Courses & Training

Learning to dive is one of the most rewarding experiences of your life. Earning your PADI certification will forever change the way you see the world, both above and below the surface.

We here at Pissouri Bay Divers provide aquatic experiences from Skin Diver, all the way through the PADI structure to Divemaster.

If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Get your scuba diving certification with the Pissouri Bay Divers by taking a PADI Open Water Diver course – the world’s most popular and widely recognised scuba course. Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course. To enrol in a PADI Open Water Diver course (or Junior Open Water Diver course), you must be 10 years old or older. You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required.

Simply complete the attached course application or send us your enquiry and requirements to Pissouri Bay Divers

DSD

€ 80

A quick and easy introduction into what it takes to explore the underwater world. Although this is not a scuba certification course, you’ll learn all the steps it takes to be a PADI certified diver.

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SCUBA DIVER

€ 320

This course is a subset of the PADI Open Water Diver course. If you’re short on time but really want to become a diver, the PADI Scuba Diver rating might be right for you.

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OPEN WATER DIVER

€450

Learn to prevent and manage problems in the water, and become more confident in your skills as a diver. It’s challenging, yet very rewarding.

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ADVENTURE DIVER

€ 260

Complete three Adventure Dives and earn the Adventure Diver certification, a subgroup of the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course.

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ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER

€ 340

This course can be taken after completing the PADI Open Water Diver certification. It’s titled PADI Advanced Open Water Diver because it advances your diving knowledge & skills.

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RESCUE DIVER

€ 490

Learn to prevent and manage problems in the water, and become more confident in your skills as a diver. It’s challenging, yet very rewarding.

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Skin Diver

Learn snorkeling and skin diving techniques including checking buoyancy, surface swimming, clearing water from your snorkel and performing effortless surface dives.

Pissouri Bay Divers Skin diving is snorkeling while making breath-hold dives to observe aquatic life, up close and personal. It’s a great way to explore the underwater world when you’re not able to scuba dive or if scuba diving just isn’t your thing. The PADI Skin Diver course teaches you how to enjoy watching life below the surface and comfortably venture underwater for short visits.

To enroll in a PADI Skin Diver course, you must be at least 8 years old. You need adequate swimming skills and comfort in the water. No prior experience is required.

Skin diver cost
from € 25

Find out more about learning to snorkel properly and even going on an optional skin dive at a local dive site.

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what you will learn…

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The PADI Skin Diver course teaches you about:

How to choose, adjust and use skin diving equipment.
Basic safety guidelines for being in and around the water.
Snorkeling and skin diving techniques including checking buoyancy, surface swimming, clearing water from your snorkel and performing effortless surface dives.

all the kit you will need…

Equipment

The PADI Skin Diver course teaches you how to use basic snorkeling equipment including a

mask and snorkel,
fins,
exposure protection like a wet suit and
dive weights as needed.

Discover SCUBA Diving (DSD)

A quick and easy introduction into what it takes to explore the underwater world. Although this is not a scuba certification course, you’ll learn all the steps it takes to be a PADI certified diver.

Have you always wondered what it’s like to breathe underwater? If you want to try scuba diving, but aren’t quite ready to take the plunge into a certification course, Discover Scuba Diving is for you. Pissouri Bay Divers offer this program either in a pool or off a beach. While not a scuba certification course, Discover Scuba Diving is a quick and easy introduction to what it takes to explore the underwater world. To sign up for a PADI Discover Scuba Diving experience, you must be at least 10 years old. No prior experience with scuba diving is necessary, but you need to be in reasonable physical health. Are you ready to try it out?

DSD course cost
€ 80

Find out more about our DSD course by getting in touch.

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what you will learn…

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You learn the basic safety guidelines and skills needed to dive under the direct supervision of one of Pissouri Bay Divers PADI Professionals. If you make an open water dive, you’ll practice a few more skills in shallow water to prepare for your adventure. Get ready to:

Go over the scuba equipment you use to dive and how easy it is to move around underwater with your gear.
Find out what it’s like to breathe underwater.
Learn key skills that you’ll use during every scuba dive.
Have fun swimming around and exploring.
Hear about becoming a certified diver through the PADI Open Water Diver course.

all the kit you will need…

Equipment

We here at Pissouri Bay Divers will provide all the basic scuba gear you’ll use including:

mask and snorkel,
fins,
regulator,
buoyancy control device,
dive gauges and a tank.

