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Specialty
Course: Drift Diver
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Gliding with
the currents, feeling the rush of flying underwater, is what drift
diving is all about. To start your underwater aeronautics, you’ll
need to be at least a PADI
Open Water Diver (or equivalent) certified and at least 12 years
old.
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During
your PADI Drift Diver program, you’ll go on two open water dives
(which may be conducted in one day). We highly recommended that
you enroll in this program to exposed yourself to the techniques
and procedures for drift diving.
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You’ll
cover the following in the PADI Drift Diver program:
- The planning, organization,
procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of drift diving.
- Special equipment
-- floats, lines, reels.
- Proper procedures
for buoyancy-control, navigation and communication.
- Site selection
and overview of aquatic currents causes and effects.
- Techniques for
staying close to a buddy or together as a group.
The elective
Drift Dive from the Adventures In Diving program may be counted toward
the certification requirements for this specialty at the discretion of
your PADI Instructor.
Capture
the feeling of flying...
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