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SPECIALITY | PADI WRECK DIVER SPECIALTY COURSE

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฿8000

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2

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Learn to Safely Dive a Ship Wreck on Koh Tao

Become a true ocean explorer delve into history and experience the excitement and fascination of exploring sunken shipwrecks by becoming a certified PADI Wreck diver. The HTMS Sattakut on Koh Tao is the perfect location to complete the PADI Wreck Diver specialty course.
Included in the Koh Tao PADI Wreck Diver Specialty Course

  • PADI Wreck diver manual
  • 4 Wreck diver training dives at HTMS Sattakut
  • PADI Certification card
  • Rental of all scuba equipment
  • FREE use of Dive Computer
  • Logbook
  • Maximum 4 students per PADI Instructor
  • Koh Tao Diving School Customer (and environmental) promisec

To enroll in 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 1.5 – 2 days

    The course consists of two sections:

  • Knowledge Development – read the PADI Wreck Diver manual and complete the knowledge reviews
  • Open Water training – 4 Wreck diver training dives
    • At Koh Tao Diving School we take our customer promise very seriously. All courses are conducted with a maximum of 4 students per PADI Instructor. Our Dive Instructors are highly trained and will ensure you receive lots of attention and most importantly, progress at your own pace in a relaxed environment. During your training, we will slowly build your confidence and ability as you develop the skills necessary to become a competent PADI Wreck diver specialist.
    Our Dive Instructors are highly trained and will ensure you receive lots of attention and most importantly, progress at your own pace in a relaxed environment. During your training, we will slowly build your confidence and ability as you develop the skills necessary to become a competent PADI Wreck diver specialist.

    Koh Tao PADI Wreck Diver Course Schedule
    The PADI Wreck diver specialty course schedule at Koh Tao Diving School is flexible and we can work around your own personal needs and timeframe. Please feel free to ask if you have any special requests either via email or on one of the messenger apps on this page.

    *if you have already completed the PADI Wreck Adventure dive as part of your Advanced Open Water course then a discount of 1,500 baht from the course cost.

    Course Schedule

    Day 1:
    09.00 – 11.30: Orientation & Knowledge Development
    12.30 – 17.00: Wreck diver training dives 1 & 2
    Day 2:
    07.00 – 11.00: Wreck diver training dives 3 & 4
    11.30 – 12.00: Log dives + Certification
    You are now a certified PADI Wreck diver.
    Orientation & Knowledge Development We start the PADI Wreck Diver specialty course at 09.00 with an Orientation that includes the completion of paperwork and the PADI Medical statement The PADI Wreck Diver specialty course consists of 4 training dives on our local wreck, HTMS Sattakut. 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 meters
  • 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 a Sunken Wreck on Koh Tao.

    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 shipwreck. Learn how to safely plan and execute a wreck dive deeper than 18 meters on the HTMS Sattakut. Swim along the outside of HTMS Sattakut whilst identifying and avoiding many of the potential hazards.
    Wreck Diver training dive #2
    On your second dive of the HTMS Sattakut 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 HTMS Sattakut, 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 HTMS Sattakut. We will ask you to plan and perform a wreck penetration dive that enters and exits the HTMS Sattakut. 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. Combine PADI Wreck & Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty Course You can add more excitement and fun to your dives by combining our PADI Wreck Diver course with the PADI Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty course.
    Koh Tao Diving School offers you a great opportunity to gain two certifications in the same timeframe that you need to complete the PADI Wreck Diver course.

    Your Dive Instructor will guide you through the knowledge development section and you will dive the HTMS Sattakut on Nitrox on your final two PADI Wreck diver training course dives.
    *Add 5,900 baht to the cost of the PADI Wreck Diver course

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