Receiving your Open Water certification is only the beginning! PADI's Continuing Education program is designed to provide divers with the opportunity to gain training and experience in a multitude of underwater disciplines through Specialty certifications.
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This course is offered through PSAI. This course will have you perform underwater skills that relate to the real world of diving: Keeping up with Depth, Air, Time, and Awareness (DATA).
Prerequisite certification is Advanced Open Water. Participants are required to have DAN Master Insurance or higher.
Minimum age for enrollment is 15 for Level 1 and 2.
Minimum age for enrollment is 18 for Level 3.
Training consists of classroom sessions, a pool session, and four open water dives.
You must become comfortable and competent with the mental and motor skills at each training depth before training down to the next level.
The training in this course covers:
This course is taught on air.
The levels that are taught are:
Level 1 (100 Feet)
Level 2 (130 Feet)
Level 3 (150 Feet).
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$400.00 includes one regular day and one special day of boat dives.
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This course is designed to give the diver the necessary skills and knowledge for establishing and maintaining Salt Water aquariums.
(This is not a PADI Specialty course.)
Prerequisite certification is PADI Open Water Diver or an equivalent certification. The Fish Identification Course is recommended.
12
$105.00 First day includes beach dive.
$165.00 Second day includes half-day boat dive.
$270.00 Total for both days.
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The PADI Underwater Navigator course is designed to familiarize the diver with the enjoyment of underwater navigation.
Prerequisite certification is PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
12
$180.00
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The PADI Underwater Naturalist course is designed to be an introduction to the underwater aquatic environment and to help the student diver develop safe and responsible interaction with aquatic life.
Prerequisite certification is PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
12
Complete the PADI Medical Form prior to first day of class.
$230.00 includes half-day boat dive.
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The PADI Underwater Hunter course is centered on hunting with spear guns and pole spears. The course will also be used to develop the required knowledge and skills for underwater collecting of items such as shells, artifacts, or tropical fish.
Prerequisite certification is PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or an equivalent rating.
15
All spear equipment is supplied, but students should feel free to use their own if they wish.
Spearfishing and Underwater Hunting Handbook is recommended.
Complete the PADI Medical Form prior to first day of class.
$260.00 includes one full day of boat dives.
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The PADI Shark Awareness course is a distinctive specialty course created by Lee Moore to educate the diver about sharks, with emphasis on the Atlantic Sand Tiger. This course will also give an understanding into the true nature of sharks and dispel any preconceived notion about sharks.
Prerequisite certification for enrollment is PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or an equivalent rating.
15
$260.00 includes one full day of boat dives.
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The PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy course will enhance the diver’s buoyancy control ability through knowledge development and practical skills. By the end of the course you will be able to successfully run through a buoyancy course.Prerequisite certification for enrollment is PADI Open Water Diver or to have an equivalent rating.
12
Training consists of:
$175.00
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The PADI Manatee Awareness is an entry-level course designed to educate the general diving public about the manatee. The dive for this course is conducted on the Florida Springs Trip.
Prerequisite certification for enrollment is PADI Open Water Diver or an equivalent rating.
$50.00
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The PADI Full Face course is designed to educate divers about the use of Full Face Masks, with emphasis on the AGA Mask and the Ocean Reef Masks. This program will introduce the participants to Full Face Masks and the use of underwater communication equipment.
Prerequisite certification for enrollment is PADI Open Water Diver or an equivalent rating.
15
Classroom sessions will cover:
Pool sessions and 2 Open Water dives
$150.00
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The PADI Lionfish Population Control is a distinctive specialty course that was created by Lee Moore to educate divers about Lionfish and their invasion of the coast of the United States and in the Caribbean. This program will introduce the participants to the habitat of the Lionfish and the ways to live capture, shoot, and document their populations off of the coast of North Carolina.
Prerequisite certification for enrollment is PADI Open Water Diver or an equivalent rating.
15
Classroom sessions will cover:
$260.00 includes one full day of boat dives.
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The PADI AWARE Fish Identification course is designed to give the diver adequate knowledge to correctly identify North Carolina tropical reef fish, temperate water fish, as well as some of the more frequently encountered Caribbean reef fish.
Prerequisite certification is PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent certification.
12
Training consists of:
$230.00 includes half-day boat dive.
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The PADI Equipment Specialist course is designed to be an introduction to new types of equipment and to familiarize divers with the operation and maintenance of equipment.
NOTE: This is not an equipment repair certification course.
Prerequisite certification is PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or an equivalent rating.
12
None
SCUBA Equipment Care and Maintenance Manual recommended.
$125.00
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The PADI EFR course is designed to provide the student with the same emergency-aid techniques used by paramedics and doctors, but at a layman’s level. The course covers CPR, first aid, and primary and secondary evaluations.
This course is open to all divers and non-divers.
12
Classroom sessions will cover:
$125.00
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This course is designed to provide the student an understanding about diving in dry suits and to help the student to develop the skills, knowledge, and techniques necessary for dry suit diving.
Prerequisite certification is PADI Open Water or equivalent rating.
12
Training consists of classroom sessions, a pool session, and two open water dives.
