PADI DPV Specialty Theory Online

Propel your way through the water and glide over reefs, buzz around a large wreck or weave through a kelp forest. You must be at least 12 years old and a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or higher.

Description

If you’re at least 12 years old and a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or higher, you can enrol in the PADI Diver Propulsion Vehicle course.

Academic

The PADI Diver Propulsion Vehicle course guides you in choosing the right DPV for you. You’ll make two dives and learn about:

• Maintaining your DPV.
• How to plan dives, including procedures for staying with your buddy.
• DPV-handling skills, such as making proper descents and ascents.
• Potential problems and ways to deal with them.

Get credit! The first dive of this PADI Specialty Diver course may credit as an Adventure Dive toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification

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Equipment

Of course, you’ll need a DPV along with your basic scuba equipment. If you have your own DPV, your instructor will have you complete all your training using it.

Getting Started

Start learning now with PADI’s home-study materials – Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) Diver eLearning. Read and watch a video about DPV diving, then interact with knowledge checks in preparation for meeting with your PADI Instructor to schedule your two DPV dives.

Please note - this eLearning only covers your online theory, but also serves as a deposit for your practical skills session. When booking your practical, the cost of this eLearning will be deducted from your total course fee.