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FURTHER

LEARNING

PADI Adventure Diver

COURSE DURATION: 1-2 days 

PREREQUISITE COURSE: Open Water Diver certification
SWIMMING SKILLS: Required
MIN. AGE: 10/15 yrs, depending on the adventure dive
MAX. DEPTH: 21m for Junior Adventure Diver / 30m for Adventure Diver

Are you ready to take your diving to the next level? If you are curious to explore the underwater more, you can start with the PADI Adventure Diver program. Under the supervision of our instructors, the adventure dives help you improve your diving skills and also allow you to experience some of the most rewarding speciality activities safely.
In this program, you have the option to choose the dives that interest you. With Lakshadweep Scuba Adventures, you can can choose any 3 of these elective dives:

  • AWARE-Fish Identification

  • Underwater Naturalist

  • Boat

  • Enriched Air/ Nitrox

  • Underwater Navigator

  • Peak Performance Buoyancy

  • Underwater Photography

  • Multilevel and Dive Computer

  • Deep

  • Night

  • Search and Recovery

  • Drift

  • Underwater Videography​

Any dive of this program is credited towards the Advanced Open Water course or the Adventure diver certification. 3 Adventure dives are necessary to qualify for Adventure diver certification. Now, take the next step! Complete 2 more adventure dives (must include deep and navigation) and become a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.

Any Adventure dive can be credited to the same specialty diver course.

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

COURSE DURATION: 2-3 days

PREREQUISITE COURSE: Open Water Diver certification
SWIMMING SKILLS: Required
MIN. AGE: 12 years
MAX. DEPTH: 30m

The Open Water course is just a beginning. Looking for the ultimate adventure? You found it! 

The PADI Advanced Open Water course consists of 5 dives- two are mandatory (Deep Dive and Underwater Navigation – Night Dive is recommended as the third). For the remainder, you can choose from many options, including buoyancy, fish identification, boat, underwater photography and lots more.

This is a practical course and is meant to give you experience in diving under varied conditions, as well as provide you with a deeper understanding of dive theory and techniques. Options include the online interactive e-learning program, or the traditional Advanced Open Water Diver study manual and video.

Each dive starts with a brief knowledge development presentation and test, a briefing, and then a scuba dive. For example, you’ll learn how to plan dives to deal with the physiological effects and challenges of diving at greater depth during the Deep Dive, and the Underwater Navigation Dive shows you how to better navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time, and improves your compass skills. You will use the standard scuba equipment, plus a compass and a dive knife/tool. You might also need to use some specialist equipment, depending on which adventure dives you choose, for example a lift bag, an underwater scooter, a camera, a dry suit, a dive computer.

With a highly experienced team of instructors, we make sure that we are able to provide a training program that goes well beyond the bare minimum mandated standards, and ensures that the student leaves with full command on skills.

So, what do the Advanced Open Water Diving lessons offer you? New experiences, new skills, and lots of thrilling scuba adventures

Emergency First Response (EFR)

COURSE DURATION: 1/2 day
PREREQUISITE COURSE: None

Accidents and illnesses happen all the time. Have you ever wondered how you might help somebody in an emergency situation by providing first aid before the medical team arrives? Sometimes the victims just need a friendly helpful hand, and at other times they might be in dire need of your assistance to prevent serious repercussions. Emergency First Response training prepares you to effectively handle potentially life-threatening situations. It gives you the acumen and confidence to respond to medical emergencies in your everyday life with your family, friends, neighbors and colleagues.

This comprehensive program comprises of 2 core modules that can be taught in tandem or as stand-alone courses:

  • Primary Care (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation - CPR), and

  • Secondary Care (first aid)

In tandem, these training courses provide extensive instruction in CPR and first aid, as well as providing optional (yet recommended) Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and emergency oxygen modules.

Get certified as an Emergence First Responder and be the person who can make a difference in a life threatening situation.

The program is designed meet the CPR and first aid pre-requisite training requirements for completing the PADI Rescue Diver course.

PADI Rescue Diver (RD)

COURSE DURATION: 3 - 4 days
PREREQUISITE COURSE: Advanced Open Water Diver certification + EFR (within the past 24 months)

SWIMMING SKILLS: Required
MIN. AGE: 12 yrs

How do you turn a subject like accident prevention and management into recreational diving fun? That is what the PADI Rescue Diver program is! It is an important step in expanding your knowledge and experience as a diver and is probably the most challenging and rewarding course in recreational diving. PADI Rescue Diver certification is also a pre-requisite for all PADI leadership programs. 

The PADI Rescue course develops your dive knowledge and skills so you can effectively manage diving accident situations, render first aid and perform basic diver assists and more complex rescues. A combination of theory and real-life scenario practice in open water will expand your knowledge and help you increase safety for yourself and those diving with you. Most importantly, rescue training can help you save a life.

The program covers:

  • Self-rescue and diver stress

  • Diving first aid

  • Swimming and non-swimming assists

  • Egress (exits)

  • Surfacing the unconscious diver

  • Underwater problems

  • Missing diver procedures

  • Panicked diver response

  • In-water artificial respiration

  • Dive accident scenarios

  • First aid procedures for pressure related accidents

  • Emergency management and equipment considerations 

To get into the rescue program, you'll need to be certified as an Advanced Open Water Diver. You'll also need to have successfully completed the PADI Emergency First Response program or a sanctioned program in CPR within the past 24 months.

After successfully completing the program, you'll receive the internationally recognized PADI Rescue Diver certification card.

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