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PADI Drift Diver

PADI Drift Diver

Drift diving can be relaxing and exhilarating. The course teaches you how to enjoy going with the flow as you scuba dive down rivers and use ocean currents to glide along.

The PADI Drift Diver Specialty course teaches you how to enjoy going with the flow as you scuba dive down rivers and use ocean currents to glide along. It feels like flying - except that you’re underwater using scuba equipment. Drift diving can be relaxing and exhilarating at the same time. If these sounds like fun, then the Drift Diver course is for you.

What the Course Entails

Along with drift diving techniques and procedures, you’ll:

  • Receive an introduction to drift diving equipment - floats, lines and reels.

  • Get an overview of aquatic currents - causes and effects.

  • Practice with buoyancy control, navigation and communication during two drift dives.

  • Learn techniques for staying close to a buddy or together as a group as you float with the current.



    • Course Duration: 1 Days

Course Pre-requisites

  • Must be a PADI Open Water Diver.

  • Minimum Age of 12.



Course Flow

If you’re a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver who is at least 12 years old, you can enrol in the Drift Diver specialty course.

How Can I Get Started?

Pick up a PADI Drift Diver Manual and the Drift Diving video to start learning immediately. Stop by your local PADI Dive Centre and Resort to enrol in the course and pick up your independent study materials.

What is the next adventure?

DPVs can come in handy when wreck diving because they let you tour more of the wreck, plus reduce your air consumption. You may want to consider the PADI Wreck Diver course while working your way to Master Scuba Diver.

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Marina Lodge At Port Ghalib

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