PADI Scuba Instruction

Adventures in Diving

Whether you just received your PADI Open Water certification or have hundreds of logged dives, PADI's Adventures in Diving program gives you the confidence, skills and experience to take your diving to new levels of excitement! It's quick and easy for you to make the next move.

PADI ADVENTURE DIVER Certification:

Can be done in 1 day
Choose any three Dives from Specialty List
EACH DIVE COUNTS TOWARDS PADI DIVER CERTICIATION
Cost: $50.00/dive + Charter Fee

To get your PADI Adventure Diver certification, begin by going over course materials in the comfort of home. Then meet with your instructor for a brief review and complete, in as little as one day, any three adventure dives from the list on the right.


PADI ADVANCE DIVER Certification:

Need 5 Dives: Can be done in 2 days!
Must do DEEP & NAVIGATION
You Choose ANY other 3 Dives from Specialty List (Adventure Dives Count!)
EACH DIVE COUNTS TOWARDS PADI DIVER CERTICIATION
Cost: $50.00/dive + Charter Fee


PADI SPECIALTY COURSES:
Most Courses Need only 2 Dives! (each course has its own requirements)
Can do 2 courses in 2 days!
ADVENTURE DIVES COUNT!
EACH DIVE COUNTS TOWARDS PADI DIVER CERTICIATION
Cost: See specific course fees + Charter Fee

Specialty/Adventure Dives
Altitude ++++ AWARE Fish ID ++++ Boat ++++ Deep ++++ Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)
Drift ++++ Drysuit ++++ Multi-level Computer ++++ Night ++++ Peak Perfomance Buoyancy
Search and Recovery ++++ Naturalist ++++ Navigation ++++ U/W Photography
Videography ++++ Wreck

 

PADI MASTER SCUBA DIVER CERTIFICATION:

Need to be Rescue Certified
Need 5 Specialty Certifications
You choose ANY 5 Specialty Courses from List (Adventure Dives Count)
Cost $50.00 (+ course fees) + Charter Fee

Divers Alert Network (DAN) Training Courses and Membership

“Divers Alert Network (DAN) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit medical and research organization dedicated to the safety and health of recreational scuba divers and associated with Duke University Medical Center (DUMC). DAN is supported by the largest association of recreational divers in the world.

Founded in 1980, DAN has served as a lifeline for the scuba industry by operating diving's only 24-hour emergency hotline, a lifesaving service for injured divers. Additionally, DAN operates a diving medical information line, conducts vital diving medical research, and develops and provides a number of educational programs for everyone from beginning divers to medical professionals.

Divers Alert Network is supported by membership dues and donations. In return, members receive a number of important benefits including $100,000 emergency medical evacuation assistance, DAN educational publications, a subscription to Alert Diver magazine, and access to diving's first and foremost accident insurance coverage.”

D.A.N. TRAINING COURSES:

D.E.M.P. Program (Diving Emergency Management Provider)
Need 4 Courses: Can be done in 2 Days!
Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
Automated External Defibrillators (AED) for Scuba Diving Injuries
Advance Oxygen First Aid for Scuba Diving Injuries
First Aid for Hazardous Marine Life Injuries

Cost: $250 Package Deal (+ $30 / day Charter Fee if from boat)
See other DAN courses available as well.

D.A.N. Membership: Click to fill out a D.A.N. membership application.

 

Mel and Wanda are PADI Master Instructors and have combined diving experience totalling over 60 years!! We are prepared to train you in ANY PADI courses such as the ones listed above. Get your PADI Advance Rescue or Master Diver Rating while diving with us.

Ask about our special package rates.

Bottom Time Dive Charters & Training
91 Miller St. Plattsburgh, N.Y. 12901 1-518-561-7748
or E-mail us at: dive@bottomtimecharters.com