SPECIALTY DIVER SERIES
Dry Suit Diver
When staying warm in cold water is important, get with the program - the PADI Dry Suit Diver
program. To enter the Dry Suit Diver program, you will need at least your PADI
Open Water Diver (Junior Open Water Diver or
equivalent) certification and be 12 or older.
During the Dry Suit Diver program, you will go on one confined water dive and two open water dives,
in addition to covering the knowledge and techniques of dry suit diving with emphasis placed on
the use of dry suits -- operation principles, care and diving techniques. The following topics
are included in your PADI Dry Suit Diver program:
The planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of dry suit diving.
Proper procedures for buoyancy control.
Ascent and descent technique training.
Routine, user-level, preventative maintenance and performance checks on dry suits.
If a Dry Suit elective dive is conducted during the
Adventures In Diving, it may count toward the
certification requirements for this specialty at the discretion of the instructor.
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