PADI COURSES | PANAMA DIVE SCHOOL

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DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING

Discover SCUBA diving is an introductory course for even the most timid adventurer. Allowing you to dip your toes in the world of SCUBA and see what its all about.

Discover dives are for non certified divers. participaints will recive instruction at the dock, basic skill practice in shallow water and guided dives by a certified PADI dive instructor.

*not a certification

A diver during a discover scuba dive with Panama Dive School in Bocas del Toro

COURSE FEES

$100.00 USD

COURSE DURATION

Half day charter

YOUR COURSE INCLUDES

Pre-dive introductory theory
Basic skill session
2 Open water dives

GET CERTIFIED!

If you are inspired to continue diving your second open water dive can count towards your full Open Water Diver certification at Panama Dive School

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OPEN WATER DIVER

The PADI Open Water course is an essential tool for anyone who loves exploring and learning about the ocean. Diving can change your life, let us teach you how!

Your open water course starts at our dock where your instructor will teach you gear assembly and students learn underwater skills and problem solving follow by 4 open waters dives.

Open water divers are certified to dive to 18m/60ft anywhere in the world and it never expires*

A student practicing skills with a dive master at Panama Dive School in Bocas del Toro, Panama

OPEN WATER DIVER

COURSE FEES

$340.00 USD

COURSE DURATION

3 half days

YOUR COURSE INCLUDES

PADI E-Learning
5 confined sessions
1 mini dive at the dock
4 Open water dives
Certification to 18m/60ft

COURSE THEORY

PADI Open Water Videos 1-5
Open Water Manual and completed knowledge reviews
Recreational Dive Planning
5 Quizes
1 Final Exam

PADI E-learning is now included in your course! all theory and knowledge development can be completed online before you arrive in Bocas Del Toro. to find out more about getting started on your PADI course contact us.

All Panama Dive School students
get half price dives for life!

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ADVANCED

ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER

The PADI advanced open water course introduces you to 5 unique diving experiences with each dive focused on a different skill set.

Advanced divers get certified to 30meters/ 100ft, improve navigation skills and other underwater skills and techniques in a fun and dynamic way!

Attributes needed for the navigation skills as part of the Advance Open Water PADI course at Panama Dive School in Bocas del Toro

COURSE FEES

$340.00 USD

COURSE DURATION

2 half days + 1 evening

YOUR COURSE INCLUDES

5 Specialty dives

Deep dive 30m/100ft (required)
Navigation dive (required)

Your choice of:

Peak Performance Buoyancy
Night Dive
Search & Recovery
Fish ID
Dive Against Debris
Underwater Naturalist
Wreck Diving
Drift Diving
Boat Diving

COURSE THEORY

Advanced open water manual and completed knowledge reviews

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RESCUE DIVER

COURSE FEES

$360.00 USD

COURSE DURATION

3 days

YOUR COURSE INCLUDES

PADI E-Learning
Classroom session
2 Dock training sessions
2 boat trips
2 Rescue scenarios
1 Rescue check out scenario

COURSE THEORY

PADI Rescue diver video
Rescue diver manual and completed knowledge reviews
Final exam

RESCUE DIVER

Our PADI rescue course is a 4 day intense course focused on inwater rescue techniques and teaching you to recognize and prevent diver errors. The Rescue course will test your physical and mental abilities as a diver.

Rescue divers will learn to deal with tired and panicked diver both underwater and at the surface. You will learn to plan and execute search patterns to look for a missing diver and how to respond to an unconscious diver.

COURSE REQUIERMENTS