SCUBA Diver

This course is a subset of the PADI Open Water Diver course. If you’re short on time but really want to become a diver, the PADI Scuba Diver rating might be right for you.

The PADI Scuba Diver course offered by Pissouri Bay Divers is a subset of the PADI Open Water Diver course. If you’re short on time but really want to become a diver, the PADI Scuba Diver rating might be right for you ̶ particularly if you expect to go scuba diving primarily with a dive guide. This course is an intermediate step for earning an Open Water Diver certification, if that’s your ultimate goal.
PADI Scuba Divers are qualified to:

Dive under the direct supervision of a PADI Professional to a maximum depth of 12 metres/40 feet.

Obtain air fills, rent or purchase scuba equipment and participate in dive activities as long as properly supervised.
Continue dive training by completing the PADI Open Water Diver certification and taking certain specialty diver courses.

To enroll in a PADI Scuba Diver course (or Junior Scuba Diver course), you must be 10 years old or older. You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required, but you can try it first through the Discover Scuba Diving program.

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SCUBA Diver cost
€ 320

Find out more about what is involved within the SCUBA Diver Course with Pissouri Bay Divers.

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what you will learn…

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The PADI Scuba Diver course consists of three main phases:

Knowledge Development (online, independent study or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving – just the first three of five sections of the Open Water Diver course.
Confined Water Dives to learn basic scuba skills – just the first three of five dives of the Open Water Diver course
Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore – just two of four dives of the Open Water Diver course.

all the kit you will need…

Equipment

You learn to use basic scuba gear, including:

mask, snorkel and fins,
regulator,
buoyancy control device,
dive gauges and a tank.

The equipment you wear varies, depending upon the water temperature. One of Pissouri Bay Divers experienced Instructors will explain the equipment you need and may suggest additional educational materials, such as the required logbook.

Open Water Diver

Diver certification begins here. Start with PADI’s online eLearning course. Move to the pool and practice your new skills. Then experience four open water dives.

If you’ve always wanted to take scuba diving lessons, experience unparalleled adventure and see the world beneath the waves, this is where it starts. Get your scuba diving certification with the Pissouri Bay Divers PADI Open Water Diver course – the world’s most popular and widely recognized SCUBA course. Millions of people have learned to scuba dive and gone on to discover the wonders of the aquatic world through this course. To enroll in a PADI Open Water Diver course (or Junior Open Water Diver course), you must be 10 years old or older. You need adequate swimming skills and need to be in good physical health. No prior experience with scuba diving is required.

Open Water Diver cost
€ 450

Find out more about what is involved within the Open Water Diver Course with Pissouri Bay Divers.

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what you will learn…

Academic

The PADI Open Water Diver course consists of three main phases:

Knowledge Development ( online, independent study or in a classroom) to understand basic principles of scuba diving
Confined Water Dives to learn basic SCUBA skills
Open Water Dives to use your skills and explore!

all the kit you will need…

Equipment

You learn to use basic scuba gear, including:

mask, snorkel and fins,
regulator,
buoyancy control device,
dive gauges and a tank.

The equipment you wear varies, depending upon the water temperature.

Adventure Diver

Complete three Adventure Dives and earn the Adventure Diver certification, a subgroup of the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course.

The Adventure Diver course offered by Pissouri Bay Divers is a subset of the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course. Have you always wanted to hone your skills such as Peak Performance Buoyancy or Underwater Navigation, learn a valuable new skill set such as Underwater Search and Recovery or open new exciting opportunities such as Deep, Wreck or Boat diver? There’s a long list of scuba adventures you can take part in during this program. Complete three Adventure Dives and you earn the Adventure Diver certification. It’s a great opportunity to work with a Pissouri Bay Divers instructor to build your SCUBA skills and gain more confidence. Get a taste of what you like and enjoy scuba diving more than ever.

Get credit! Each Adventure Dive may credit toward the first dive of the corresponding PADI Specialty Diver Course. If you’ve already taken a specialty diver course, ask your instructor if you’ve earned credit for an Adventure Dive.

PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers who are at least 10 years old and want to take the next step should enroll in an Adventure Diver course. Young divers may only participate in certain Adventures Dives – check with our helpful staff here at Pissouri Bay Divers.

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Adventure Diver cost
€ 260

Find out more about what three Adventure Dives you’d like to experience with Pissouri Bay Divers.

