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Scuba Diving Specialty Dive Courses- Hawaii Diving

Specialty Courses are a great to excel in the many branches of scuba diving. Some scuba divers may only have an interest in shipwrecks. Others may enjoy night diving! Oahu Diving has many PADI Specialty Courses available. Here are a list of what Specialty Courses we generally teach. Other Specialty Courses we can teach too however are not listed such as Underwater Model (believe it or not this is popular with the ladies), Hawaii Diver, and a few Tech Specialty courses.

Night Scuba Diver Course

To say night diving in Hawaii is exciting is an understatement. Oahu Diving's Night Scuba Diver Specialty Course is both exhilarating and very rewarding. As the sun sets over the Pacific here in Hawaii the underwater world changes from a thriving playful reef to a sleepy reef with hidden dangers and night time marine life taking over. Grab your light, descend on down and be prepared for Hawaii scuba diving at night adventure of a lifetime. Our night time scuba course is a one of a kind course. Turning you into a comfortable scuba diver capable of scuba diving safely at night.

Price- $129 plus tax, $20 card processing fee, gear included

Duration- This course consists of 2 dives/ 1 half day.

What You Learn

  • Night dive planning, organization, procedures, techniques and potential problems
  • How to control your buoyancy at night in all conditions
  • Entries, exits and underwater navigation at night
  • Nocturnal aquatic life such as octopus and certain eels

Learning Materials You Need

Night Diving – there’s really nothing like it. With the right training and a little bit of planning, night dives can be as easy as diving during the day. Night Diver crewpak (manual and video on DVD) will help you prepare for your first night dives in Hawaii with Oahu Diving. Topics covered include: tips for navigating at night, night diving etiquette, establishing an entry and exit point, and how to maintain your underwater light system.

Prerequisite-

  • A Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization).
  • At least 12 years old.

Nitrox Certification- Scuba Diving with Enriched Air

This course is a must for any diver who "sucks" down standard compressed air faster than your average scuba diver in Hawaii and would like the ability to extend bottom times safely. The Nitrox Certification Course or Enriched Air Scuba Diving designed to take the scuba diver to a higher level of diving with adding a touch of technical diving to the mix. Honolulu scuba diving. The Enriched Air Diver course is is a popular specialty scuba diving course, and it’s easy to see why. Scuba diving with Enriched Air Nitrox gives you more no decompression dive time. This means more time underwater, especially on repetitive scuba dives. You can typically stay down longer and get back the water sooner. No wonder many divers choose this as their very first specialty.

Price- $149 plus tax, $20 card processing fee, gear included

Duration of course- 1 day, 2 dives

What you will learn.

  • Techniques for getting more dive time by using enriched air nitrox
  • Enriched air scuba diving equipment considerations
  • Enriched air considerations, including managing oxygen exposure, how to tell what’s in your scuba tank and how to set your dive computer

Materials- The Enriched Air Diver Crewpak includes all required materials* to complete Enriched Air Diver specialty. The Enriched Air Diver Manual covers the procedures for diving with Enriched Air (up to 40%) and the Enriched Air Diving video on DVD demonstrates step-by-step how to plan a dive using multiple dive tables. The Crewpak also includes the 32%, 36% and the DSAT Oxygen Exposure tables./ Enriched Air Scuba Diver Materials

Prerequisites-To enroll in the Enriched Air Diver course, you must

Peak Performance Buoyancy

With our Hawaii Peak Performance Buoyancy course Oahu wreck Diving will take on a whole new meaning. You thought your buoyancy skills from your Open Water Courses were good. What is neutral buoyancy you may ask? Scuba divers especially here in Hawaii like to be neutrally buoyant so they neither sink nor float allowing us to come very close to the rock and coral without touching.

Scuba divers who’ve mastered levels in buoyancy stand apart. You’ve seen them underwater, the divemaster on your last trip to Mexico, the fish feeder at your local aquarium. They glide effortlessly hardly moving use less air and ascend, descend or hover, almost as if by thought. Interacting gently with aquatic life is another reason to have excellent buoyancy. The Peak Performance Buoyancy course refines the basic skills you learned as a Open Water Diver and elevates them to the next level. The fun part of this course is giving your dive skills a polish you may not have thought possible.

Price- $139 plus tax, $20 card processing fee, gear included

Duration of course- This course is a 1 day course consisting of 2 dives.

What you will learn.

  • How to trim your scuba gear to stay perfectly balanced in the water
  • Nuances in determining weight so you’re not too light nor too heavy by even a slight degree
  • How to streamline to save air and move smoothly through the water
  • How to hover effortlessly in both a vertical position and a horizontal position

Materials- PADI’s Peak Performance Buoyancy video on DVD provides an overview of the skills you’ll practice with your instructor. It comes with an enclosed booklet that includes a buoyancy assessment questionnaire and basic weighting guidelines – useful whenever you purchase new gear or dive in a new environment.

Prerequisites- To enroll in the Peak Performance Diver course, you must

  • Have a PADI Open Water Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)

Wreck Scuba Diver Course: Wreck diving in Hawaii

This 2 day Hawaii shipwreck scuba diving course is a must for any shipwreck enthusiast. Most shipwrecks in Hawaii like the yo-257 and the Mahi are sunk on purpose. Other wrecks such as the Corsair where actually , well wrecked ! It doesn't matter, whether sunk on purpose as an artificial reef or the result of an accident, shipwrecks and plane wrecks open fascinating windows to the past allowing the scuba diver to feel as if he or she is going back into time. Most wrecks ask for scuba divers to explore, they're exciting areas to discover and most likely have the most aquatic life. This Wreck Diving Course will teach you the responsible way to scuba dive on shipwrecks and plane wrecks.

Price- $239 plus tax, $20 card processing fee, gear included

Duration of this course- 2 day and 4 dives

What you will learn.

  • Techniques for scuba diving on shipwrecks, and how to avoid common hazards
  • Wreck scuba diving equipment considerations
  • Considerations and techniques for entering intact wrecks
  • Experience in planning, organizing and making wreck dives under the supervision of your PADI Instructor

Materials- Wreck Diver Crewpak.

Many Shipwrecks in Hawaii and elsewhere are often found in deeper waters. That’s why our Wreck Diver course goes hand and hand with the Deep Diver Course.

Prerequisite- To enroll in the PADI Wreck Diver course, you must

  • Be 15 years or older
  • Have a Adventure Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)

Deep Scuba Diver Course: Deep Diving in Hawaii

Scuba dive safely to 130 feet using our proven deep scuba diving techniques and lectures. You know deep inside you always wanted to dive deep. The excitement of surround yourself with big fish and the mystery about the depth that attracts scuba divers. The cool part about this course is the opportunity to explore the deep. To say it is fun is an understatement. Try this course and see what you have always heard about.

Price- $239 plus tax, $20 card processing fee, gear included

Duration of this course- 2 day and 4 dives

What you will learn.

  • Techniques for diving in the deeper range of 18-40 meters/ 60-130 feet
    Deep scuba diving equipment considerations
  • Experience in planning, organizing and making at least four deep dives under the supervision of your Instructor

Materials- Deep Diver Crewpak (DVD and manual) provides a thorough overview of the principles and techniques needed to complete the Deep Diver specialty. In addition to previewing skills you’ll practice with your instructor, the materials serve as a reference guide for deep scuba diving in Hawaii and a variety of conditions and environments. You’ll also find the answers to common questions such as

Prerequisites- To enroll in the Deep Diver course, you must

  • Be 15 years or older
  • Have a Adventure Diver certification (or have a qualifying certification from another organization)

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Scuba Diving Courses in Hawaii