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 Course Overview:
If you want to see the spectacular and prolific aquatic life often found in colder water
climates you will need to stay warm and that means you need to dive in a dry suit. But, you should be trained
in the proper techniques, this is where Dry Suit Diver Specialty course comes in.
Prerequisites:
Must be at least 12 years old and certified as a Junior Open Water Diver or an Open Water Diver.
 Course Activities:
You will learn about the planning, organization, procedures, buoyancy control techniques, care and
maintenance of equipment, problems and hazards of dry suit diving. Then you will get into the pool
for a confined water dive to put the theory into practice. Once you have mastered the techniques
in confined water, you will do two dives under instructor supervision where you will apply that
knowledge, including including dive planning, organization, techniques, problems and buoyancy control.
- Classroom:
There is one classroom session. The classroom session
will cover the Dry Suit Diver Specialty Manual, review your knowledge review answers, learn how to
plan a Dry Suit dive and prepare you for the 2 open water dives.
- Independent Study:
Read the Dry Suit Diver Specialty Manual and complete
the knowledge review located at the end of the manual. You will need to turn in the knowledge review
prior to certification or provide a copy of an Adventure Log signed by an appropriate instructor if
you have already done dive one in connection with your Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water Diver
Certification.
- Open Water Dives:
The 2 open water dives are done at an area lake/scuba park
or on a dive trip.
 Forms Required:
Students training will need to complete the three (3) forms:
Liability Release,
Statement of Understanding, and
Medical Statement
prior to entering the water.
Materials/Equipment Required:
Dry Suit Diver Specialty Manual (included in course price). Recommended: Dry Suit Specialty DVD
($25 - NOT included in course price).
Price of Course:
$99 - price includes the Dry Suit Diver Specialty Manual, certification card, picture for certification card
and two dives under the supervision of an instructor. Add the Dry Suit Specialty DVD and log insert
for $25 (recommended). If you have done a Dry Suit dive in connection with your
Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water Diver certification, provide us with a copy of the Adventure Log book page
signed by your instructor evidencing that you have turned in the knowledge review and completed the dive.
We will subtract $20 from the cost of the specialty.
Deposit:
$50 - Cost of Materials.
 Length of Course:
If you have read the Dry Suit Specialty Manual, completed the knowledge review prior to coming to class then the
classroom will last approximately 1 hour depending upon class size.
Course Dates: This specialty course is offered on any lake weekend or any dive trip.
See our online Dive Training Calendar for our next lake
weekend or up coming dive trip.
Related Specialties:
Project AWARE,
Boat Diver,
Coral Reef Conservation,
Deep Diver,
Drift Diver,
Dry Suit Diver,
Enriched Air (Nitrox),
Equipment Specialist,
Fish ID,
Multi-Level Diver,
Night Diver,
Peak Performance Buoyancy,
UW Naturalist,
UW Navigation,
UW Digital Photo,
UW Photo,
UW Search & Recovery,
Wreck Diver.
How To Sign-Up:
Call us at (972) 467-8314 or you can
sign-up online for the course.
You can come by and pick up the materials or we can have them delivered to your home or office.
Type of Classes: We offer the following types of classes:
(1) Group Class [scheduled classes with up to 4 students],
(2) Make Your Own Group [for 4 or more students that want to take the class together],
(3) Semi-Private [maximum of two students],
(4) Private [one person private].
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For more information, please call us at (972) 467-8314 or
email us at
or click here to request
additional information or to sign-up online
for a class or dive trip.
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Dive 1:
- Don and Doff a dry suit with the aid of another diver.
- Purge excess air form suit.
- Perform pre-dive safety check. Check dry suit valves, seals, zipper, potential leaks.
- Demonstrate the procedure for conducting a buoyancy check while wearing a dry suit.
- Perform a controlled descent, avoiding suit squeeze.
- Neutral buoyancy - fin pivot for one minute.
- Neutral buoyancy - hovering for one minute.
- Dry suit dive for fun and experience.
- At the surface, achieve comfortable positive buoyancy using BCD.
- Remove/replace both the scuba unit and weight system at surface.
Dive 2:
- Don and Doff a dry suit with the aid of another diver.
- Purge excess air form suit.
- Perform pre-dive safety check. Check dry suit valves, seals, zipper, potential leaks.
- Demonstrate the procedure for conducting a buoyancy check while wearing a dry suit.
- Perform a controlled descent, avoiding suit squeeze.
- Disconnect and reconnect the low-pressure hose from dry suit inflator valve while underwater wearing gloves.
- Dry suit dive for fun and experience.
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For more information, please call us at (972) 467-8314 or
email us at
or click here to request
additional information or to sign-up online
for a class or dive trip.
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