational Dive Planner^TM (eRDP^TM)
• And much, much more, depending on the Adventure Dives you choose

Get College Credit

You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all the basic scuba gear including your underwater compass. Depending on which three adventure dives you pick, you may also try out underwater photography equipment , DPVs (underwater scooters), a dive light a dry suit, lift bags, a dive flag/float or other specialty gear.

Check with Philippine Islands Divers about gear rentals and packages offered with this course.

The Learning Materials You Need

PADI’s Adventures in Diving Manual and DVD provide information on more than 16 types of specialty diving.You’ll use them as a guidebook to improve your diving skills and prepare for new experiences and adventures.

Curious about night diving? Flip to the night diving chapter. Once you’ve previewed the skills, your instructor will guide you on your first night diving adventure. Having trouble with underwater navigation? Review the underwater navigation section then sign up for the Navgation Adventure Dive with your PADI Instructor.

To purchase this product, contact your local PADI Instructor, yanick@phildivers.com

Your Next Adventure

After you’ve tried a specialty in the Advanced Open Water Diver course, you’ll probably want to take the whole course and learn more:

altitude diving, AWARE-fish identification, boat diving, deep diving, diver propulsion vehicle use, drift diving, dry suit diving, multilevel and computer diving, night diving, peak performance buoyancy, search and recovery, underwater nature study, underwater navigation, underwater photography, underwater videography, wreck diving

Adventure Diver

The PADI Adventure Diver Course

The PADI Adventure Diver course helps you get more out of diving by introducing you to new types of scuba diving adventures. It’s a great opportunity to work with your instructor to build your scuba diving skills and gain more confidence.

The Fun Part

Have you always wanted to try underwater photography? How about wreck diving? Here’s your chance because you can sample three dives of your choice, get a taste of what you like, and feel more at ease in the water, strengthening your underwater skills and letting you enjoy scuba diving more than ever.

• Get credit! Each Adventure Dive may be credited toward the first dive of the corresponding PADI Specialty course. This means you can be well on your path to becoming a Master Scuba Diver.

What You Learn

You can choose what you’re most interested in learning. Need to work on your buoyancy skills? Try the Peak Performance Buoyancy Adventure Dive. Want to know what you’re looking at down there? Try the AWARE-Fish Identification Adventure Dive. Choose any three of the following Adventure Dives:

Adventure Dives available to scuba divers 10 years old and older:

• Altitude Diver
• AWARE-Fish Identification
• Boat Diver
• Dry Suit Diver
• Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Underwater Naturalist
• Underwater Navigator
• Underwater Photography

Additional Adventure Dives available to scuba divers 12 years old and older:

• Deep Diver
• Diver Propulsion Vehicle
• Drift Diver
• Multilevel Diver
• Night Diver
• Search and Recovery Diver
• Underwater Videography
• Wreck Diver

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all your basic scuba gear including your underwater compass. Depending on which three adventure dives you pick, you may also try out underwater photography equipment , DPVs (underwater scooters), a dive light , a dry suit, lift bags, a dive flag/float or other specialty gear.

Check with us about gear rentals and packages offered with this course.

The Learning Materials You Need

PADI’s Adventures in Diving Manual and video on DVD provide information on more than 16 types of specialty diving. You’ll use them as a guidebook to improve your diving skills and prepare for new experiences and adventures.

Curious about night diving? Flip to the night diving chapter. Once you’ve previewed the skills, your instructor will guide you on your first night diving adventure. Having trouble with underwater navigation? Review the underwater navigation section then sign up for the Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive with your PADI Instructor.

To purchase this product, contact us

Prerequisites

To take the Adventure Diver course, you must be

• A PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
• Minimum age: 15 years old (10 years old for PADI Junior Adventure Diver)

Your Next Adventure

After your PADI Adventure Diver certification you can take the next step by completing two more adventure dives. If you’ve completed five total adventure dives that include deep and navigation, you’re an PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

PADI Adventure Dives can also count towards PADI Specialty Diver certifications. For example, if you liked your Night Adventure Dive so much that you wanted to take a complete PADI Night Diver Specialty course, your Night Adventure Dive can count as the first dive of that specialty.

AWARE – Coral Reef Conservation Course Coral Reef Conservation

The AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Course

The AWARE Coral Reef Conservation Specialty course is designed to inform you about the world’s coral reefs.

The Fun Part

As a scuba diver, the health of aquatic ecosystems is often what makes a good dive. Become aware of the fragileness of coral reefs and how you can help preserve them.

What You Learn

The AWARE – Coral Reef Conservation Specialty course teaches you about the vital role of coral reefs in the marine environment. The course also familiarizes you with the current state of the world’s coral reefs and how you can help. You will learn about the Project AWARE Foundation and :

• How coral reefs function
• Why they are so important
• Why many reefs are in serious trouble
• What you can do to prevent further decline

The Type of Scuba Gear You Use

You use all the basic scuba gear

Check with Philippine Islands Divers about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at the scuba diving shop

The Learning Materials You Need

Our World, Our Water peels back the curtain and takes you behind the scenes of our underwater world. Discover just how important our underwater eco-systems are and what you can do to help protect them.

