Courses

Specialty Courses

Boat Diver

This course helps you expand your knowledge about boats from small inflatables to large liveaboards. You'll gain experience scuba diving by completing two dives from a boat. Find Out More

Peak Performance Buoyancy

Observe aquatic life without disturbing their surroundings. Improve the buoyancy skills you learned as a new diver and elevate them to the next level. Excellent buoyancy control is what defines skille... Find Out More

Enriched Air / Nitrox

Are you going on vacation and planning multiple dives over several days... then we highly recommend diving Enriched Air / Nitrox!   Find Out More

Equipment Specialist

Learn to manage basic scuba diving equipment repairs and adjustments. Understand routine care and maintenance procedures and how dive gear works.   Find Out More

Digital Underwater Photography

It’s easy and fun to capture images of your underwater scuba adventures.   Find Out More

Master Scuba Diver

Take the... 3rd Reef Master Scuba Diver Challenge and become a Legend! Find Out More

Underwater Hunter

3rd Reef Divers offers an Exclusive 2-level Underwater Hunter Course! Find Out More

Emergency First Responder

Discover simple to follow steps for emergency care. This course focuses on building confidence in everyday rescuers and increasing the willingness to respond when faced with a medical emergency. ... Find Out More

Deep Diver

Explore deeper dive sites with confidence at depths down to 130 ft. Learn to manage your gas supply, go over buddy contact procedures, and buoyancy control. Find Out More

Dry Suit

Why dive dry - simply to stay warm.  No one said diving had to be cold or wet.  More often than not, in colder waters, dry suit diving can be the difference between experiencing multiple div... Find Out More

Night Diver

If you’ve wondered what happens underwater after the sun goes down, enroll in the PADI Night Diver Specialty course. Find Out More

Search and Recovery

Retrieve lost items that have fallen overboard or over a dock. Learn to effectively plan search patterns and use a lift bag for heavy objects. Find Out More

Underwater Navigation

Scuba divers can successfully reach their intended mark by integrating natural navigational techniques (environmental observation) and their skill of using instruments like the compass.  Imagine ... Find Out More

Wreck Diver

Ships, airplanes, and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life. Each wreck dive offers a chance for a new discovery. Find Out More

The Original PADI Zombie Apoca...

Congratulations! You have made the possible lifesaving decision to bring your dive training to the next level and become certified to dive and survive in a post-apocalyptic world. In the unlikely and ... Find Out More

Altitude Diver

Imagine descending below the surface of a clear mountain lake to explore a well-preserved wreck. Interested? Any time you scuba dive at an altitude higher than 1000 feet above sea level, you're al... Find Out More

Emergency Oxygen Provider

For recreational scuba divers, emergency oxygen is the primary first aid given to individuals suffering from a near drowning, decompression sickness or lung overexpansion injuries.  Hav... Find Out More

Full Face Mask

Diving with a full face mask allows you to breathe from your nose and mouth, and provides added comfort in colder water. The mask can also be fitted with communication gear, which can be useful for va... Find Out More

DPV - Diver Propulsion Vehicle

DPV Diving: See More, Swim Less, Smile Big. Find Out More

Drift Diver Specialist

Scuba diving in a current can be both relaxing and exhilarating. You may slowly glide over a reef, or zoom over an underwater landscape so fast it feels like flying. By the end of your drift diver cou... Find Out More

Delayed Surface Marker Buoy (D...

Boats and currents are two common factors associated with many dive sites. Boaters don't always recognize that divers are in the area and current can carry you further than expected. Launching a d... Find Out More

Underwater Naturalist

Take the PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course and you'll see new things, even on the most familiar scuba diving sites. Why? Because when know more about symbioses, underwater ecology, and a... Find Out More

Self-Reliant Diver

Retrieve lost items that have fallen overboard or over a dock. Learn to effectively search patterns and use a lift bag for heavy objects. Find Out More

Project Aware

Project AWARE DIVE AGAINST DE...

Pay the ocean forward by helping clean it up on your next dive. Learn about the problems of marine debris, conducting Dive Against Debris surveys, and how divers are a part of the solution to keeping ... Find Out More

Project AWARE - Fish Identific...

Retrieve lost items that have fallen overboard or over a dock. Learn to effectively search patterns and use a lift bag for heavy objects. Find Out More

Project Aware Coral Reef Conse...

This course helps you appreciate the complexity of coral reef habitats and teaches how you can help conserve these vital systems. Anyone who has an interest in the aquatic world can take this course. ... Find Out More

Project AWARE Shark Conservati...

Sharks are an essential part of a healthy ocean. This course explores why they are vulnerable, the importance of a healthy shark population, managing threats and how to take action to protect them. Find Out More

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