PADI Scuba Specialties
Learn More, Dive More
Enhance your scuba diving skills with PADI specialty courses designed for certified divers. Continuing education is the best way to build experience, improve confidence, and explore new underwater adventures. Our scuba diving specialty certifications include all required educational materials, so you can focus on learning and diving. Scuba gear rentals are also available for specialty dives, making it easy and convenient to continue your training. Before beginning any scuba diving instruction or
Boat Diver
2 dives
1 day course
Deep Diver
4 dives
2 day course
AOW certification required
Minumum age 15
Delayed Surface Marker Buoy
2 dives
1 day course
Digital Underwater Photographer
1 classroom and pool session
2 dives
2 day course
Diver Propulsion Vehicle
2 dives
1 day course
Minimum age 12
Drift Diver
2 dives
1 day course
Minimum age 12
Join us in sunny, Cozumel.
Dry Suit Diver
1 pool session
2 dives
2 day course
Divers provide personal dry suits.
Emergency Oxygen Provider
No dives required
1 day course
Enriched Air - Nitrox Course with Hands-on Workshop
eLearning (2 to 4 hours)
Dives are not required.
1 day course
Minimum age 12
Enriched Air - Nitrox Hands-on Workshop Only
Must provide a passing eLearning certifcate of completion.
- analyze a tank
- fill out an enriched air log
- set your dive computer for nitrox
Minimum age 12
Equipment Specialist
No dives required
1 day course
Fish Identification
2 dives
1 day course
Join us on our Caribbean Tours
Full Face Mask
2 dives
2 day course
Minimum age 12
Night Diver
3 dives
2 day course
Minimum age 12
Peak Performance Buoyancy
1 pool session
2 dives
2 day course
Search and Recovery
4 dives
2 day course
AOW certification required
Minimum age 12
Underwater Navigation
3 dives
2 day course
Wreck Diver
4 dives
2 day course
AOW certification required
Minimum age 15
PADI AWARE CONSERVATION
BE INVOLVED
PADI AWARE conservation courses are open to everyone, including non-divers, and teach you how to protect marine life, reduce ocean pollution, and support global conservation efforts. Learn through engaging eLearning and hands-on activities like citizen science, advocacy, and community projects—all designed to help you take real action for a healthier ocean. Join today and become part of a global movement saving our seas.
A portion of the proceeds from every PADI AWARE Foundation™ course funds AWARE’s critical conservation work to remove marine debris, secure protection for sharks & rays, expand marine protected areas, and support local grantees.
AWARE Specialty
Turn your passion for the ocean into action with the PADI AWARE Specialty course, where anyone—diver or not—can learn to protect marine life, fight ocean pollution, and make a real impact on global conservation.
- Non-Divers Welcome
- Minimum Age: 8
- eLearning (1-2 hours)
- Classroom (1 hour)
Coral Reef Conservation
The PADI AWARE Coral Reef Conservation course is a non‑diving educational program that teaches participants how coral reef ecosystems function, the threats they face, and how individuals can help protect and conserve them.
- Non-Divers Welcome
- Classroom (@ 2 hours)
- Download the AWARE - Our World, Our Water book to begin.
Dive Against Debris
eLearning course @ 2 - 4 hours
1 classroom sessiion
1 dive
1 day course
Minimum Age: 12
Fish Identification
2 dives
1 day course
Join us on our Caribbean Tours
Shark & Ray Conservation
eLearning
1 dive
1 day course
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