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what you will learn…

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You can choose what you’re most interested in learning. Need to work on your buoyancy skills? Try the Peak Performance Buoyancy Adventure Dive. Want to know what you’re looking at down there? Try the AWARE – Fish Identification or Underwater Naturalist Adventure Dives. You’ll plan your path with one of Pissouri Bay Divers experienced instructors, go over what you need to know and dive in quickly.

all the kit you will need…

Equipment

Beyond using basic scuba equipment, you’ll learn to use specialised gear depending on the Adventure Dives you choose. For example you will need a dry suit for the Dry Suit Adventure Dive or recovery equipment for the Search and Recovery adventure dive. Your Pissouri Bay Divers Instructor will explain the equipment that you need and may suggest additional gear, such as a dive light for night diving or a lift bag for search and recovery diving.

Advanced Open Water Diver

This course can be taken after completing the PADI Open Water Diver certification. It’s titled PADI Advanced Open Water Diver because it advances your diving knowledge & skills.

That’s what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about. You don’t have to be “advanced” to take it – it’s designed to advance your diving, so you can start right after earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification. The course helps build confidence and expand your SCUBA skills through different Adventure Dives. You try out different specialties while gaining experience under the supervision of an experienced Pissouri Bay Divers Instructor. You log dives and develop capabilities as you find new ways to have fun SCUBA diving.

Get credit! Each Adventure Dive may credit toward the first dive of the corresponding PADI Specialty Diver Course. If you’ve already taken a specialty diver course, ask your Pissouri Bay Divers helpful staff if you’ve earned credit for an Adventure Dive.

PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers who are at least 12 years old are ready to step up and enroll in an Advanced Open Water Diver course. Young divers may only participate in certain Adventures Dives.

If you’re already an Adventure Diver, you only need to complete two more Adventure Dives to earn the Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

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Advanced Open Water Diver cost
€ 340

Find out more about what the Advanced Open Water Diver Course with Pissouri Bay Divers.

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what you will learn…

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You’ll plan your learning path with your instructor by choosing from a long list of Adventure Dives. There are two required dives – Deep and Underwater Navigation – and you choose the other three, for a total of five dives. During the Deep Adventure Dive, you learn how to plan dives to deal with the physiological effects and challenges of deeper SCUBA diving. The Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive refines your compass navigation skills and helps you better navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time.

The other knowledge and skills you get vary with your interest and the adventures you have – photography, buoyancy control, fish identification, exploring wrecks and many more.

all the kit you will need…

Equipment

Beyond using basic scuba equipment, when required Pissouri Bay Divers will supply you with a compass and dive knife or dive tool. You’ll also use specialised gear depending on the Adventure Dives you choose. For example you will need a dry suit for the Dry Suit Adventure Dive or recovery equipment for the Search and Recovery adventure dive.

Your Pissouri Bay Divers Instructor will explain the equipment that you need and may suggest additional gear, such as a dive light for night diving or a lift bag for search and recovery diving.

Rescue Diver

Learn to prevent and manage problems in the water, and become more confident in your skills as a diver. It’s challenging, yet very rewarding.

SCUBA divers describe the PADI Rescue Diver course as the most challenging, yet most rewarding course they’ve ever taken. Why? Because you learn to prevent and manage problems in the water, and become more confident in your skills as a diver, knowing that you can help others if needed. During the course, you learn to become a better buddy by practicing problem solving skills until they become second nature. Plus, the course is just fun – it’s serious, but still allows for lots of laughter in between the focused learning.

PADI (Junior) Adventure Divers who are at least 12 years old and have completed the Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive may enrol in a Rescue Diver course. You also need to have Emergency First Response Primary and Secondary Care (CPR and First Aid) training within the past 24 months. You can complete this training during the Rescue Diver course. We here at Pissouri Bay Divers also offer the PADI Emergency Oxygen Provider speciality diver course at the same time.

Rescue Diver cost
€ 490

Find out more about what is involved within the Rescue Diver Course with Pissouri Bay Divers.

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what you will learn…

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The PADI Rescue Diver course prepares you to deal with dive emergencies, minor and major, using a variety of techniques. Through knowledge development and rescue exercises, you learn what to look for and how to respond. During rescue scenarios, you put into practice your knowledge and skills. Topics include:

Self rescue
Recognizing and managing stress in other divers
Emergency management and equipment
Rescuing panicked divers
Rescuing unresponsive divers

all the kit you will need…

Equipment

You’ll use your basic scuba equipment and will need a pocket mask to practice in-water resuscitation. During exercises, you’ll work with an oxygen unit, floats, marker buoys and perhaps CPR mannequins.