Visit Project AWARE Foundation to download your copy today.

Prerequisites

There are no dives or age limits. Divers and non-divers alike enjoy learning about the aquatic environment.

Your Next Adventure

As you learn about coral reef conservation you may also want to work on a conservation project as part of your PADI National Geographic Diver certification.

Since fish life and coral reefs go hand in hand, it also makes sense to learn about fish identification with the AWARE Fish ID course.

You may also want to brush up on your underwater photography skills so that you can document and capture images of the conditions of the reefs and species you’re encountering.

AWARE – Fish Identification Course AWARE Fish ID

The PADI Project AWARE Fish Identification Course

Have you ever been scuba diving and asked yourself, “What was that?”

The PADI Project AWARE Fish Identification Specialty course provides you with the fish identification basics so that next time, you know the answer.

The Fun Part

You’ll find you enjoy your dives even more when you recognize the creatures that you see. The fun part about this course is you can use the skills you learn on every scuba diving vacation because once you learn the main fish families and characteristics it will help you decipher the species you see all over the world.

For example, a butterfly fish in the Caribbean has a similar shape to a butterfly fish in Southeast Asia, but their colors and markings maybe wildly different. If you know what fish family it belongs to, it becomes much easier to look up the local name or at least be able to intelligently ask the local scuba instructor what you saw. That works better than asking about a “yellow thingy with a funny tail fin.”

What You Learn

During two dives you gain hands-on (okay, eyes-on) experience in looking for and identifying the fascinating fish you see underwater. You’ll learn :

• How to identify characteristics of local fish families and species
• Fish survey techniques and strategies
• How to practice fish identification dive planning, organization and procedures

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all the basic scuba gear. You may also need some scuba accessories such as a dive slate for making notes when conducting fish surveys.

Check with Philippine Islands Divers about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at the scuba diving shop

The Learning Materials You Need

AWARE’s Our World Our Water includes a section on identifying reef fish based on body shape and habitat. You’ll also learn about marine life indigenous to tidal zones, polar regions, kelp forests, and wetlands. Our World Our Water also includes a five page glossary of terminology used by marine biologists.

Visit Project AWARE Foundation to download your copy today.

Prerequisites

To take this course, you must be

a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization)

Your Next Adventure

While you’re learning about fish, you’ll probably also be curious about the different types of coral and want to check out the Coral Reef Conservationist course.

As you learn about fish survey techniques you may also want to work on a conservation project as part of your PADI National Geographic Diver certification.

You may also want to brush up on your underwater photography skills so that you can document and capture images of the species you’re encountering.

Underwater Digital Photographer Course

Digital Underwater Photographer course

The PADI Digital Underwater Photographer and Underwater Photographer Courses

Underwater photography is one of the most popular diving specialties, and the rise of digital underwater photography has made it easier and more fun than ever. This is why there are actually two PADI underwater photography courses. The PADI Digital Underwater Photographer course gets you going quickly with today modern digital equipment, whether you use a point-and-shoot snap camera or a sophisticated D-SLR like the pros. The PADI Underwater Photographer course is a more traditional photography course designed for conventional film equipment.

The Fun Part

It’s a great way to relive the adventures you’ve had. Plus capture images to share with your friends and family. You can even enter a photo contest and see your best shot on the 2010 PADI Diving Society member card. Click the banner for more details!

Get College Credit

You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Underwater Photographer Specialty course

What You Learn

• How to choose the right underwater camera system for you
• The PADI SEA method for getting great shots quickly
• The three primary principles for good underwater photos

The Scuba Gear You Use

You use all the same basic scuba gear you would use for the diving environment as well as an underwater photography system.

Check with Philippine Islands Divers about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at Philippine Islands Divers

The Learning Materials You Need

Avoid the frustration of learning underwater photography through trial and error. The PADI Digital Underwater Photography crewpak shortens the learning curve with tips and hints from the pros.

Topics covered include :

• Basic photography tips
• Strobe diagrams for a variety of effects
• Tips for eliminating backscatter
• An explanation of the various digital file formats
• How to bring back the color in your images

The crewpak includes the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Manual and submersible white balance slate. The course materials preview skills you’ll practice with your instructor. Once the course is over, use your manual as a reference guide as you explore new environments and to evolve your skills.

To purchase this product, contact your local PADI     Instructor, yanick@phildivers.com

The Prerequisites for This Course

To enroll, you must

have a PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)

Your Underwater Photography Adventure Dive in the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver / Adventure Diver course credits (at your instructor’s discretion) as the first dive in the PADI Underwater Photographer course

Your Next Adventure

Two excellent specialties to pair with underwater photography are the PADI Enriched Air Diver course, and the PADI Dry Suit Diver course on your way to PADI Master Scuba Diver The PADI Enriched Air Diver course allows you to extend your time underwater so you have more time to capture images. In cooler climates, a dry suit allows you to dive comfortably longer, and to make more dives.

