PADI Introductory Dives

Discover Scuba Pool Only
Discover Scuba Diving Pool + Reef
The PADI Discover Scuba/Discover Scuba Diving programs let you experience the thrill of diving whilst under the supervision of a PADI Instructor. You'll master some basic concepts and scuba skills and might even head off on an open water adventure. You usually spend a morning in the pool to get comfortable and then onto experience a fun dive with your instructor on one of the beautiful Red Sea reefs.

Scuba Review
Scuba Review includes a supervised pool session with your PADI Instructor who will help you tune up important diving skills such as buoyancy and breath control, equipment assembly and breathing from an alternate air source. You can also elect to take an optional supervised open water dive to rediscover the beauty of the aquatic realm.

PADI Certification Courses
Scuba Diver
The PADI Scuba Diver program is a pre-entry level certification that is perfect for vacationers or people who only plan to dive a couple of times a year. It can be completed in as little as two days. This rating allows you to gain certification quickly and easily by minimizing time constraints. With the PADI Scuba Diver certification you can dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Divemaster, Assistant Instructor, Instructor or higher professional on your next holiday or dive trip.

Open Water Diver
This is the first course available under PADI to achieve certification as an Open Water diver. It is the pre-requisite course for any further training. Armed with your Open Water Diver card, the diving world is your oyster as the certification will be recognised at dive centres around the globe.

Start Today Open Water Diver
"Start Today" courses, where you self-study before coming on holiday, ensure you spend more time where it counts - underwater! Start Today course includes:

• Course materials (CD ROM option available) and instructions (sent you your home)
• PADI Open Water course completed in resort
• Full set of diving equipment for duration of your holiday

The natural aquarium of the Sulawesi Sea will be your classroom!

Referral Dives for Open Water Diver
If you've already completed the confined-water and academic sections of the PADI Open Water Diver course at home, you can complete your open-water dives on our inviting reefs. In just two days you will gain full certification as an Open Water Diver.

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PADI Continuing Education Courses
Advanced Open Water Diver
The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is a two-day training course, which provides Open Water divers with well organised, structured and valuable supervised experience. You will complete five dives in various underwater activities to increase your experience and capabilities.

Emergency First Aid Response
Emergency First Response gives you the skills you need to perform CPR and First Aid. Whether you're a diver or a non-diver, Emergency First Response helps you to properly handle potentially life-threatening situations. This comprehensive program contains two core modules that can be taught in tandem or as stand-alone courses: Emergency First Response - Primary Care and Emergency First Response - Secondary Care. Together, these courses provide extensive instruction in CPR and First Aid, as well as providing optional (yet recommended) Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and Emergency Oxygen sections. This course is usually conducted over one day.

Rescue Diver
This course is a very important step in expanding knowledge and experience. As with all PADI courses, it is 'performance' based and involves classroom, confined water and beach skill development sessions followed by five open water training sessions. Self-rescue and diver stress; diving first aid; emergency management; equipment considerations; tired diver; panicked diver; response from shore or boat with both a conscious and unconscious victim; distressed diver; surfacing an unconscious diver; unconscious diver at the surface; egress with an unconscious diver; first aid for pressure related injuries; underwater search scenario; response, egress and management scenarios.


PADI Specialty Courses
The purpose of PADI Specialty Courses is to familiarise you with the techniques, knowledge, planning, organisation, potential hazards and safety skills for various special interest areas of diving. The Speciality Course is a safe and supervised introduction into that area:

Night Diver; Deep Divers; Naturalist; Navigation; Drift Diver; Underwater Photography; Multi-level Diver; Peak Performance Buoyancy; Oxygen Administrator.

Master Scuba Diver
Master Scuba Diver is the highest level that can be reached in recreational diving and denotes high achievement. To reach this level you must complete all levels of PADI training including Rescue Diver, Medic First Aid and 5 specialty courses.


PADI Professional-Level Courses
PADI Divemaster course
This course includes academic knowledge development. Watermanship and stamina are evaluated together with diving skills, which will be developed to demonstration quality. You will complete a rescue evaluation and underwater mapping exercises as well as demonstrating your skills in dive planning and leadership. You will also function as an instructional assistant, both in confined and open water. Completion of this course qualifies you to attend a PADI Instructor Development Course (IDC) and eventual certification as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor.

Assistant Instructor course
The PADI Assistant Instructor course is designed to provide PADI Divemasters, or those qualified to leadership levels with other agencies, with additional training as Instructors and dive educators. The course builds on the abilities to organise and supervise dive activities while concentrating on developing teaching skills and teaching PADI programs. IDC (Instructor Development Course): Please email us for full details/prices: info@sulawesitour.com

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