Enrolling in courses beyond the PADI Open
Water Diver is a good way to gain more confidence or
even learn more about new equipment trends and
technologies. There are numerous possibilities for you
to experience new adventures, improve your diving skills
or try out special diving activities.
Please visit our
Kids
page for specific programmes dedicated to
children from 8 to 14 years old.
Included in all course prices
Boat trips
Tanks & weights
Dive guide/instructor
Transfers from and to other hotels
Not included in any of the courses
Diving equipment
Course student materials and certification fees
Food & drinks on the boats
The daily Environmental tax
The daily Marine Park Fee for the
Marine Park dive sites
What you need to bring
2 passport-sized pictures (or have them
done at one of our dive centres)
Medical certificate stating that there
are no medical conditions preventing the participation
in any scuba diving activity
A medical certificate is only mandatory
if you answer yes to one of the questions within
the PADI Medical Statement that you will have to fill
out
prior to enrolling on any course at Dive Point Red Sea.
Therefore, if you have any doubt, it is highly
recommended that you check with your physician before
coming. Please find the complete PADI Medical Statement
in Acrobat format on our
Download
page.
Most of the courses can be taken only
partially. Either you have already completed some of the
modules before coming to Dive Point Red Sea or you start
the course with us and complete it somewhere else later.
On this page:
PADI Discover Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox Level I)
Duration:
1/2 day
From 15 years old
Number of dives: 0
This course introduces you to diving with
Nitrox. It allows you to dive to a maximum of 30 metres
using EANx32 (Nitrox diving with 32% Oxygen) within the no
decompression limits of the air Recreational Dive
Planner, dependant on your certification. This course
can be combined with the PADI Open Water Diver
course or with a dive package very easily.
Prerequisites:
Open Water Diver Course student who
has completed Open Water training dives 1, 2 and 3
OR
This has been the major trend in recreational diving
in the last year. Profit from more
safety and longer no-decompression limits. In a short
time you can learn, through uncomplicated training how
to plan and dive with Nitrox (with up to 40% Oxygen). This
course can be combined with the PADI Open Water Diver
course or with a dive package very easily.
Prerequisites:
Open Water Diver Course student who
has completed Open Water training dives 1, 2 and 3
OR
No minimum age for snorkellers, from 10
years old for divers
Number of dives: 0 - 2 dives, depending
which option is chosen
The future is digital. Thanks to PADI’s
Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty, this even
applies to the underwater realm. If you believe that digital underwater
photography is complicated and hard to do you are wrong!
Taking digital photos on land and under water is easier
than ever before. This much should be said to begin
with.
You can shoot as many pictures as you’d
like, store them easily, give presentations directly
from the screen or print out your snapshots... all this
without significant quality loss as compared to
analogous photography. The required skills can be
learned easily while one is having great fun. By the
way: picture processing included! The new PADI Digital
Underwater Photographer Specialty allows for all of
this.
Learn by the exclusive S.E.A. method by
PADI: Shoot – Examine – Adjust! This way photography is
great fun!
THE PADI DIGITAL UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHER
SPECIALTY
The new specialty is based on a two-level
course concept. This system allows for rapid success in
learning. Working with the camera warrants additional
positive experience for progress becomes immediately
visible. Each course level takes four hours. Please read
below for a description of the indi-vidual learning
steps:
Level 1: It is the main goal of this part
of the course to show you how easy it is to shoot good
photos. Even if you have never used a digital camera
before! You learn all about the equipment required to
take fascinating underwater pictures. You will also
learn how to prepare your equipment so that it is
protected from water damage.
During your Level I course you will learn
to apply the basic techniques of underwater photography
and to make sure that you don’t damage the underwater
realm while taking pictures. On this dive you will use
the White Balance technology, which is a method used to
take natural-looking photos without a flash. And you
will learn how to disassemble, clean and care for your
equipment after the dive. Below is an overview of the
most important learning steps:
Level 1:
What are the options and features of
Point-and-Shoot cameras?
What is “white balance” and how does
it work?
How and when do I use color filters?
How do I take good photos without
using the flash?