You may also find the Peak Performance Buoyancy course gives you helpful tips to optimize your weighting and skills so you’ll be in better position to capture that perfect picture.

Open Water Diver

Get Certified!  Take a Scuba Lesson with the PADI Open Water Diver Course

Get your PADI scuba certification. If you’ve always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, discover new adventures or simply see the wondrous world beneath the waves, this is where it starts.

The PADI Open Water Diver course is the world’s most popular scuba course, and has introduced millions of people to the adventurous diving lifestyle. Start your scuba certification online.

What You Learn

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

• Knowledge Development (online, home study or in a classroom ) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
• Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills
• Open Water Dives to review your skills and explore!

If you’ve tried diving through a Discover Scuba Diving experience or resort course, the skills you learned may be credited towards a portion of the full PADI Open Water Diver course certification.

Prerequisites
To enroll in the PADI Open Diver course or Junior Open Water Diver course, you must

• Be 10 years or older (PADI eLearning requires a minimum age of 13 years due to international internet laws

The Fun Part

The fun part about this course is . . . well, just about all of it because learning to dive is incredible. You breathe underwater for the first time (something you’ll never forget) and learn what you need to know to become a certified diver. During the course, you’ll make at least five pool dives and four dives at local dive sites under the supervision of your PADI Instructor.

Get College Credit
You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Open Water Diver course!

The Scuba Gear You Use

In the PADI Open Water Diver course, you learn to use basic scuba gear including a dive computer, and standard accessories. The equipment you wear varies somewhat, depending upon whether you’re diving in tropical, temperate or cold water

Check with us about the gear you’ll use during this course. You can find most everything at the Philippines Islands Divers Services diving shop.

The Learning Materials You Need

PADI offers a variety of home-study materials for the Open Water Diver course. While eLearning is the most convenient option, you may also chose a book and DVD package or a multimedia DVD-ROM.

PADI’s Open Water Diver materials cover what you need to know about basic scuba diving skills, terminology and safety procedures. For each concept you’ll read a description and watch a video demonstration. Then you’ll jump in the pool (or pool-like environment) to practice these skills with your instructor. Later, as a certified diver, use the course materials as a reference guide for future diving adventures and to review what you learned.

Note: Enroll in the PADI Open Water Diver Course Online for immediate computer-based access to the manual and video integrated into seamless, guided online learning.

To purchase these products, contact your local PADI Instructor,yanick@phildivers.com.

Start Now

You don’t have to wait to get going. With PADI eLearning and the PADI Open Water Diver Course Online, you can start right now. The PADI Open Water Diver Course Online lets you learn the background information you need before each dive at your own pace through friendly, interactive learning. It even helps you choose the PADI dive shop where you’ll make those dives.

Scuba Diver

PADI Scuba Diver Course

Short on time and long on the urge to become a certified diver? The PADI Scuba Diver certification might just be for you. This course requires less time than the PADI Open Water Diver course, covering only the first three of five sections of knowledge development, the first three of five pool sessions, and the first two of four open water training dives, resulting in a limited certification. Particularly if you expect to go scuba diving primarily in the company of a dive guide or if you have limited time to devote to scuba certification, consider becoming a PADI Scuba Diver.

This certification allows for ample dive experience and is a good warm-up for the Open Water Diver course, if that’s your ultimate goal. PADI Scuba Divers are qualified to:

• Dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Divemaster, Assistant Instructor or Instructor to a maximum depth of 12 metres / 40 feet
• Obtain air fills, rent or purchase scuba equipment and participate in other diving activities as long as they have the required supervision
• Continue their dive training and complete PADI Open Water Diver certification and other courses such as Project AWARE and equipment specialty courses

The Fun Part

The Scuba Diver certification opens the door on the underwater world for anyone who’s thought that a course would take too long or be too difficult.

• Upgrade to Open Water Diver whenever you want! With less time than the Scuba Diver course takes, you can make the jump to Open Water Diver certification and start scuba diving independently whenever time allows or you’re up for more

What You Learn

All the basics of scuba diving through knowledge development, a set of scuba skills in the pool that you’ll use again during open water dives, and an appreciation for the underwater world that will keep you coming back for more bottom time every chance you get!

During the course you’ll cover material and practice skills related to topics such as:

• Buoyancy skills including comfortable ascents and descents, and breathing underwater.
• Staying warm underwater, streamlining your swimming skills and buddy diving techniques.
• Diving environments and aquatic life you’re likely to encounter.
• Preventing common problems underwater.
• An introduction to boat diving.

The Scuba Gear You Use

You’ll use all the basic scuba gear and some of it may be included with your course. You may want to invest in your own mask, snorkel and fins since these personal items are a lot more fun to use when they fit properly. A buoyancy compensating jacket that holds your scuba tank, a scuba regulator that delivers air, a weight system and instrumentation to monitor depth and air supply will also be used. Depending on the scuba diving environment, you might also wear a scuba wetsuit .

