PADI Wreck Diver

Become a true ocean explorer, delve into history and experience the excitement and fascination of exploring sunken ship wrecks by becoming a certified PADI Wreck diver.

Included in the OTB Diving PADI Wreck Diver Specialty Course:

• PADI Wreck diver manual/eLearning
• 4 Wreck diver training dives at local wrecks
• PADI Certification card
• Rental of all scuba equipment
• FREE use of Dive Computer
• Maximum 4 students per PADI Instructor

To enroll on a PADI Wreck diver specialty course you must:

• Be an Adventure diver or have a qualifying certification from another agency
• Have recent diving experience – we recommend completing a scuba review if you have not dived for 12 months
• 15 years of age or older
• Medically fit to dive

PADI Wreck Diver Specialty Course Duration - 2 days

The course consists of two sections:

• Knowledge Development – read the PADI Wreck diver manual and complete the knowledge reviews or complete eLearning
• Open Water training – 4 Wreck diver training dives

Orientation & Knowledge Development

We start the PADI Wreck diver specialty course with an Orientation that includes completion of paperwork and the PADI Medical statement.

There is also a PADI Wreck Specialty diver manual to read and an open book knowledge review with 16 questions that your dive instructor will guide you through and review.

The Specialty Instructor led knowledge development is conducted during the morning of day 1.

Some of the subjects you will cover include:

• Why divers must pay close attention to local laws before planning a wreck dive
• How to avoid the potential hazards common to wrecks
• Dive planning and equipment considerations for wreck diving deeper than 18 metres
• Special training and equipment necessary for shipwreck penetration and hazards associated with entering a wreck
• Techniques used for entering, moving through and using a penetration line inside a wreck
• What to do if you experience loss of visibility due to silting, light failure or loss of air supply inside a wreck

On land, we will teach you useful knots and practice using the reel and penetration line that you will use underwater on dives 3 & 4

Wreck Dives – Exploring wrecks

There are 4 Wreck training dives to complete to become a PADI Wreck Diver specialist.

Wreck Diver training dive #1

Explore and experience the excitement of diving a ship wreck. Learn how to safely plan and execute a wreck dive deeper than 18 metres

Swim along the outside ofthe wreck whilst identifying and avoiding many of the potential hazards.

Wreck Diver training dive #2

On your second dive of the the wreck we would like you to create an outline map of the wreck with features and detail.

Calculate approximate size and mark points of interest. We will also ask you to survey the wreck, evaluating possible entrances & exits in preparation for a penetration dive the next day.

Wreck Diver training dive #3

On this dive you will practice the deployment and retrieval of a penetration line in the same way as you practiced on land the previous day.

This time you will be underwater on the outside of the wreck, swimming along the deployed penetration line so as to maintain contact with the line without kicking up any silt and whilst holding the dive light.

Wreck Diver training dive #4

This is your final training dive of the course and time to explore inside the the wreck.

We will ask you to plan and perform a wreck penetration dive that enters and exits the wreck.

You will focus on moving through the wreck without causing excessive silt disturbance and using a dive light whilst keeping contact with the line.

Upon completion of all the requirements you will be certified as a PADI Wreck Specialty Diver.