Level 2:
During level 2 of the course you will
learn how easy it is to improve the quality of your
underwater photos. You will broaden the skills learned
in Level 1, areas of special interest being “File
formats for digital photos”, “Selection of resolution”,
“Brighter and darker pictures”, “Natural colors”, “Photo
composition”, “Downloading of pictures on the computer”,
“Photo processing on the computer”. Here is an overview
of the most important learning steps of level 2:
Level 2:
How do I use and interpret histograms?
What file formats are there and what
are their advantages and disadvantages?
What must be considered regarding
resolution?
How do I achieve an attractive photo
composition?
What are the best concepts for photo
organization and archiving?
Starting on the course is easier than you
think! Divers: Certification as a PADI Digital
Underwater Photographer Specialty requires a divers’
certification; for level 1, for example, students must
have successfully completed the PADI Open Water Diver
course and for level 2, they must have successfully
completed level 1. Divers with a PADI certification who
have completed level 2 can have level 2 credited as
“adventure dive” to the PADI Adventures in Diving
program. Minimum age for course participants is 10
years.
Snorkelers/swimmers: The Digital
Underwater Photographer course can also be completed by
snorkelers. There is no minimum age for participants who
are using standard snorkeling equipment. Participants
using Supplier Air Snorkeling (SAS) systems must be at
least 5 years old. Snorkelers may take the course in two
parts or as a single program. After completing Level 1,
snorkelers may receive the Digital Underwater
Photographer Level 1 (Non Diving) certification card.
Upon completion of Level 2 (or when taking both levels
together), they receive the Digital Underwater
Photographer Specialty (Non Diving) certification card.
WHY DIGITAL?
Nothing has revolutionized photography as
much in the past years as the dawning of the digital age.
Digital photography uses electronics and computer
technology to produce pictures, instead of films and
chemicals as was the case in traditional analogous
photography. Today digital photography is rapidly
becoming the most popular form of consumer photography.
Read below the four most important reasons for this
phenomenon.
1. Digital photography is cheaper After
you have purchased your digital photo equipment or
rented it from Dive Point Red Sea, you need not buy any
more films. And above all, you need not pay for the
development of negatives. You can try out and learn all
kinds of tricks without further cost.
2. The results are immediately visible.
You need not have your films developed. This means that
you can look at the pictures immediately on the LCD
monitor of your digital camera.
3. You can process your pictures. During
the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty you
will learn to subsequently improve the quality of your
pictures, select the desired area of the photo and
process the pictures in various ways in order to make
the most of your snapshots.
4. You can present your photos more
easily. You can copy, print out or e-mail your photos
with a simple mouse click on your computer. Via internet
you can send your photos across the whole world within
seconds.
In terms of the Digital Underwater
Photographer Specialty Dive Point Red Sea is an
“All-in-One” supplier. This means that you can attend
the course and obtain the educational materials and the
camera including underwater housing from us. This way
you can complete the specialty even if you don’t own any
digital photo equipment. You can rent anything you need
and, if you’d like, you can purchase it from us upon
completion of the training.
Prerequisites:
Being a snorkeller (non diving course)
OR
PADI Junior Open Water Diver or equivalent
(diving course)
You will learn deep dive planning,
organisation, procedures, techniques and hazards. You
will also put this knowledge to the test as you go on
four open water dives that range from 18 - 40 metres
Drift Diving is effortless and relaxing
because you simply glide with the current and feel the
rush of flying underwater. But, with this type of diving,
come special procedures that you need to know so you can
maximize your fun underwater. During your PADI Drift
Diver certification course, you will learn about drift
dive planning, organisation, techniques and potential
hazards, as well as special equipment and procedures
like buoyancy in currents.
When you go night diving you will see a
whole new world. Even your local dive site takes on a
new personality at night, as many underwater creatures
and plant life (different from those you see during the
day) are active at night. You will learn about night dive
planning, organisation, procedures, techniques and
potential problems. You will also learn how to control
your buoyancy, navigate and communicate at night. Since
many of the plants and animals you will see are
different, you will also get an introduction to
nocturnal aquatic life.
This course will introduce you to the
most common fish families and species found in temperate
and tropical waters. You will also learn basic fish
identification and scientific survey techniques as well
as how important personal involvement is in aquatic
conservation.
