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Padi Specialty - Drift Diver |
This course is designed to be an introduction to drift diving and to help the
student diver develop the skills, knowledge and techniques necessary for drift
diving.
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This course include the following:
- 1. The planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems
and hazards of drift diving.
- 2. Special equipment -- floats, lines, reels.
- 3. Proper procedures for buoyancy-control, navigation and communication.
- 4. Site selection and overview of aquatic currents – causes and
effects.
- 5. Techniques for staying close to a buddy or together as a
group.
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Prerequisites
To qualify for the Drift Diver course, an individual must:
- 1. Be certified as a Padi Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water
Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training
organization.
- 2. Be 12 years of age or older.
- 3. Submit, to the instructor, medical
clearance for diving signed by a
physician, attesting to fitness to
dive. The medical clearance must
be current within the previous
12 months. The physician signing
the form cannot be the individual.
- 4. Sign the Certified Diver Experience
Programs Liability Release.
- 5. Assumption of Risk form.
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