Diving Specialties

Expand your skills, confidence, and diving opportunities.

Our specialty courses allow certified divers to expand their knowledge, refine techniques, and explore new styles of diving. While the practical training and dives are essentially the same, we offer certification through both PADI and SDI, allowing you to choose the agency that best suits you.

All specialty courses are taught by experienced instructors in small groups and can often be combined or tailored to suit your schedule and diving goals. A shake-down dive must be completed prior to starting any specialty courses to ensure all weights and equipment issues are fixed prior to training dives.

Specialty Courses

Deep diver specialty
Deep Diver

Learn to safely plan and conduct dives to a maximum of 40 metres, managing gas, buoyancy, narcosis, and ascent procedures under instructor supervision. Two Dives from shore and two on the Zenobia Wreck

PADI

Price: €395

Prereq: AOWD

Dives: 4

SDI

Price: €345

Prereq: OW

Dives: 4

Nitrox diving
Enriched Air Nitrox

Learn to dive using enriched air Nitrox to extend no-decompression limits and reduce nitrogen exposure.

Nitrox is a dry course but optional shore or Zenobia dives can be completed for an additional fee.

Complete the certification and get free nitrox for all dives over 18m with Scuba Tech.

PADI

Price: €190

Prereq: OW

Dives: 0

SDI

Price: €140

Prereq: OW

Dives: 0

sidemount diving
Sidemount Diver

Take the weight off your back and experience the freedom of Sidemount Diving.

Additional breathing gas and the ability to quickly dagnose equipment malfunctions, make Sidemount a great way to dive!

PADI

Price: €390

Prereq: OW

Dives: 3

SDI

Price: €350

Prereq: OW

Dives: 3

Boat diving
Boat Diver

Learn safe boat diving techniques including entries, exits, surface procedures, and dive planning.

PADI

Price: €295

Prereq: OW

Dives: 2

SDI

Price: €250

Prereq: OW

Dives: 2

Wreck diving
Wreck Diver

Learn techniques for safe wreck exploration, hazard awareness, and basic penetration procedures where appropriate.

PADI

Price: €440

Prereq: AOWD

Dives: 4

SDI

Price: €395

Prereq: OW

Dives: 3–4

Drysuit diving
Drysuit Diver

Learn to dive comfortably in a drysuit, managing buoyancy, trim, and thermal protection. Divers must have their own drysuits.

PADI

Price: €270

Prereq: OW

Dives: 2

SDI

Price: €230

Prereq: OW

Dives: 2

DPV diving
DPV (Scooter) Diver

Learn to safely use diver propulsion vehicles to extend range and improve underwater efficiency. Technical DPV certification also available on request.

PADI

Price: €295

Prereq: AOWD

Dives: 2

SDI

Price: €250

Prereq: OW

Dives: 2

Buoyancy control
Peak Performance Buoyancy

Improve trim, buoyancy control, gas efficiency, and environmental awareness.

PADI

Price: €240

Prereq: OW

Dives: 2

SDI

Price: €195

Prereq: OW

Dives: 2

Navigation diving
Underwater Navigation

Learn compass and natural navigation techniques to confidently plan and execute dives.

PADI

Price: €270

Prereq: OW

Dives: 3

SDI

Price: €230

Prereq: OW

Dives: 2–3

Search and recovery diving
Search & Recovery

Learn search patterns and lifting techniques to safely recover lost objects underwater.

PADI

Price: €300

Prereq: AOWD

Dives: 4

SDI

Price: €280

Prereq: OW

Dives: 3–4

Solo diving
Solo / Self-Reliant Diver

Develop redundancy, self-sufficiency, and independent dive planning skills for solo diving.

PADI

Price: €320

Prereq: Adv + 100 dives

Dives: 3

SDI

Price: €295

Prereq: OW + 100 dives

Dives: 2–3

Course prerequisites, minimum dives, and equipment requirements may apply. Contact us for scheduling and combination course options.

Ready to expand your diving skills?

Get in touch to discuss specialty courses and training options.

Contact the dive centre