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PADI Scuba Diving Training at Utila Dive Centre

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Most visitors come to Utila because they want to learn to scuba dive on the fantastic reefs that surround the island. Utila Dive Centre offers every diving course from beginner level to our PADI Scuba Instructor course (PADI IDC) and higher professional levels at affordable prices.

Start any of your PADI courses today with online learning and dive theory online, and complete all academics prior to arriving on Utila.

At UDC we offer not only Recreational Scuba diving courses for the novice diver to master scuba diver, but we also offer a professional training program for those wanting to become dive industry professional and qualify with our PADI Instructor course. We also have technical diving programs that include training to DSAT Tec Deep Instructor. We also offer a variety of non-diving courses such as equipment maintenance and gas blending.

Visit our Recreational courses section to read our course descriptions for novice and continuing recreational training options.

Please visit our Go Pro! diving section to learn about our PADI professional programs.

For more challenging diving dive deep into our Technical Diving sub portal.

 

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Recreational courses

Recreational Scuba Diving Training

 

Rebreather courses

PADI Rebreather Courses

There are two types of PADI rebreather courses, recreational and technical, that correspond to specific rebreather units classified as either Type R or Type T.

Recreational rebreather diving is limited to 30 meters/100ft and no stop times, and has the option for immediate bail out to open circuit scuba carried on board the unit.

Technical rebreather diving, is on more complex units, requiring own packing of sofnolime and manual operation of controls and beyond limits of recreational diving, with decompression stops involved.

PADI have classified closed circuit rebreathers into 2 categories, Type R (recreational) and Type T (technical). Some of these units can have an overlap in both categories.

• Typically Type R units have pre-packed scrubber cartridges and do not require diver to pack cartridge, no manual addition of O2 and automated start up checks.

• Type R rebreathers can be electronic closed circuit, or electronic semi-closed circuit. The PADI rebreather courses are generic and are adapted to specific approved units, currently for recreational purposes the Poseidon MK6 and AP Valves Inspiration 'rec'.

The manufacturer's literature and manuals are also to be used to support the course.

At Utila Dive Centre, we are currently offering training on the Poseidon MK6 (Type R) unit, at both diver and Instructor level, and the following courses are available;

1. Open Water rebreather diver (3 days duration)

2. Advanced rebreather diver (2 days duration)

3. Integrated Open Water/Advanced Open Water diver (4 days duration)

4. Rebreather qualifier (crossovers to additional units 1 days duration)

5. Rebreather Instructor course (3 1/2 days duration includes simulated audit)

6. Rebreather Instructor crossover course (2 days duration) For divers who meet the requirements we can offer combined packages, and also offer training on other units at Instructor level, if the diver has their own rebreather.

At Utila Dive Centre, we currently have 3 Poseidon MK6 units in stock for training and rental, for specific inquiries please contact us.
 

 

Professional Courses

Professional Dive Training - Go Pro!

 

Eco Courses

Building Capacity and Understanding

 

Technical Diving

Do you feel limited by the rules and regulations of no-decompression tables?
Do you want to experience the extreme side of diving that can take you to depths and realms untouched by the majority of the worlds diving population?
If you think you have what it takes to become a DSAT technical diver then the Utila Dive Centre, the only DSAT and IANTD technical diving facility in Central America, is the perfect choice for your training. With a technical team of an in-house Trimix Instructor Trainer and four DSAT Tec-Rec and IANTD Technical instructors, offering programs from rebreather to trimix diver/instructor, then our set-up is guaranteed to provide with the thorough training and comprehensive education necessary for this level of diving.

Read on to learn more about our technical diving and training.


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