Boat Diver

Boat Diver

If you love to travel, the Boat Diver Specialty course will prepare you to dive from small inflatables all the way up to large liveaboards. Learn how to enter and exit the water, use current lines and manage seasickness.

Multiple scuba diving tanks, regulators, masks, and other diving gear stored on a boat with a green cover and trees in the background.

  • Skills you will learn:


    • Pack for a boat trip

    • Properly stow your gear

    • Manage seasickness

    • Nautical terminology

    • Safety enter and exit the water

    • And more!

  • Prerequisites:


    • Open Water (Junior Open Water) Diver

    • At least 10 years old

    • Completed Diver Medical Form

    • Standard Safe Diving Practices Statement of Understanding

    • Continue Education Administrative Document

  • Course Requirements:


    • Online Academics

    • Open Water Dives – This specialty requires a minimum of 2 dives.

  • Cost: $250

    Please note, you must have your own dry suit for this course. This cost includes in-classroom learning.

    • Online academics

    • Materials

    • BCD

    • Regulator

    • Weights

    • Wetsuit

    • Unlimited Air

    • 1 day instruction at the lake

    • 1 day lake entrance

    • PADI certified dive instructor and dive master

    • Certification e-card

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