An experienced Pissouri Bay Divers Instructor will explain the equipment that you need and may suggest additional gear, such as your own first aid kit, which will be useful throughout your diving career.

Emergency First Response (EFR)

Discover simple to follow steps for emergency care. This course focuses on building confidence in lay rescuers and increasing their willingness to respond when faced with a medical emergency.

Emergency First Response training focuses on building confidence in lay rescuers and increasing their willingness to respond when faced with a medical emergency. Course participants learn simple to follow steps for emergency care and practice applying skills in a non-stressful learning environment. All courses are supported by self-study manuals, videos and quick reference cards to enhance learning and allow you to start learning right away.

EFR courses meet the CPR and first aid training requirements for the PADI Rescue Diver course and all professional-level ratings. All Pissouri Bay Divers Instructors are also Emergency First Response Instructors.

The following EFR courses are based on internationally recognized medical guidelines for emergency care.

EFR course cost
€ 115

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what you will learn…

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Primary Care (CPR) – This course teaches you the steps and techniques for handling life-threatening emergencies. You’ll practice eight skills for aiding patients who aren’t breathing, have no heartbeat, may have a spinal injury, may be in shock or who may have serious bleeding. You’ll learn how to perform CPR and continue to monitor the patient so that you provide every possible chance of survival while waiting for emergency medical services to arrive.
Secondary Care (First Aid) – Because many medical conditions are non-life-threatening and emergency medical services are sometimes delayed or unavailable, this course teaches you how to provide first aid that eases pain and reduces the risk of further harm. You’ll learn to assess a variety of injuries and illnesses and practice bandaging and splinting.
Care for Children – This course allows participants to learn, practice and apply emergency care skills specific to helping infants and children with medical emergencies. It’s designed for those who work with children or are likely to have to respond to emergencies involving youngsters. This course is often integrated with Primary Care (CPR) and Secondary Care (First Aid) courses.
CPR & AED – This course focuses on CPR training and teaching participants how to use an AED (automated external defibrillator). When workplace or governmental requirements specify this training, the CPR & AED course meets the need. This course is often integrated into First Aid at Work programs.
First Aid at Work – In some areas, such as Great Britain, Australia and Canada, governmental regulations call for enhanced CPR and first aid training for the workplace. First Aid at Work programs designed for these areas include additional topics and skills to meet requirements while following the easy to learn EFR approach to training.
EFR Refresher – It’s a good idea to refresh your CPR and first aid skills every 24 months, and that’s what the EFR Refresher course is designed to do. Focusing on key skills, the course allows you to stay up-to-date and ready to lend aid when needed.

Courses & Training

Skin Diver

Skin diver cost
from € 25

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Equipment

Discover SCUBA Diving (DSD)

DSD course cost
€ 80

Academic

Equipment

SCUBA Diver

SCUBA Diver cost
€ 320

Academic

Equipment

Open Water Diver

Open Water Diver cost
€ 450

Academic

Equipment

Adventure Diver

Adventure Diver cost
€ 260

Academic

Equipment

Advanced Open Water Diver

Advanced Open Water Diver cost
€ 340

Academic

Equipment

Rescue Diver

Rescue Diver cost
€ 490

Academic

Equipment

Emergency First Response (EFR)

EFR course cost
€ 115

Academic

Dive Centre

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Courses & Training

Skin Diver

Skin diver costfrom € 25

Academic

Equipment

Discover SCUBA Diving (DSD)

DSD course cost € 80

Academic

Equipment

SCUBA Diver

SCUBA Diver cost€ 320

Academic

Equipment

Open Water Diver

Open Water Diver cost€ 450

Academic

Equipment

Adventure Diver

Adventure Diver cost€ 260

Academic

Equipment

Advanced Open Water Diver

Advanced Open Water Diver cost€ 340

Academic

Equipment

Rescue Diver

Rescue Diver cost€ 490

Academic

Equipment

Emergency First Response (EFR)

EFR course cost€ 115

Academic

Dive Centre

Contact Details

Skin diver cost
from € 25

DSD course cost
€ 80

SCUBA Diver cost
€ 320

Open Water Diver cost
€ 450

Adventure Diver cost
€ 260

Advanced Open Water Diver cost
€ 340

Rescue Diver cost
€ 490

EFR course cost
€ 115