SDI
Deep Diver Speciality
Deep Diver Speciality
Couldn't load pickup availability
Who is this course for?
Who is this course for?
Any certified open water scuba diver who wishes to expand their diver knowledge and skill set.
Any certified open water scuba diver who would like to advance their dive training.
Course prerequisites
Course prerequisites
Open Water Scuba Diver, Junior Open Water Scuba Diver, or equivalent.
Minimum age 18, 15 with parental consent
What you can expect to learn
What you can expect to learn
How to plan and execute dives that are outside the range of depths that are experienced during an Open Water Scuba Diver course, and more!
Topics from the Deep Diver course include:
History of dive tables and computers
Equipment needed for deep diving
Physics and physiology of deep diving
Emergency procedures for deep diving and first aid
Some of the in-water skills you will complete include:
Open Water Dive 1
Test and check all equipment, i.e. depth gauges, bottom timers/watches and computers
Familiarization with area
Descend to planned depth and do not exceed any pre-planned limits
Dive according to plan at a depth limited to 30 metres/100 feet for first dive
Ascend to safety stop
Open Water Dive 2
Monitor depth/time/air consumption, figure all times on slate
Descend to planned depth and do not exceed any pre-planned limits
Execute a simulated emergency that is to be assigned underwater by the instructor
Dive according to plan at a depth limited to 40 metres/130 feet
Ascend to safety stop
What's in it for you?
What's in it for you?
You will receive the necessary training that will allow you to venture beyond 18 metres/60 feet and to a maximum depth of 40 metres/130 feet.
Deep Diver minimum requirements
Deep Diver minimum requirements
Students are required to successfully complete the following:
Satisfactorily complete the Deep Diver Knowledge Quests with a passing score of 80%, followed by 100% remediation by the Instructor.
Complete all open water requirements efficiently.
Demonstrate mature and sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution.




The Deep Diver Course is a must for any diver wishing to explore a little more, go a little deeper, and learn the risks and benefits associated with deep diving. Many interesting sights lay just beyond open water diver training limits such as: beautiful wall dives, shipwrecks, and critters that don’t come into the shallows.

The purpose of this course is to provide the necessary training to plan and execute dives that are beyond the depth range experienced during an Open Water Scuba Diver course, specifically beyond 18 metres/60 feet and to a maximum depth of not greater than 40 metres/130 feet. By the end of the course your knowledge, awareness, and comfort level with deep diving activities will have increased.

Did you know? The Guiness World Record for there deepest scuba dive EVER was 318.25m! (1,090 feet!) held by Ahmed Gabr, how crazy is that?!
Ahmed needed approximately 12 minutes to reach his record depth, which was measured with a specially tagged rope that accompanied him. But, to ensure safe passage back to the surface, it required nearly 15 hours to have Ahmed return back for air after breaking the record, due to the various risks of the water pressure at such depths.