Lesson 2
Course overview
Introduction to the boat diving course
If you’re a diver, chances are you’ve already been boat diving. If you haven’t, it’s almost inevitable because you reach some of the best diving by boat. At some dive destinations, all the diving is boat diving. Considering this, it’s hard to separate boating and diving in most contexts. Becoming a PADI Boat Diver is a natural step in being a diver.
The PADI Boat Diver Specialty course teaches the basic principles for fun, safety-oriented diving from boats, and provides you with an overview of boating procedures and practices. The course was designed for flexibility, so that what you learn applies to diving from large charter dive boats in tropical water or small private vessels in temperate climates. This course should help you get more out of boat diving, whether you’re motivated to do so as a means to an end (to get to the dive site) or for the fun boating offers in itself.
Course Overview
As with most PADI Specialty Diver courses, the PADI Boat Diver course emphasizes diving, and you will make a least two boat dives in open water with your PADI Instructor. You’ll have fun on these dives while developing and refining the skills you need for boat diving.
Although the PADI Boat Diver course isn’t a boating course, it includes significant background information that helps you understand not just diving from a boat, but what it takes to safely operate a boat. You’ll cover this information by interacting with eLearning and watching the integrated PADI Boat Diving video, and by discussing the material with your instructor prior to your dives. Your instructor may decide to have more formal class meetings and/or practice sessions.
The recommended sequence is to begin by skimming through the eLearning topics. This speeds learning by giving you an idea of where you’re headed. Then, as you read, look for answers to the learning objectives and take notes. It’s important to actually do this because the physical act of writing enhances transferring the knowledge to long term memory. Answer the exercises, reviewing anything you don’t understand.
Then, complete the Knowledge Review that evaluates your understanding of all eLearning content.
You may initially practice some of the skills you’ll learn in controlled conditions, such as gearing up and entering the water from a boat. Your instructor may add a pool or confined water dive for added time to develop skills before your boat dives.
When you’ve completed the course, you’ll have earned the PADI Boat Diver certification, which qualifies you to boat dive in conditions comparable to or better than those in which you have experience and training.
With your PADI Boat Diver certification, you can apply for the Master Scuba Diver rating if you also have the PADI Rescue Diver certification, and four other PADI specialty certifications and 50 logged dives.
The first dive of PADI specialties corresponds to the same dive in the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course. Therefore, if you’re a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or Adventure Diver, you’re already made the first dive of several specialty courses. Similarly, the first dive of the specialties credits toward the Advanced Open Water Diver or Adventure Diver certification. For more information about PADI courses, including specialties, the Advanced Open Water Diver course and PADI Master Scuba Diver, visit padi.com.
Other Skills You’ll Want as a PADI Boat Diver
Boat diving skills integrate well with the skills you develop in new opportunities through training in other PADI Specialty Diver courses.
There are 11 topics in Boat Diver:
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