If you want an introduction to the
excitement of moving through the water with no effort,
then this is your course. During the program, you'll
learn the techniques you need to know for safe scooter
operation, including: scooter dive planning organisation,
procedures, techniques, problems and hazards, equipment
considerations and how to avoid harming
fragile aquatic life.
If you want to dive back at home or feel
more comfortable diving in the Red Sea during the winter
months, you will need to stay warm and that means a dry
suit. During this course, you will not only cover the
background knowledge related to dry suit diving, you
will get into confined water to put that theory into
practice. Then, you will apply that knowledge in open
water, including dive planning, organisation,
techniques, potential problems and buoyancy control.
This course will familiarize you with the
operation and maintenance of your personal equipment.
Your instructor might also provide the opportunity to
review new or unfamiliar dive equipment.
The purpose of the PADI Full Face Mask
Distinctive Speciality is to familiarise divers with
the exercises, the knowledge, the organisation, the
procedures, the techniques, the problems, the hazards
and the pleasure typical to diving with a Full Face mask.
Learning to clear, equalize, adjust and emergency
procedures. This is an extremely useful piece of
equipment for diving in cold or dirty water which gives
the possibility to speak with an inbuilt communication
system.
You will learn what multilevel diving is
and why you want to plan for multilevel dives. You will
also get to see the various types of multilevel dive
calculators (including the Recreational Dive Planner,
Wheel version and dive computers), as well as learn
about multilevel dive planning, organisation, procedures,
techniques, and potential problems.
This course teaches you to fine-tune your
buoyancy and soar over reefs, extend bottom time by
reducing air consumption and prolong the life of your
dive equipment. During your Peak Performance Buoyancy
Specialty course, you will learn to determine the
correct amount of weight for you. Then you will practice the
fundamentals of peak performance buoyancy including the
buoyancy check, fine-tuning buoyancy underwater, weight
positioning for trim, streamlining and visualization.
PADI Rebreather
Draeger Ray or Rebreather Draeger Dolphin
Duration: 2 days
From 15 years old
Number of dives: 4
Almost all of those who try it love the
feeling of silent, bubble-free diving, breathing warm
and moist air. Get close up to the fish and extend your
dive times.
Prerequisites:
PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent with proof of at
least 10 logged dives beyond training dives for Open
Water Diver certification
OR
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent
AND
PADI Enriched
Air Diver or equivalent (Nitrox certification
that qualifies the diver to use any blend up to 40 percent
oxygen)
This course will teach you effective ways
to find objects underwater and bring them to the surface.
You will learn search and recovery dive planning,
organisation, procedures, techniques and potential
problems. You will also cover limited visibility, search
patterns and safe object recovery using lift devices.
Prerequisites:
PADI Junior Open Water Diver + PADI
Underwater Navigator Specialty Course or equivalent
OR
If you are interested in aquatic life
then the PADI Underwater Naturalist Specialty course is
for you. This course is an introduction to the
underwater aquatic environment and it will help you
develop safe and responsible aquatic life interaction
techniques. During your PADI Underwater Naturalist
Specialty course, you will also get an overview of the
major aquatic life groupings, interactions and factual
information that dispels negative myths.
When you are underwater, knowing where
you are and where you are going is important, especially
if you are looking for that beautiful reef that you have
heard all about. During this course, you will learn
underwater navigation dive procedures, techniques,
planning, organisation and potential problems. You will
also be introduced to natural navigation, underwater
patterns, distance estimation and improve your compass
navigation skills.
This course will teach you the skills
necessary to shoot your own underwater footage to bring home. You will learn about selecting, maintaining and
caring for your underwater video equipment as well as
safe diving practices. Further, you will learn
videography fundamentals, such as exposure, focus, shot
types, moves, story line and shot sequencing.
This course introduces you to wreck
diving and helps you develop the skills and knowledge
necessary for safe and fun wreck diving, including the
planning, organisation, procedures, techniques, problems
and hazards of wreck diving. You will learn the
preparation and use of lights, air supplies, special
equipment, penetration lines and reels,
limited-visibility diving techniques and emergency
procedures
