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PADI Speciality courses
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Improve your skills, become a better diver with focused training with over 10 speciality courses available

Duration : Variable from 2 half days to 5 half days.
Amount of dives : 2 to 5 depending on specialities
Pre-requisites : Depending on speciality but Open water, Adventure diver or Advanced open water diver usually.

 

Peak Performance Buoyancy

Duration : 2 half days
Amount of dives : 2
Pre-requisites : Open water Diver

Float effortlessly, drifting over the reefs. Be the diver you want to be, with ultimate buoyancy control, able to hover close to the bottom and examine underwater organisms without touching them, moving effortlessly with new finning techniques, learn how to adapt your equipment and weight for perfect buoyancy achievement, use the skills that activate your brain like professionals would. You'll never regret this incredible training and nature will be thankful for it will preserve her at the same time.

Digital Underwater Photography

Duration : 2 half days
Amount of dives : 2
Pre-requisites : Open water Diver

Share your emotions, show others your dream, discover how to use a digital camera. Maybe you already own one and would like to go for a workshop to take better photos in a very short time. If you don't own your camera it's not a problem... you'll learn valuable tricks which will fit any camera even a throw-away one. You'll never regret not being able to take that shot of the dolphins or the tuna fish passing by ... Take the Digital Underwater Photography course . Digital has taken the underwater photography world by a storm. Get in on the action with the Digital Underwater Photography speciality course. You can quickly and easily acquire the skills to capture the underwater world with your camera, you'll learn the basic steps to improve your photo with tools such as Free software GIMP or commercial leader Adobe Photoshop.

DrySuit Diver

Duration : 2 half days
Amount of dives : 2
Pre-requisites : Open water Diver

Want to stay warm and toasty on a dive ? then stay out of the water...WHAT, and not dive ? No, nothing like that, just come and take the dry suit course and discover how it totally isolates you from the cold. Unlike a wetsuit the dry seals will prevent water from entering the suit and you won't be wet and cold again. During the PADI Dry Suit diver speciality course you'll learn how to use a dry suit, how to solve issues if they arise and how to maintain and take care of your equipment to allow it to last a very long time. Don't wait... just dive dry suit.

Nitrox Diver

Duration : 1 half days
Amount of dives : 0
Pre-requisites : Open water Diver

Nitrox is everything but a Tek-diving gas. Enriched air as it is also called can bring you a whole lot more no decompression time, therefore we are even more into recreational diving. what about 35 minutes at 30 meters instead of 20 minutes ? the others go up and you wave goodbye...the grouper passes by, the barracudas... and you're still there to enjoy that whilst the others are doing their safety stop. Don't even bother with air anymore if you can avoid it, go for the Health and Safety... go for NITROX

This half day entry level course is available to all divers who wish to explore the many advantages of Nitrox diving and begin to expand their horizons. The qualification allows the diver the use of Nitrox from 22% to 40%. The half day course covers the history of Nitrox, its advantages, and disadvantages, oxygen toxicity, equivalent air depths, maximum operating depths, nitrox computers and gas analysis. We provide manuals etc., no dives are involved unless you request them and all that is required by you is a calculator and some common sense.

Deep Diver

Duration : 4 half days
Amount of dives : 4
Pre-requisites : Open water Diver

The Deep Diver Speciality course offers you the opportunity  of a lifetim, going deep to see things others can only dream about. In this course you will experience what it is to dive beyond 60 feet / 18 meters. Down there it's different, it takes additional training to dive safely, and here is where you get it.You'll learn how more about pressure related issues, nitrogen narcosis, gas management, surface air consumption, and much more.

Night Diver

Duration :3 half days
Amount of dives : 3
Pre-requisites : Open water Diver

As the sun sets, you slowly start gearing up, gather the soothing energy that earth is providing you. Slip your mask on, place your regulator in your mouth, a deep breath and you step off the boat into the underwater night. Although you have seen this reef many times before this is the first time you drop into a whole new world and watch it come to life under the glow of your dive light, you will rediscover new species of fish, coral and critters you have never seen before, your heart beat will slow down gently, you feel relaxed and truely understand the essence of night diving.

You will learn about night dive planning considerations, equipment, safety measures, navigation and safety measures, new behaviours to acquire and much more during this thrilling night diver speciality course.

