Diving Courses

Scuba Diver ( 2-3 days )

Instructions (3 academic modules, 1 confined water / beach training dives, 2 training dives, quizzes ), Complete Set Dive Equipments, weights, tanks, boat, Certification & Log Book.

The latest PADI program which is easy and fast to get scuba diving qualification. This course is special for people who got limit day of holidays to stay. A person who has passed the PADI Scuba Diver can be able to continue module 4 and 5 on Open Water Diver Course.

Virtually anyone who is in good health, reasonably fit, and comfortable in the water can earn a PADI Scuba Diver certification.

At some point in the course, your PADI Instructor will ask you to demonstrate the ability to swim 200 meters without swim aids or 300 meters with mask, fins and snorkel and complete a bit of paperwork, to get you on your way.

 

Open Water Diver ( 4-5 days )

Instructions (5 academic modules, 2 confined water / beach training dives, 3 training dives, quizzes & exam), Complete Set Dive Equipments, weights, tanks, boat, Certification & Log Book.

Now is the time to dive into the PADI Open Water Diver course, the most popular dive program in the world! This is your ticket to a lifetime of intense adventure with PADI, a dive company that sets the standards in the global diving community.

Throughout the course, you’ll learn fundamentals of scuba diving, including dive equipment and techniques. You will also earn a PADI Open Water Diver certification that is recognized worldwide. You earn this rating by completing five dives and knowledge development sessions and by making four open water (ocean) dives.

As a certified PADI Open Water Diver you have the freedom to dive with a buddy independent of a professional Your underwater adventure can begin as soon as today with the new PADI Open Water Diver Video and interactive CD-ROM! You can view these materials at home, at your own pace and then meet with an instructor for further assistance.

Open water learning options also include group or private instruction. This course offers tremendous flexibility and lets you work out individual needs with your instructor. Children as young as 10 years old can participate in this course!

 

Advanced Open Water Diver ( 2 days )

Instructions (2 academic sessions, 5 training dives), weights, tanks & boat, and certification.

Looking for the ultimate adventure? You found it! PADI’s Advanced Open Water Diver program fine tunes your dive skills and allows you to explore some of diving’s top adventures. It’s your dive – go for it! The Advanced Open Water Diver program offers you a structured program where you gain additional experience and skills under the direct guidance of a PADI professional. If you’re 15 or older, and a PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent, then you’re ready for the Advanced Open Water Diver program.

Or, if you’re between the ages of 12 and 14, there’s the PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver or Junior Advanced Plus program. The junior programs are available if you are a PADI Junior Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.

After successfully completing the course, you’ll receive the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification. This allows you to participate in more advanced diving activities with a maximum recommended depth limit of 30 meters/ 100 feet, in addition to the qualifications listed for PADI Open Water Divers.

 

Rescue Diver ( 4 days )

Instruction ( 6 sections academic session, 1 confined water / beach training dive, 2 days rescue skills evaluation, 2 fun dives, tanks, boat and certification.

How do you take a subject like accident prevention and management and turn it into fun? Call it the PADI Rescue Diver program! The PADI Rescue Diver program develops your knowledge and skills so you can effectively perform diver assists and rescues, manage diving accident situations and render first aid.

The program is an important step in expanding your knowledge and experience as a diver. PADI Rescue Diver (or equivalent) certification is also a prerequisite for all PADI leadership programs. To get into the PADI Rescue Diver program, you’ll need to be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver and must be at least 15 years old.

The PADI Junior Rescue Diver program is available if you’re between the ages of 12 and 14 and hold a PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver or Advanced Plus (or equivalent) rating. You’ll also need to have successfully completed the Emergency First Response Program or a sanctioned program in CPR within the past three years.

The PADI Rescue Diver program covers :

  1. self-rescue and diver stress
  2. diving first aid
  3. emergency management and equipment considerations
  4. swimming and non swimming assists
  5. panicked diver response
  6. underwater problems
  7. missing diver procedures
  8. surfacing the unconscious diver
  9. in-water artificial respiration
  10. egress (exits)
  11. first aid procedures for pressure related accidents
  12. dive accident scenarios.

All of these topics are covered in the PADI Rescue Diver Manual and Rescue Diver video.

 

Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty ( 1 day )

One of PADI’s most popular specialties which can be completed in only1 day. Diving with enriched air nitrox lets you safely extend your no stop time beyond the no decompression limits for air. Diving with enriched air means more time underwater, but you need to be certified as an Enriched Air Diver to get enriched air fills.

  1. Must be a PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organization).
  2. Learn to analyze cylinder contents.
  3. Plan enriched air dives using tables and dive computers.
  4. Safely increase your no stop time.
  5. Certification counts toward the Master Scuba Diver rating.

 

Divemaster Course ( 2-4 weeks )

The first step to become a PADI Professional Member, and to join the highly respectful Leadership Team in Recreational Scuba Diving Industry as well as qualified assistance instructor.

Definitely the ticket of the gate to become a PADI Instructor, you need to have minimum 20 dives to start the course, and furthermore minimum 60 dives to gain the Divemaster qualification. The course fee is not including the PADI Divemaster Application Fee, paid directly to PADI.

The Divemaster Course consists of :

  1. Watermanship
  2. General Diving Skills
  3. Problem Solving Assessment
  4. Diver-Rescue Skills Assessment
  5. Knowledge Development : Dive Planning, Dive Management & Control, Supervising Students in Training, Physics, Physiology, Equipment, Skills & Environment, The Recreational Dive Planner.
  6. Underwater mapping
  7. Pool-Skills Overview and Practices – up to Demonstration level
  8. The role of Divemaster in Confined-Water Training
  9. The role of Divemaster in Open-Water Training
  10. The role of Divemaster in Non-training Activities

Highly recommended to contact our instructor in advance before starting the Divemaster Course. The key to successfully gain the Divemaster rating is the preparations and collecting all the information regarding the training and to enable you to arrange the training schedule.

Effective 1 January 2006, each PADI diver training participant   must have own training manual and must retain the manual, which means we   as a training center can’t lend the manual to the training   participants.
You can get the training manual before you come to   Bastianos, and or you can purchase from Bastianos.