Wreck Diver – PADI Specialty Course : Age 15+, 2 days, 4 dives - 13,000 THB
Get scuba diving certified as a PADI Wreck Diver with Richelieu Rock Scuba Diving
"Through the PADI Wreck Diver Specialty Course, you get the skills, knowledge and procedures you need to answer the call of wreck diving."
You drift down and pass through a window into the past. As you near the bottom, a recognizable shape begins to form. First, you see a straight line, then a round window. Next, a ship materializes in front of you. As you look at the wreck, past and the present meet.
Whether sunk intentionally or tragically, whether a sunken ship, a plane or an automobile, the call of wrecks is nearly irresistible to divers.
Through the PADI Wreck Diver Specialty Course, you get the skills, knowledge and procedures you need to answer the call of wreck diving.
Dive the King Cruiser Wreck and explore the catamaran steel wreck that has now evolved into a fantastic artificial reef, which is home to a huge variety of marine life, who seek shelter within it.
Explore the past in the present with the PADI Wreck Diver Specialty Course.
What will I Learn during the PADI Wreck Diver Specialty Course?
The purpose of the PADI Wreck Diver Specialty Course is to familiarize divers with the skills, knowledge, planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and excitement of diving on wrecks.
The Wreck Diver Specialty Course is intended as a safe, supervised introduction to wreck diving, with emphasis on fun and safety.
The goals of the PADI Wreck Diver Course are to:
Demonstrate practical wreck diving knowledge, including recognizing and avoiding potential hazards, and planning procedures that make wreck diving fun
Explain the historical value of wrecks, social and legal issues surrounding that value, and describe some of wreck diving’s implications, including the pros and cons of removing artifacts from wrecks
Plan and organize dives to safely explore wrecks found within depths and conditions as good as or better than those he has been trained in
Identify the hazards of wreck penetration diving and demonstrate the techniques and procedures required to minimize those hazards
During the 4 Open Water Dives segment participants are required to prepare their equipment, plan the dives and demonstrate good diving skills in that environment
Dive 1
Swim on the outside of a wreck, maintaining proper buoyancy control, and identifying and avoiding potential hazards
Navigate on a wreck so that the ascent point can be located without surfacing, with the assistance of the instructor
Maintain neutral buoyancy and body position so that the bottom is avoided
Dive 2
Swim along the outside of a wreck, in a buddy team, identifying and avoiding potential hazards
With a buddy, map a wreck (or portion of a wreck), determining approximate size and marking points of interest
Survey a wreck for a penetration dive and evaluate possible entrances
Navigate on a wreck, returning to the ascent point without surfacing
Dive 3
Demonstrate the deployment and retrieval of a penetration line, for practice, on the outside of a wreck, while working in buddy teams
Swim along the deployed penetration line so as to maintain contact with the line without kicking up silt and holding on to a dive light
Navigate on a wreck so that the ascent point can be located without surfacing
Dive 4
Determine air supply and penetration limits
Swim without causing excessive silt disturbance
Maintain contact with the line
Use a dive light while following a penetration line
Navigate on a wreck so that the ascent point can be located without surfacing |
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