Classroom Lectures will cover:
2 Open Water Dives
$150.00
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This course is designed to acquaint divers with the aspects of boat diving including terminology, layout, storage areas, off-limit areas, location of emergency equipment, 
boarding/debarking techniques, water entry and exit techniques and general in-water dive procedures.
PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent rating.
12
Classroom Lectures will cover:
Training includes 2 boat dives.
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$180.00 includes one half day of boat dives
The PADI Search and Recovery course is designed to acquaint the diver with the techniques and applications of search and recovery methods.
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent rating.
12
Classroom Lectures will cover:
Training includes 4 Open Water dives
$245.00 includes one full day charter.
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This course provides the diver with the necessary skills and knowledge for deeper diving. The dives will be nondecompression dives and none will be conducted over 130 feet.
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent rating.
15
Classroom sessions will cover:
Training includes 4 Open Water dives
$375.00 includes 2 full day charters.
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The PADI Wreck Diver course is designed to provide the diver with the necessary skills and knowledge for safe wreck diving.
Prerequisite certification for enrollment is PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent rating.
15
Classroom sessions will cover:
The course also consists of 4 Open Water Dives. (One of the dives includes limited Wreck Penetration)
Students should read and answer the questions in the PADI Wreck Diver Manual before the first class meeting.
Complete the PADI Medical Form prior to first day of class.
$375.00 includes two Regular Day charters.
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This course covers basic underwater digital photography with special emphasis on practical photographic techniques, covering such subjects as; available light, flash photography, camera handling, composition, photographic principles and care and maintenance of equipment.
Prerequisite certification for enrollment is PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent rating.
12
The PADI Digital Underwater Photography course covers the essentials of making images and is a hands-on clinic with digital systems at the heart of this course designed for both the beginner and the intermediate photographer.
Classroom Lectures will cover:
4 Open Water Dives that include:
$250.00 includes one half-day boat dive.
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The Dive Master course is conducted on an individual basis and denotes an individual who has a high level of personal diving skill, has instructor-level knowledge of diving theory, has had significant training in assisting instructors during training activities and is able to assume a role of responsibility for the welfare of other divers in his/her charge.
Prerequisite certifications are Open Water, Advanced, Rescue Diver, Divemaster Prep and 40 logged dives.
Minimum age is 18.
Persons interested in this course are requested to contact the store staff instructors for further information.
Cost $795.00
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The PADI Night Diver course is designed to prepare the diver to dive safely at night.
PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent rating.
12
Classroom Lectures will cover:
Training includes 3 shore dives. (All 3 may all be done in a single night)
Note: The Night Dive from Advanced Open Water counts towards the 3 total dives needed for certification
$125.00
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This course is designed to give the necessary skills and knowledge for diving with Enriched Air Nitrox. The course consists of a minimum of four hours of lectures and classroom exercises. The student will develop a working knowledge of Enriched Air Nitrox, physiological aspects of breathing oxygen at elevated partical pressures, computation of equivalent air depths, use of dive tables, oxygen analysis, dive planning, and special equipment requirements. 
PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent rating.
12
Classroom sessions will cover:
$139.00
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The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is designed to enhance the experience, skill and knowledge of the diver for practical application in the diving environment. This course is a
prerequisite for the Rescue Diver, Dive Master and Master Diver courses.
PADI Open Water Diver or to have an equivalent rating.
15, or 12 for junior advanced open water.
Training is divided into Classroom lectures and corresponding dives in the areas of:
$270.00 which includes one full day of boat dives (2 dives).
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When a dive accident occurs, multiple things happen. Separate small problems can compound to create a larger problem. DAN's Diving Emergency Management Provider (DEMP) program prepares you to handle the kinds of multifaceted accidents that may occur. It's an easy and fast way to take four of DAN's core first-aid courses in one program.
The DEMP program prepares you to address multiple problems at once and with confidence. It combines the knowledge and skills from the following four courses into a single approach to managing diving emergencies:
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The PADI Rescue Diver course is designed to develop the necessary knowledge and skills for individuals to effectively perform diver rescues and assists, manage diving accident situations, render proper first aid and qualify for PADI Divemaster training.
Prerequisite certification for enrollment is PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or has an equivalent rating. Divers must also complete a PADI Emergency First Response Course or equivalent First Aid and CPR Course prior to course completion.
12
The PADI Rescue Diver course is designed to develop the necessary knowledge and skills for individuals to effectively perform diver rescues and assists, manage diving accident situations, render proper first aid, and qualify for PADI Divemaster training.
Training consists of:
$225.00.
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Join us on July 4th for this annual event benefitting the Children's Mile of Hope.
An exciting partnership between Discovery Diving, NOAA, and Carteret Community College.
Food, prizes, diving, and fun! Proceeds benefit the Mile Hope Children's Cancer Fund and DAN's research in diving safety.
Join us March 7, 2015 at the Bryant Student Center, Carteret Community College, Morehead City in support of the East Carolina Artificial Reef Association. Click here for more info on this great event and how you can help to bring more Wrecks to the Graveyard of the Atlantic.
