Specialties
PADI Dive Against Debris
Every dive can leave the sea better than you found it.
Plastic and marine debris are among the most pressing problems facing our oceans. With this specialty you'll learn to turn your dives into concrete clean-up action and into scientific data that feeds the world's largest database on marine debris.
What you'll learn
Where the marine debris problem comes from and its impact on the environment, how to plan and carry out a clean-up dive safely, when to remove an item and when to leave it, photographic techniques for documentation, and how to record the data you collect in the global PADI AWARE database.
Course structure
- Theory (eLearning): the marine debris problem and how divers can be part of the solution — also open to non-divers who want to take part.
- 1 open water (or confined water) dive: a real clean-up dive, planned, carried out and logged by you.
The course is usually completed in half a day.
Prerequisites
PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent, good buoyancy control.
What's next
An active role in protecting the sites you love, and data that contributes to real scientific research. It also counts as an Adventure Dive for Advanced Open Water Diver and towards Master Scuba Diver.
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