Ask the Philippine Islands Divers  where you plan to take your Scuba Diver course about the scuba equipment you’ll use.

The Learning Materials You Need

PADI offers a variety of home-study materials for the Scuba Diver. While eLearning is the most convenient option, you may also choose a book and video on DVD package or a multimedia DVD-ROM.

PADI’s Scuba Diver materials provide a comprehensive overview of basic scuba diving skills, terminology and safety procedures. For each concept you’ll read a description and watch a video demonstration. Then you’ll jump in the pool (or pool-like environment) to practice these skills with your instructor. Once you’re a certified diver, use the course materials as a reference guide for future diving adventures.

To purchase these products, contact diving@phildivers.com

The Prerequisites for This Course

To take this course, you must be:

• 15 years old (or 10 years old for Junior Scuba Diver certification)

Your Next Adventure

You may want to step up to Open Water Diver certification at your first opportunity but as a PADI Scuba Diver you also qualify to take:

Equipment Specialist and Project AWARE Specialist certification courses.

The PADI Skin Diver Course

Learn to snorkel and skin dive!

Explore the underwater world from the surface.

The PADI Skin Diver certification helps you get – and keep - your fins wet. While snorkeling is limited to peering down from the surface, skin divers generally venture further than snorkelers, making frequent surface dives to interact with aquatic life, up close and personal.

What You Learn
The course provides basic information on skin diving equipment, dive science, the environment, problem management and safe skin diving practices.

Inwater training includes various techniques for donning and adjusting equipment, entering the water, checking buoyancy, surface swimming, clearing water from your snorkel and performing effortless surface dives.

Prerequisites
To enroll in the PADI Skin Diver course, you must be

• at least eight years old
• comfortable in the water.

The Fun Part
The best part is learning to use your mask, fins and snorkel so you don’t miss a moment of underwater action. Whether you’re looking at your local freshwater lake or the big blue ocean, you’ll have a new perspective on just about every body of water. You can use your new aquatic skills to explore a brand new world during an optional open water dive. And, when you’ve finished the course, you’ll get a PADI Skin Diver certification card for your efforts and be ready for your next adventure.

The Gear You Use
The PADI Skin Diver course teaches you to use basic snorkeling equipment including a mask, snorkel , fins ,  buoyancy control device (BCD), exposure protection like a wet suit and dive weights as needed.

Ask your local PADI dive shop what equipment you’ll use in the course. They’ll have everything you need readily available.

The Learning Materials You Need
The PADI Skin Diver course doesn’t have any required materials, but you’ll enjoy the PADI Discover the Underwater World video. The video covers all of the great reasons to jump in and includes tips that will come in handy once you hit the water. A companion piece is The Snorkeler’s Field Guide. This  handy booklet illustrattesvarious underwater environments along with their common aquatic life.

To purchase these products, contact diving@phildivers.com

Discover Scuba Diving

PADI Discover Scuba Diving Experience

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to breathe underwater. If you want to find out but aren’t quite ready to take the plunge into a certification course, Discover Scuba Diving will let you try scuba to see if you like it. Philippine Islands Divers offer a version of this program, either in a pool or other body of water. You might try it close to home or while you’re on vacation.
While not an actual scuba certification, during the Discover Scuba Diving experience you’ll learn how to use scuba equipment in shallow water and get a quick and easy introduction to what it takes to explore the underwater world.

The Fun Part

There is nothing like breathing underwater for the very first time. It takes a little getting used to –after all, human beings weren’t designed to do that – but after a few minutes of awestruck wonder, most participants realize how easy scuba diving really is. The biggest challenge instructors have with the Discover Scuba Diving program is not coaxing participants into the water, but coaxing them out when the program is over. The fun part? It’s all fun!

• Plus, you can get credit! If your Discover Scuba Diving program includes an actual scuba dive in open water, your experience may count toward PADI Scuba Diver or Open Water Diver certification, putting you a step ahead of the game when you decide to go for it.

What You Learn

You learn the basics you need to dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Professional. One thing you’ll learn is that you really can breathe underwater and whether you like doing that or not. You will:

• Learn what wearing scuba equipment feels like and how easy it is to move around underwater while wearing it
• Find out what it’s like to breathe underwater and learn whether you can be comfortable there
• Learn some basic skills and safety rules that will carry over to your full scuba certification course when you take the next step

The Scuba Gear You Use

All the equipment you will need is typically included in a Discover Scuba Diving experience. You’ll use all the basic scuba gear including a mask , snorkel and fins, a buoyancy compensating jacket that also carries your scuba tank, a scuba regulator to breathe from and instrumentation to monitor depth and air supply. You might also wear a scuba wetsuit or a weight system depending on where you do your Discover Scuba Diving program.
Ask the dive shop where you plan to take your Discover Scuba Diving program about the scuba equipment you’ll use.

