PADI Night Diver

As ocean explorers, the mystery of the sea at night is an enticing adventure. Diving at night is a whole new world, when the animals we see during the day go to sleep, and nocturnal creatures come out to play.

The PADI Night diver specialty course is the perfect program to introduce you to the underwater world at night, under the glow of your dive light.

Included in the OTB Diving Night Diver Specialty Course:

• PADI Night Diver specialty Manual/eLearning
• 3 night training dives
• PADI Certification card
• Rental of all scuba equipment including torch
• FREE use of Dive Computer

To enroll on a PADI Night Diver specialty course you must:

• Be an Open Water diver
• Have recent diving experience – we recommend completing a scuba review if you have not dived for 12 months
• 12 years of age or older
• Medically fit to dive

We conduct the Night Diver specialty course over 2-3 evenings depending on your personal timeframe.

The PADI Night Diver specialty course consists of two sections:

• Knowledge Development – read the PADI Night Diver specialty manual and complete the knowledge reviews/eLearning
• Open Water training – 3 x training dives

During your training we will slowly build your confidence and ability as you develop the skills necessary to become a night diving specialist diver.

Orientation & Knowledge Development

We start the PADI Night Diver specialty course with an orientation that includes completion of paperwork and the PADI Medical statement.

The PADI Night Diver specialty course consists of 3 training dives that we take at a selection of local dive sites.

There is also a Night Diver specialty manual to read and two open book knowledge reviews to complete that your dive instructor will guide you through and review if you do not select the eLearning option.

Some of the subjects you will cover include:

• Factors to consider when evaluating a potential dive site for night diving
• Environmental conditions you should avoid when night diving
• Night diving planning considerations
• How to deal with stress, light failure, buddy separation & disorientation while night diving
• Techniques for descending & ascending at night to avoid disorientation
• Methods of communication while night diving
• Techniques for navigating underwater at night

Become a master of the darkness underwater and complete our 3 Night dive training dives to become a Night diver.

Night training dive #1

Discover the secrets of the underwater world at night with your first night dive.

Getting into the water just before it goes dark, you will have a few minutes to adjust, as dusk turns to dark and day turns to night.

Your instructor will teach you correct use of your dive light and how to communicate at night. You will also learn how to use your compass at night with some simple navigation skills.

Night training dive #2

Night diver training dive number 2 and you are super excited. Gone will be any inhibitions you may have had during your first night diving experience, as you feel more comfortable with your equipment at night.

Your Instructor will teach you a little more navigation to start things off and then the rest of the dive will be focused on identifying nocturnal aquatic marine life that you discussed before the dive in your dive briefing. 

Night training dive #3

By now you are almost an expert and are most certainly comfortable underwater in the dark.

You will start your final Night dive training by executing a free descent as you free fall down onto the dive site and swim off straight into the dive with your buddy alongside.

You are now familiar with diving at night and feeling excited and confident. There is one last skill for you to complete and one more night dive highlight for you to experience.

Congratulations – you are now a PADI Night dive specialist.