PADI Wreck Diver Courses at Divers Unlimited

The PADI Wreck Diver Specialty Course is designed to familiarise you with the skills, knowledge, planning, organisation, procedures, techniques, problems, hazards and fun of wreck diving. The course will serve as a safe, supervised introduction to wreck diving.

During the course you will develop the ability to explain the historical value of wrecks, the social and moral issues surrounding them and local and national laws regarding wrecks around the coast of your own country.

You will know how to research a wreck to find it's history and background, and you will also know how to plan and organise your wreck dives to make them as safe and fun as possible.

You will be able to identify the potential hazards and dangers of a wreck so avoiding any chance of injury or accident. These will include being able to identify the dangers and hazards of a wreck penetration dive and the procedures required to minimise those hazards.

If you've never been interested in ships before, you will be after completing the PADI Wreck Diver Specialty Course. Once you've been introduced to wreck diving, you'll never look back. This is a fascinating specialty course which is guaranteed to give your diving a new goal! Don't delay, those wrecks are waiting!

The lure of exploring sunken vessels, airplanes and automobiles is something most divers can't resist. The PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course introduces you to wreck diving and helps you develop the skills and knowledge necessary for safe and fun wreck diving.

What do I need to start?
PADI Adventure Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
Minimum age: 15 years old

What will I do?
Information contained in your wreck diver program includes:

• The planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of wreck diving
• The preparation and use of lights, air supplies, special equipment, penetration lines and reels
• Limited-visibility diving techniques and emergency procedures

How long will it take?
Minimum Open Water Training: four dives over two days

What will I need?
Wreck-Pak, which includes manual, video and log insert

Where can I go from here?
Your Adventures In Diving Wreck Adventure Dive may count towards this Specialty certification at instructor discretion. This Specialty certification also counts as one of five Specialty certifications required for your Master Scuba Diver certification.

Wreck Diver Specialty course.
Wreck penetration-training dives are limited to within the light zone and within 40 metres/130 feet from the surface, vertical and horizontal distance included. If the wreck used for training is located in deep water (over 18 metres/60 feet), the Deep Diver rating is recommended as a prerequisite for the Wreck Diver program.