Underwater navigator Diver

Duration :3 half days
Amount of dives : 3
Pre-requisites : Open water Diver

Ever wondered how your instructor does to never get lost ? he might have told you he was exploring the dive site, no visibility, slight current and here he goes, right on the wreck you were looking for after a little underwater or surface swim. Want to learn how he does it ? The PADI Underwater navigator course is the way to go. Be the diver everyone wants to follow and make your sense of direction legendary with the PADI Underwater Navigator Speciality course. When everyone's buzzing about a reef or checking out a wreck, thy0re having a great time - until it's time to go. Then they turn to you, because as a PADI Underwater Navigator, you know the way back to the boat or to the shore.

Multi-Level Diver

Duration :2 half days
Amount of dives : 2

Pre-requisites : Open water Diver

Ever thought that 20 minutes at 30 meters was a little short ? wanted to get more out of your dives whilst understanding what you were doing ? That's exactly what the Multi-level diver speciality will give you... more bottom time, more knowledge, the rest will be taught in the class.
During the multilevel speciality course you will get in depth knowledge about the decompression theory, recreational diving does not train you to do decompression, but every dive you have done saturates your tissues. You will understand more about how nitrogen goes out of your body, how to make the most of your dives and extend bottom time without having to go into decompression, you'll learn how dive computers work and how to make more profitable dives from their use.

This is a perfect combination with the Deep Diver course and the Nitrox course, by combining the 3 courses you would gain maximum bottom time and safety whilst doing so, don't miss out on the packages we offer

The PADI Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) Course

Duration : 2 half day
Amount of dives : 2
Pre-requisites : Open water diver minimum

DPVs offer a thrilling way to see a lot of underwater territory in a brief amount of time. They scoot you through the water without kicking. Whether making a shore dive or divinng from a boat, a DPV is a great way to see more and have a blast doing it.

Fun? Underwater scooters (DPVs) are a kick! It’s all fun. You will learn diver propulsion vehicle dive planning organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards, equipment considerations, diver etiquette and how to avoid harming fragile aquatic life and use one during your dives.


Wreck Diver

Duration :4 half days
Amount of dives : 4
Pre-requisites : Adventure diver

Whether sunk on purpose as an artificial reef or the result of mishap, wrecks open fascinating windows to the past. Most divers find wrecked ships, airplanes and even automobiles nearly irresistible because they’re intriguing to explore, exciting avenues of discovery, and usually teeming with aquatic life. The PADI Wreck Diver course teaches you the ins and outs of rewarding, responsible wreck diving.

The fun part of the PADI Wreck Diver course is visiting wrecks, unlocking mysteries and starting to gain the knowledge and experience that allows you to see things that others overlook. Sometimes, only the trained, experienced eye recognizes that a small hole or open door likely caused the vessel’s demise.

During this course you will learn techniques for diving exploring shipwrecks, and how to avoid common hazards, how to research and learn the background of your favorite wrecks, wreck scuba diving equipment considerations, considerations and techniques for entering intact wrecks,e xperience in planning, organizing and making at least four wreck dives under the supervision of your PADI Instructor.

Emergency Oxygen Provider

Duration : 1 half day
Amount of dives : 0
Pre-requisites : Non-Divers & divers welcome

Be the one ready to help a fellow diver should the need arise by becoming a PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider.Breathe easy—knowing that you know how to recognize illnesses treatable by emergency oxygen. Being the best buddy you can be means being prepared – especially in a time of need.

You learn how to recognize diving illnesses treatable by emergency oxygen, properly setup equipment,administer emergency oxygen

 

Opening Hours

Summer
25.June - 30.september : All week 09:00 to 20:00

Off-season

Easter - 25.June / 1.October - 30.octobre : All other days from 10:00 to 18:00
Closed on thursday and on friday

Winter
Any day of the week, but on demand only

Get hold of us

Mobile Phone Spain : +34 677 74 19 75

Land Line Spain : +34 971 70 77 79

Mobile  Switzerland :
+41 79 417 5376

Email  : Info@hippocampes.com

Dive Centre Address:
Hippocampes Divers S.L.
Paseo de Illetas 52A - Balneario la Solana
07181 Illetas

Mailing address:
Hippocampes Divers S.L.
Paseo de Illetas 63, Edf Las Terrazas 4-2C
07181 Illetas

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