Programme Schedule - Course Itineraries
Please note: Itineraries and activities are subject to change
Open Water (4½ days)
The Open Water Diver certification is the first complete PADI certification you can earn. This license is the most recognized in the dive industry and will allow you to dive anywhere in the world, independent of professional supervision, to a maximum depth of 18 metres/60 feet.
| Day |
AM |
PM |
| 1 |
Free |
Welcome and Introduction to Staff and Classmates; What to expect of your PADI Open Water Course; Introductory Theory video and first Knowledge Development session, “The Under-water World – Buoyancy and Pressure” |
| 2 |
Blow your first Bubbles in your shallow Confined Water Session and learn the essentials to the underwater world with our experienced team of Instructors |
Second Knowledge Development session in our Air-Conditioned Class-room, “Adapting to the Underwater World-Communication and Equipment” |
| 3 |
Take your third Knowledge Development session while relaxing by the Mango Inn Pool, “The Dive Environment – Dive Planning and Problem Management” |
Second Confined Water Session. Fun practice for the likely and unlikely happenings in Scuba diving including hovering weightless underwater. |
| 4 |
Final Knowledge Development session “Continuing your adventure” and Exam Review |
A quick boat ride on one of Utila’s fastest dive boats to two different dive sites for your Open Water Check Out Dives One and Two. |
| 5 |
An early morning rise to dive Utila at it’s best for your Open Water Dives Three and Four |
Free |
Advanced Open Water (2 days)
This certification, which can be completed in just two days, allows you to dive anywhere in the world to a maximum depth of 30 metres/100 feet without professional supervision (where local laws allow):
| Day |
AM |
PM |
Night |
| 1 |
Take a SCUBA Review, and refresh your skills if it has been a while since you last dived. |
Extend your depth limits and experience with the Deep Adventure Dive, then move site before practicing your underwater skills in your Navigation Adventure Dive |
| 2 |
Your third and fourth adventure dives before lunch; This time you get a choice; Perhaps a visit to the serene and awesome Halliburton wreck in your Wreck Adventure Dive and a chance to improve your buoyancy and play ultimate underwater Frisbee in the Peak Performance Buoyancy Adventure Dive, or maybe you want to improve your Fish-Identification skills or take one of our in-house cameras for some underwater photography and underwater memories. It’s up to you. |
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Complete the theory and grab a snack in time for your Night Adventure Dive; boats leaving at dusk, the sun sets completely during your dive so you can watch the busy day life going to bed, as the nightlife comes alive under a spectacular rain of bioluminescence. |
Rescue Diver (4½ days)
Build your confidence and abilities as a PADI Rescue Diver with this four-day programme, which improves your diving skills and has several different academic topics that teach you about recognizing diver stress, diving first aid, emergency management and dive equipment problems. Once you’ve mastered these techniques we’ll then take you to an Open Water environment and you’ll demonstrate your ability through four staged scenarios to manage an accident, organise a missing diver search, retrieve an unconscious diver to the boat or shoreline and provide CPR/1st aid:
| Day |
AM |
PM |
| 1 |
Emergency First Response (CPR and First Aid) Course, for those without training or those wanting a refresher, including AED (Automated External Defibrillator) |
Overview of the Rescue course and Self-Rescue and Diver Stress Knowledge Development Session, before a review of your self-rescue abilities in the water, and responding to Tired and Panicked Divers |
| 2 |
Prepare an Emergency Assistance Plan for the local area, and then your second Knowledge Development Session on Diving First Aid and Emergency Management. |
Water session: Responding to people from land or boat, responding to distressed divers underwater, and searching for missing divers and surfacing them if unconscious. |
| 3 |
Chill out dive in the middle of your course, before continuing with responding to unconscious divers at the surface. |
Final Knowledge Development Session - Equipment Considerations and Review. |
| 4 |
An exercise in First Aid for Pressure-Related Accidents and further skill development. Practice responding to victims from the dock. |
Final Exam and Exam Review. Further remedial water skill practice if needed. |
| 5 |
Final Scenarios - Putting it all together during the unluckiest dive trip ever!!! - This is Serious Fun. |
Free |
Divemaster (4 weeks)
The programme consists of three separate modules: knowledge development, watermanship and practical training. During knowledge development you’ll learn about supervising both students and certified divers in addition to gaining theoretical diving knowledge about physics, physiology, skills and environment, equipment and the recreational dive planner. You’ll also put your practical training into developing an underwater map of a local dive site. The waterman ship module will develop your strength and skills in the water and develop your confidence to a strong level of comfort. With guidance and counselling from our experienced Instructors you’ll soon develop into a true dive professional. In fact many of our Divemasters go on to successfully complete PADI Instructor training.
| Week 1 |
AM |
Afternoon |
PM |
| MON |
Fun dive |
4pm Introduction New Divemaster |
Role of the Divemaster |
| TUES |
Fun dive |
4pm Chapter 3 |
Supervising Students |
| WED |
Fun dive |
4pm Chapter 2 |
Supervising Certified Divers Part 1 |
| THURS |
Fun dive |
4pm Chapter 2 |
Supervising Certified Divers Part 2 |
| FRI |
Skill Circuit |
Dolphin Survey |
Dolphin Survey and Specialty |
| SAT |
Fun dive |
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5.30pm Divemaster Counselling |
| SUN |
Fun dive |
4pm Chapter 6 |
Divemaster Conducted Programmes |
| Week 2 |
AM |
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PM |
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| MON |
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11am Preparation for Course |
Assisting Open Water Course |
5pm Divemaster RDP |
| TUES |
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11am Preparation for Course |
Assisting Open Water Course |
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| WED |
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11am Preparation for Course |
Assisting Open Water Course |
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| THURS |
Assisting Open Water Course |
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5pm Divemaster Physiology |
| FRI |
Leading Certified Divers |
Leading Certified Divers |
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| SAT |
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11am Preparation for Course |
Assisting Open Water Course |
5pm Divemaster Counselling |
| SUN |
Fun dive |
11am Preparation for Course |
Assisting Open Water Course |
5pm Divemaster Equipment |
| Week 3 |
AM |
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PM |
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| MON |
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11am Preparation for Course |
Assisting Open Water Course |
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| TUES |
Assisting Open Water Course |
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5.30pm Divemaster Counselling |
| WED |
Assisting Advanced Course |
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5pm Divemaster Physics |
| THURS |
Assisting Advanced Course |
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| FRI |
9am Scuba Tune-Up |
11am Preparation for Course |
Assisting Open Water Course |
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| SAT |
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11am Preparation for Course |
Assisting Open Water Course |
5.30pm Divemaster Counselling |
| SUN |
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11am Preparation for Course |
Assisting Open Water Course |
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| Week 4 |
AM |
PM |
| MON |
Assisting Open Water Course |
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| TUES |
Time for Specialties |
5.30pm Divemaster Counselling |
| WED |
Time for Specialties |
5.30pm The Business of Diving with Neil/Andy |
| THURS |
Graduation Dive with your mentor |
Certification Paperwork |
| FRI |
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4pm EFR Care for Children |
