Ice Diver

Ice diving opens a new and different view of familiar dive sites. During the PADI Ice Diver course, you will dive with a PADI Professional in one of the most extreme adventure specialties recreational diving offers. If you like fun, people, and a challenge, you’ll love the PADI Ice Diver Specialty course.

What you will learn:

• Learn to plan and organize ice dives
• Practice the procedures and techniques for handling the problems and hazards of ice diving
• Site selection, preparation and hole-cutting procedures
• Use specialized ice diving equipment, safety lines, signals, communications, line tending and line-securing techniques
• Learn about the effects of cold, emergency procedures and safety-diver procedures
• Explore the unique aquascape found only under ice

Prerequisites:

• Must be a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
• Must be 18 years old

Required Materials:

None - You will receive a handout during class.

Course Fee: $175.00

Number of dives: Three open water training dives conducted over two days*

* This is a PADI Training Standard