The PADI Dry Suit Diver course
Want to stay warm and toasty on a dive? Want to be able to dive all year round in the UK? Then dive dry. Yes! Unlike a wetsuit, a dry suit seals you off from the outside water and that keeps you warm! Even in surprisingly cold water.

The Fun Part
Dry suits let you dive more challenging dive sites, and extend your dive season. When you have the right cold water scuba diving attire, you can stand up to the elements and take advantage of the generally better visibility offered by winter months—especially at inland dive sites such as quarries, lakes, sinkholes and caves etc. As a dry suit diver, you’re equipped to scuba dive some of the world’s incredible dive sites in the world’s cooler regions that are best enjoyed in a dry suit even in their warmer months.

What You Learn
We will teach you how to look after your dry suit properly and how to get the most out of your dry suit by teaching you the following:

· Dry suit buoyancy control skills.

· Dry suit maintenance, storage and basic repair

Practical skills you’ll master in this course:
Dry Suit Familiarisation
Safety Checks
Entry Techniques
Bubble Check
Buoyancy Check
Descent techniques
Fin Pivot
Hover
Excess gas in feet emergency roll drill
Stuck inflator emergency drill
Stuck exhaust valve emergency drill
Ascent procedure· Remove and replace scuba unit and weight belt on the surface
Exit techniques· Removal of dry suit, storage and maintenance
 

The Scuba Gear You Use
You use cold water scuba diving equipment including a dry suit.All available from Dive Central.

The Learning Materials You Need
The PADI Dry Suit Diving crewpak (DVD and manual) is the owner’s guide you didn’t get with your dry suit.

Topics include:
Basic dry suit repairs,
How to pack a dry suit to prevent damage
Maintenance tips
Additionally, the course materials preview skills and activities you’ll practice in the PADI Dry Suit Specialty course including

Handling and avoiding potential problems
Buoyancy control.
These can all be purchased from Dive Central.

Prerequisites
You must be
A PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver (or hold a qualifying certification from another training organization)
At least 10 years old
Your Next Adventure
Scuba diving with a dry suit is useful when diving many types of dive sites. A dry suit is necessary when ice diving and sometimes while altitude diving.

Many technical divers wear dry suits on almost every dive due to the length of the time spent underwater. The longer the diver is in the water, the more thermal protection is required. If technical diving is something that interests you, check out the Discover Tec Diving experience.

What Next?
Well you simply come into Dive Central and book onto the next available course, your course will run over two days usually agreed between you and your instructor depending on your choice of modules.

Cost
The cost of your Dry Suit  diving experience will be £150.