The Learning Materials You Need

• Just your willingness and undivided attention

Prerequisites

• To take Discover Scuba Diving, you must be:
  At least 10 years old

Your Next Adventure

Once you complete a Discover Scuba Diving program, you’ll want to check out:
Scuba Diver and Open Water Diver certification courses.

Bubblemaker 8 yrs+

The PADI Bubblemaker Experience

What a great way to introduce children to scuba diving in a pool in less than two metres/six feet of water. Celebrate a birthday by throwing a memorable, exciting Bubblemaker party with friends and family at Philippine Islands Divers Services. It’s fun, easy and safe.

The Fun Part

Youngsters can join in the family fun of scuba diving or even start a trend! Children should be comfortable in the water, but they don’t have to be super swimmers. With youngsters in mind, the maximum depth is only 2 metres/ 6 feet.

• Typical sessions last about an hour (sign up, gear up and fun included)
• Also available as an open water experience (2 metres/ 6 feet max. depth)

What You Learn

Kids get a chance to :

• Experience what scuba diving is like under the direct care and supervision of our PADI Instructors
• Take their first breath underwater
• Learn about and use scuba diving equipment made for children – not adults

The Scuba Gear You Use

Children use all the basic scuba gear, which is made for their size and stature.

Check with us about setting up a Bubblemaker experience today.

The Learning Materials You Need

Ready to blow bubbles? The Bubblemaker crewpak gives kids a memento of their visit to the underwater world and is full of fun surprises. The pack includes: a kid-sized beach towel, log book, certificate, temporary tattoo emblem and the adorable and a popular Bubblemaker “action figure.” Adults love them, too.

To purchase this product, contact diving@phildivers.com

Prerequisites

The PADI Bubblemaker program is for children age 8 and above.

• No pre-training required

Your Next Adventure

Bubblemakers can continue the adventure to complete AquaMissions during the Seal Team program. Those who are 10-14 years old can take the Junior PADI Open Water Diver course and may want to pursue other advanced kids courses

Sealteam

Seal Team (8 yrs+)

The PADI Seal Team Program

The PADI Seal Team is for young divers who are looking for action-packed fun in a pool by doing exciting scuba AquaMissions.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to dive with flashlights, take digital pictures underwater or float effortlessly like an astronaut? These are AquaMissions that introduce you to wreck, navigation, buoyancy, underwater photography, environmental awareness and more.

Here’s your chance to do some cool stuff in the pool, meet friends and share in the adventure of the underwater world.

The Fun Part

The best part of the Specialty AquaMissions is they reinforce save diving skills while the kids are having fun. PADI Seals get to sample a wide variety of dives.

In addition, it provides parents with a structured program that lets their children develop skills, learn about the aquatic environment and have a lot of good, clean fun. This is also an excellent way to introduce kids to scuba diving prior to full Open Water Diver certification.

What You Learn

The PADI Seal Team program is broken into two parts.

Part one, AquaMissions 1 – 5, teaches kids the basics of diving – things like buoyancy control, mask clearing, regulator recovery, etc.

After building a solid foundation of scuba skills, kids move on to part two. Part two is full of specialty AquaMissions, which usually last about an hour.

PADI Seal Team

• Helps children learn responsibility
• Teaches children about the aquatic environment
• Is a fun pool-only experience
• Is conducted by certified, trained PADI Professionals

The Scuba Gear You Use

Children use all the basic scuba gear, which is made for their size and stature.

Check with Philippine Islands Divers about gear rentals and packages offered with this program. You can find most everything at PIDS

The Learning Materials You Need

Calling all Seal Team recruits: The Seal Team crewpak includes everything a PADI Seal Team member needs to prepare for their AquaMissions. Video on DVD? Check! Activity book? Check! Log book pages? Check!  You are now cleared for an underwater adventure . . .

To purchase this product, contact diving@phildivers.com

Prerequisites

To participate in PADI Seal Team, a child

• Must be at least 8 years old

Your Next Adventure

Upon successful completion of the first five AquaMissions, students become a PADI Seal Team members. Upon successful completion of 10 additional specialty Aqua Missions, students become Master Seal Team members

When kids are 10 years old, they can take complete the Junior PADI Open Water Diver certification.

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PADI COURSES

Scuba Diving Packages

5 days Open Water to Advanced Open Water

5 pool sessions + 9 Open Water dives

Go Deep

4 days Advanced Open Water + Deep Dive Specialty 40m/130f

8 Open Water dives

Extend the window of your bottom time

Advanced Open Water + EANx Specialty

Be all you can be

Advanced Open Water + Deep Dive Specialty + EANx Specialty

Rescue + EFR + O2

Scuba Diving Reservations

• Balicasag Black Forest

Location: Poblacion, Panglao Island

Distance: 10km from Alona beach, approximately 25min with motor banca

Composition: Steep slope

Experience level: More experienced Open Water Divers or higher

Depth: 8 – 40m

Snorkeling: Not advisable

Marine life: Lots of coral heads at the shallow area. The black corals (Antipathes) are to be found at the depth of 35 – 45m. Also there are various numbers of anthias, rock cods groupers, scorpion fishes, squirrel fishes, parrotfish, wrasse, damsel fishes, anemone fishes, trigger fishes (Aggressive at the months of May to July).

