What is a PADI Adventure Dive?
PADI Adventure dives are a great way to gain experience in a new dive environment under the watchful eye of your specialized PADI Instructor. Adventure dives can also make training easier for the travelling diver whose time may be limited moving from place to place.
For an adventure dive to count as one of the dives towards your PADI Advanced open water course you will need to complete the underwater training under the guidance of a PADI Instructor then read the appropriate chapter in your manual (which you will need to purchase) and complete a knowledge review, a great way to build experience and get training from specialists in each unique area like the Yongala ‘wreck’ experience.
Who can complete PADI Adventure Dives.?
Anybody with a PADI Open Water certificate or equivalent (and a minimum of 6 dives). As an open water diver, unless you have previously completed deep dive training with an instructor (proof will be required) you will be required to undertake deep dive training as part of your first dive on the Yongala, during the dive you will be looked after by a highly experienced PADI instructor who is also an expert on diving the Yongala.
There are two options for completing deep dive training with Yongala Dive:
- Underwater component only completed (NOT be credited towards your AOW course)
- Underwater and theory components completed and manual purchased (dives credited towards PADI AOW Course)
At Yongala dive we specialize in the following adventure dives: Deep, Wreck, Boat, Multi Level, Enriched Air (Nitrox), Aware Fish ID, Naturalist and Underwater Digital Photography.
Most divers strive to become PADI Advanced open water diver’s; this means they will be required to do the Deep and Navigation dives plus any other 3 adventure dives from the options available. (visit our advanced course page for more details)
What happens during the PADI Deep Adventure Dive..?
The idea of this adventure dive experience is not to make you an expert in deep diving, it is designed to give you a better understanding and advance your dive skills to enable you to dive up to 30 metres max.
You will need to complete some basic skills on your dive with your PADI Instructor (listed below), you will also read the ‘deep diver’ section from the PADI Adventures in Diving manual and complete a knowledge review. It is your Instructor’s job (as with your initial diver training) to guide you and help you develop any new skills and techniques required to dive deep, safely, at the specialist dive site of the Yongala.
Skills Overview
(completed during the dive)
Performance Requirements:
- Briefing, assembling and positioning Emergency Equipment
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Suiting Up & Predive Safety Check (BWRAF)
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Entry & Descent
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Compare depth gauge and Changes in Color at Surface and at Depth
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Guided Tour then Ascent – Safety Stop
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Debrief & Knowledge Review, Log Dive – Complete Training Record
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Approx 45 minutes to read a section in the manual & complete the knowledge review (nitrox takes a little longer)
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The skills are completed during your dives on the S.S. YONGALA wreck
The underwater comparison skills will take approximately 5 mins, the rest of the dive will be used for a guided tour under the watchful eye of your specialized PADI Instructor.
What is the cost and what is included?
Adventure dive options:
- Underwater Component only – $25
- PADI Deep Adventure Dive inc manual – $75 (Nitrox – $50)
- PADI Deep & Wreck Adventure Dive inc manual – $100 (Nitrox – $50)
