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Drysuit Diver Certification Course at Eco Dive Center

Being cold sucks and the thing about scuba is that no matter where you go or what kind of diving you’re doing, ultimately you’re going to get cold. Wetsuits help to slow the loss of your body heat, but if you want to be more comfortable longer, there’s no substitute for a drysuit.  

The drysuit works similarly to a wetsuit, but instead of trapping water next to your skin, the drysuit traps a layer of air. You wear insulating garments under the drysuit that add to suit’s the effectiveness. Because air is a better insulator than water, the drysuit keeps you much warmer.

To use a drysuit safely you need some special training. In the PADI Dry Suit Diver Specialty Course you will learn the proper techniques and then you’ll put those techniques into practice as your class progresses from classroom to confined water to open water. Upon completion you will know how to control your buoyancy, how to use and maintain your suit as well as how to manage the potential problems that are unique to drysuit diving.

Drysuits used to be thought of as only for divers who were going to be in extremely cold water, but temperate and even tropical divers are finding that going dry makes sense. Staying more comfortable for longer means being able to enjoy more of your dive. Are you a nitrox diver? That longer bottom time you enjoy with enriched air can often exceed your wetsuit’s ability to keep you warm. The longer you’re in the water, the more a drysuit makes sense.

 Drysuit Diver Intro VIDEO 

Prerequisites

• Open Water Diver and min 16 years

Objectives

What Is Included

• Drysuit manual
• Drysuit dive lessons
• Video rental
• Certification card
• Drysuit Rental w/Undergarments

$220.00 each participant.

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