Further description: Located at the south side of Panglao Island. Start the dive with the slope on the right shoulder. At the beginning you may experience current against you which will change after approximately 20min and you are drifting.

• Balicasag Fish Sanctuary

Location: Poblacion, Panglao Island

Distance: 10km from Alona beach, approximately 25min with motor banca

Composition: Wall dive

Experience level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Depth: 3 – 35m

Snorkeling: Good for snorkeling. The reef top is very shallow and a lot of stuff to see.

Marine life: Our favorite attraction is the large school of silver jack’s, the big eye trevally. They seam to be accustomed to divers already because often you can find yourself within this huge school. Midnight snappers, and different kinds of sweetlips. And of cause the usual coral fishes.

Further description: Located at the south side of Panglao Island. Pretty straight wall with many caverns and over-hangs. Most of the time we start the dive with the wall on the left shoulder going direction Rudy’s Rock.

• Balicasag Diver’s Heaven

Location: Poblacion, Panglao Island

Distance: 10km from Alona beach, approximately 25min with motor banca

Composition: Steep slope

Experience level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Depth: 8 – 40m

Snorkeling: Good for snorkeling towards the shore at shallow depth

Marine life: Many gold band fusilier, big mouth mackerel, mid night snapper, red tooth trigger fish, and of cause turtles. At the ledge of the reef you can see great corals such as brown daisy coral, and some big bucket sponges.

Further description: Located at the south side of Panglao Island. Start the dive with the steep slope on the left shoulder moving towards Cathedral in north-west direction. Depending on current you may start your dive towards Black Forest, slope on your right shoulder.

• Balicasag – Royal Garden or Cathedral

Location: Poblacion, Panglao Island

Distance: 10km from Alona beach, approximately 25min with motor banca

Composition: Wall dive

Experience level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Depth: 3 – 40m

Snorkeling: Very good for snorkeling

Marine life: Yellow bucket sponges and large and colorful sea fans. Barracudas and angler fish, snubnose drummer and off the wall the big mouth mackerels. Back to the wall you will see golden sergeant fish, mid night snapper, many pyramid butterfly fish, and the one-spot snapper.

Further description: Located at the south side of Panglao Island. A nice wall with big over-hangs. On a bright day you will have beautiful light reflections inside the cathedral.

• Balicasag Rudy’s Rock

Location: Poblacion, Panglao Island

Distance: 10km from Alona beach, approximately 25min with motor banca

Composition: Wall dive

Experience level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Depth: 3 – 35m

Snorkeling: Good for snorkeling

Marine life: Many soft and hard corals, small cavers and crevices. Often you can see a large school of jack fishes (Locally mamsa) or big eye trevallies circling around like a tornado. Mid night snappers are accompanying  sweetlips.

Further description: Located at the south side of Panglao Island. You can’t miss the land mark which is the stick at the shallow area in front of the beach.
Start the dive with the wall on the left shoulder or the wall on your right shoulder.

• Pamilacan Island

Location: Baclayon, Panglao Island

Distance: 20km from Alona beach. 50min with motor banca

Composition: Slope dive

Experience level: For advanced divers or higher

Depth: 8 – 35m

Snorkeling: Not advisable

Marine life: At the slope you can find many coral heads and soft corals and very special are the coral strings. School of napoleon wrasse or double headed maori wrasse, barracudas, bat fish. Manta rays are seen occasionally.

Further description: Start the first dive in front of the small rocky island and the second dive before your exit point of the first dive. Pamilacan is recovering from intense illegal fishing but we can see improvements.

• Snake Island

Location: Libaong, Panglao Island

Distance: 10.5km from Alona beach. 30min with motor banca

Composition: Shoal dive (Under Water Island)

Experience level: Advanced divers or higher

Depth: 9 – 30m

Snorkeling: Not possible

Marine life: Black-white banded sea snakes, moray eels, starry moray eels, lion fish, nudi branches. At the top area lots of sea urchins.

Further description: We only dive there when the conditions are moderate. But still, often we experienced strong current. Be aware of your NDL and of the fact that you have to do a safety stop in mid water.

• Puntod Island

Location: Doljo, Panglao Island

Distance: 11.5km from Alona beach, 31min by motor banca

Composition: Wall and slope dives

Experience level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Depth: 3 – 40m

Snorkeling: Ideal conditions

Marine life: Beautiful hard and soft corals, especially at the shallow part. Small caves (bring dive light). One-striped fusilier, ribbon eels, raggy scorpion fish, anthias, nudi branches, puffer fish, many small fishes.

Further description: Located at the west side of Panglao Island. Ideal for shallow dives and photography. An amazing area at the top reef with hard and soft corals and the white sandy bottoms in between.

