PADI® Dry Suit Diver

Expand your boundaries and dive in more places, more often.

PADI® Dry Suit Diver

Expand your boundaries and dive in more places, more often.

There are many sites that just can't be explored in a wetsuit. Dry suits seal you off from water, keeping you comfortable, even in surprisingly cool conditions.

British diving 🇬🇧

Unlock the best of British diving in a dry suit.

  • Swim with the seals in Lundy and the Farne Islands.

  • Explore the wrecks of the Orkney Islands.

  • Venture underwater off the coasts of Cornwall and Devon, Dorset.

Learn more about British diving.

International diving 🌍

Dry suits enable divers to discover even more around the world.

  • Enjoy the famous crystal-clear dive between the continental plates in Iceland.

  • Discover the breathtaking South African sardine run, with shoals of fish up to 15 km long.

  • Take on the magical waters of the Arctic and Antarctic.

How it works

With an instructor, students get to grips with the equipment during a pool dive.

You'll then head off to an open water site (usually Vobster Quay) and get comfortable using a dry suit.

Time commitment

This course is completed over the course of an evening dive in a local pool and a whole-day trip to an open water dive site, consisting of 2 further dives.

PADI® Advanced Open Water

This course can contribute a qualifying adventure dive in the PADI® Advanced Open Water course.

PADI® Advanced Open Water

This course can contribute a qualifying adventure dive in the PADI® Advanced Open Water course.

What you'll learn

The different types of dry suit and undergarments.

How to take care of a dry suit.

How to put on, take off and use a dry suit with minimal assistance.

Mastering buoyancy control with a dry suit.

Enjoying a dry suit safely.

Pre-requisites

Participants must be aged ≥ 10 years.

Participants must have a PADI® Open Water, a PADI® Junior Open Water or another qualifying certification.

Enrol in your PADI® Dry Suit Diver course

Bookings for this course are currently being taken through our old website.