E-Learning Included: Yes
Card Included: Yes
Drift diving allows a diver to travel over a large area without expending much energy. You simply get neutrally buoyant and enjoy the dive as the scenery moves past you. The Drift Diver Course covers the “how-to’s” of drift diving from, how to enter and exit drifts, what to do if you get caught in a drift and wish to get out, how to get out of the drift to observe something special, and much more. The course will also introduce you to the various types of drift currents you may be diving in.
Who this course is for:
This course is designed to teach divers the skills, knowledge, and necessary techniques to properly conduct drift dives
Course prerequisites:
Open Water Scuba Diver, Junior Open Water Diver, or equivalent
Minimum age 18, 10 with parental consent
The Drift Diver Course takes an in-depth look at all of the following and more:
The Aquatic environment: causes and effects
Tides
Currents
Waves
Surge
Equipment
Floats
Lines
Reels
Compass
Planning and procedures
Buddy organization
Problems and hazards
Buoyancy control
Navigation
Communications
Safety stop procedures
Entries and exits
Some of the required skills you will have to demonstrate include:
Plan a drift dive
Briefing on dock before departure
Review of drift diving procedures
Captain’s brief and travel to dive destination
Entry
Exit
Log dive
Care of equipment
Attempt to use a different types of drift s or, at least, use a different entry point from the drift during the course
What’s in it for you?
Upon successful completion of this course, graduates may engage in diving activities without direct supervision of the Instructor* so long as the following limits are adhered to:
The diving activities approximate those of training
The areas of activities approximate those of training
Environmental conditions approximate those of training
*Note: Junior divers (ages 10-14) must participate in drift diving activities with a parent, guardian, or dive professional.
Complete two open water dives to a maximum depth no greater than 18 metres / 60 feet
Follow the instructor on the first dive while he demonstrates proper use of float, lines and reels
On the second dive the students must execute the skills learned on the first dive such as: planning, demonstrating and executing the skills they learned from the first dive