• Arco Point

Location: Libaong, Panglao Island

Distance: 4.5km from Alona beach.

Composition: Wall dive

Experience level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Depth: 4 – 27m

Snorkeling: Very good for snorkeling

Marine life: At the cave you can find Cardinal fish, Sergeant major fish. Around the entrance of the hole (8m) are well hidden Raggy scorpion fish. Inside the cave at about 10m you can see White-eyed moray eel and Black finned snake eels.  Along the wall you find Groupers, Wrasse, Butterfly fish and Cuttlefish.

Further description: Located at the south side of Panglao Island. When you begin the dive at the hole try to avoid diving through it. It destructs the area. Good divers may pass through without touching the walls of the hole but it will only encourage inexperienced divers to follow. We should observe at the entrance of the hole, dive around it and approach from the hole again from wall side. After you enjoyed the hole/cave continue your dive having the wall on the right shoulder. The wall gets successively smaller and at the end of the dive at the ledge you are at approximately 5m. Look out for Angler/Frog fish.

• Crystal Sanctuary

Location: Danao, Panglao Island

Distance: 400m from Alona beach, 1min by motor banca

Composition: Wall at the beginning and at the end sloping

Diver level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Site Depth: 3 – 25m

Snorkeling: Good for snorkeling but sanctuary restrictions

Marine life: Many beautiful hard and soft corals. Schools of jacks, bat fish and sometimes barracudas. Big eye trevally, lone barracudas, big mouth mackerel, fusilier, bat fish, surgeon fish, snappers, and damsels. Gobbies, nudibranches, coral pipefish, mantis shrimp, frog fish etc. And you can enjoy macro dives as well.

Further description: Located at the south side of Panglao Island. It’s easy to get there and the closest dive site to Alona beach. Good for beginner and photographers will be busy taking all the shots!

• Danao

Location: Danao, Panglao Island

Distance: 3km from Alona beach, 10min by motor banca

Composition: Wall/steep slope

Diver level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Site Depth: 8 – 25m

Snorkeling: Good for snorkeling

Marine life: The sandy area is most interesting and you better dive slowly so that you doesn’t miss a lot of camouflaging and hiding fishes such as flounders, soles, blue spotted stingrays, sand eels, dragon fish, and jaw fish.
At the top reef you will see many hard corals. It’s a perfect place for a safety stop.

Further description: Located at the south side of Panglao Island.

• Doljo – Housereef

Location: Doljo, Panglao Island

Distance: 15km from Alona beach, 35min by motor banca, 15min by car

Composition: Wall dive

Experience level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Depth: 3 – 25m

Snorkeling: Good for snorkeling. Shallow top reef

Marine life: This dive site makes these divers happy whom are into macro photography or just bringing their macro magnifying lens (Or the once with the good eyes).  Beautiful wall dive with many kind of hard corals and sandy spots in between within shallow area.
If you take a closer look into/under hard corals, you will find crabs, shrimps, gobies, and a very popular fish, the pajama cardinal fish. Try to count how many different kinds of cardinal fishes are there (If you get it right we will give you an extra dive…free of cause.) 
You will also see nudibranches, harlequin ghost pipefish and clown frog fish. (They are hiding somewhere).

Further description: Located at the west side of Panglao Island. It is also one of our favorite dive sites in case we have strong Habagat wind on the Alona side.

• Doljo Point

Location: Doljo, Panglao Island

Distance: 15km from Alona beach, 35min by motor banca, 15min by car

Composition: Wall and slope dives

Experience level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Depth: 3 – 40m

Snorkeling: Possible – but a bit deep. Snorkelers need to head more towards the shore.

Marine life: Big sea fans, many colorful soft corals, bucket sponges, elephant ear sponges and big leather corals are all over. Giant frog fishes are hiding on sponges or corals, Leaf fishes on hard corals, Dragon fishes at the sandy area, Spine cheek anemone fishes, which are not common at the Panglao area, Ghost pipe fish and Bristle-tail-filefish camouflaging at the sea grass area.

Further description: Located at the west side of Panglao Island. Good for deep dives but be careful, it is easy to drop too deep. At the shallow depth macro diving is ideal. Very popular for wide angle photography because of the combination of hard coral and the many purple colors. There is a big chance to see manta rays or hammerhead sharks in February and March, at the depth of 25m to 40m. The possibility of seeing a Whale shark is valid but you must be a really lucky person that day. If there is stronger current, a school of Barracuda shows up. We head for Doljo when the weather condition at the south end of Panglao doesn’t permit us to dive.

