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Skin Diver

Watch life below the surface and comfortably venture underwater for short visits.

The PADI Skin Diver Course

Explore the underwater world from the surface. Learn to snorkel and skin dive.

The PADI Skin Diver certification helps you get ( and keep) your fins wet.

While snorkeling is limited to peering down from the surface, skin divers generally venture further than snorkelers, making frequent surface dives to see aquatic life, up close and personal.

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The Fun Part

The best part is learning to use your mask, fins and snorkel so you don’t miss a moment of underwater action. Whether you’re looking at your local freshwater lake or the big blue ocean, you’ll have a new perspective on just about every body of water.

You can use your new aquatic skills to explore a brand new world during an optional open water dive.

When you’ve finished the course, you’ll get a PADI Skin Diver certification card for your efforts and be ready for your next adventure.

What You Learn

The course provides basic information on skin diving equipment, dive science, the environment, problem management and safe skin diving practices.
In-water training includes:

  • Various techniques for donning and adjusting equipment
  • Entering the water
  • Checking buoyancy
  • Surface swimming
  • Clearing water from your snorkel
  • Performing effortless surface dives

The Gear You Use

The PADI Skin Diver course teaches you to use basic snorkeling equipment including:

  • Mask
  • Snorkel
  • Fins
  • Buoyancy Control Device (BCD)
  • Exposure Protection (wetsuit)
  • Dive Weights, as needed

Ask us what equipment you’ll use in the course. We have everything you need at Narcosis Scuba Center.

The Learning Materials You Need

Before your PADI Skin Diver course you will be supplied with the PADI Discover Snorkeling guide.

The guide illustrates various techniques and background knowledge that will be put into action during your course.

Prerequisites

The PADI Skin Diver course, you must be:.

  • At least 8 years old
  • Comfortable in the water

Your Next Adventure

Bubblemakers can continue the adventure to complete AquaMissions during the Seal Team program.
Those who are 10-14 years old can take the Junior PADI Open Water Diver course and may want to pursue other advanced kids courses.