• Kalipayan

Location: Danao, Panglao Island

Distance: 2km from Alona beach, 8min by motor banca

Composition: Wall at the beginning and at the end sloping

Experience level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Depth: 3 – 27m

Snorkeling: Good for snorkeling

Marine life: Sandy slope, macro dive. Not so many big fish around here but very popular dive site for photographer. Blue and table corals, sea fans and brown daisy corals. Dot head rock cod, small barracudas, black and yellow harlequin ghost pipe fish.
Blue spotted ray, dragon fish, garden eels, long-horned cowfish, and snake eel at sandy slope area. You will see panda clown fish if you follow the slope down to 22 -27m. Watch out, some of them are pretty aggressive and if you look carefully under or near anemones, you can sometimes see their eggs. And also shrimps and crabs are living with them, don’t miss it!
On the way back to the top reef, you still can’t leave your eyes on. Ghost pipefish, banded stick pipefish, crab-eyed goby, Nudibranches, harlequin ghost pipefish, scorpion fish, flounders, etc.
So, its better you bring a full charged battery for your camera!
May and June watch out for Titan trigger fish.

Further description: Located at the south side of Panglao Island. Good for macro diving and macro photography at the shallow depth.

• Momo Beach

Location: Tangnan, Panglao Island

Distance: 20km from Alona beach, 40min by motor banca, 20min by car

Composition: Wall and slope dive

Experience level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Depth: – 40m

Snorkeling: Possible – nice stuff to see at 3 to 4 meters

Marine life: Nudibranches, leaf fishes, many kinds of juvenile wrasse, pajama cardinal fish, red eyed goby, brown barred goby, and harlequin filefish. We can also find red spot cardinal fish which is unfamiliar in south Panglao.

Further description: Located at the north side of Panglao Island. Good for macro diving and macro photography at the shallow depth.  We also dive here during the time of the south-west monsoon or Habagat.

• NAPALING

Location: Tangnan, Panglao Island, north of Panglao

Distance: 21km from Alona beach, 45min by motor banca, 20 min with car

Composition: Wall and slope dive

Experience level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Depth: 3 – 40m

Snorkeling: Possible – Good conditions

Marine life: Nudi branches, schools of banner fish, leaf fish, several kinds of juvenile wrasse, red eyed goby, cardinal fish, young barracudas, etc.

Further description: In case of rough waters (Especially during Habagat – southwest monsoon) on the south side of Panglao, where Alona beach is located, we can still dive at Napaling at the north side.
Good for macro diving.
Ideal for Photography at shallower depth.
Careful with entries at the shallow part of the reef.

• House Reef

Location: Tawala and Danao, Panglao Island

Distance: 120m (From the beach to the ledge) from Alona beach. Top reef size: Average of 110m width and 800m length.

Composition: Wall and slope dives

Experience level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Depth: 3 – 24m

Snorkeling: Good snorkeling conditions

Marine life: Harlequin ghost pipe fish, Small Barracudas, Purple queen anthias fish, Moorish idol, Regal angelfish, Nudi branches, Stigrays at sandy slope after 18m, at night dives Basket stars.

• BBC

Further description: Located at the south side of Panglao Island. Since the top reef has an average width of 110m all dives are boat dives. Right in the middle is the most beautiful part, excellent for discover scuba diving, check-up dives or skill training. The wall ends at average 18m and a sandy slope will reveal several species.

Location: Bolod, Panglao Island

Distance: 3.5km from Alona beach. 10min by motor banca.

Composition: Steep slope dive

Experience level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Depth: 0 – 30m

Snorkeling: Good snorkeling conditions

Marine life: Very special are the Brown daisy corals. Pygmy sea horses are to be found….with a good eye. Schools of Sergeant mayors, Black damsel fish, Banded snake eel and on the sandy slope black and Blue lined nudi branches.

Further description: Located at the south side of Panglao Island. This dive site is right in front of Bohol Beach Club. At the end of the dive you will find two small Jeepneys (Traditional Filipino car). These two wrecks are there for quite some time and you can expect few nice species around this area. One jeepney is at 10m and the other one at 8m.

Habagat Wreck

Location: Danao, Panglao Island

Distance: 2.5km from Alona beach, 9min by motor banca

Composition: Steep slope

Experience level: Easy dive site for Open Water Divers or higher

Depth: 8 – 35m

Snorkeling: Good for snorkeling

Marine life: Tall fin batfish, big lion fish, cardinal fish, frog fish, angler fish, harlequin ghost pipe fish

Further description: Located at the south side of Panglao Island. Good for macro diving and macro photography at the shallow depth.  Usual dive pattern would be descending to 35m directly to the wreck, than following the sandy slope towards north-west to the ‘S’ shaped wall with overhang.

• Cabilao Island

Cabilao Island used to be known for the hammerhead sharks specially when the temperature of the water is colder (December and January). The wall is very nice with many gorgones, sea-fans hard corals, etc. Barracudas, butterfly fishes, bonitas, and other tropical fishes are also abundant. The wall goes down to more than 50 meters, and on one place it start only at 30 meters deep.

• Apo Island

Together with other small islands located south of Negros Province, Apo Island is as beautiful in the surface as it is underwater.

• Sumilon Island

Situated in the south of Cebu, Sumilon is a small island surrounded by a white sand beach. The dive starts in 5 meters of water, until the end of the drop off around 18-22 meters deep.

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