SPECIALTY COURSES

PADI DIGITAL UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE

This course is geared toward assisting you coming to terms with your digital camera, and how you can get the most from your camera. The course includes your PADI Certification as a Digital Underwater Photographer. In addition, you also get to keep your PADI Manual for future reference.

The academic content of the program is divided into 3 main areas:

1. The planning, organisation, procedures, techniques and hazards of underwater photography.
2. General photographic principles, composition, flash versus available light photography and camera handling techniques.
3. The preparation, care and maintenance of underwater photographic equipment. The course includes two photography dives. The course includes a photo download and feedback session after each course dive. Where possible, the training dives will be conducted early in the trip. It is expected that the total course time including lectures, dives and revision will be approx. 6 hours.

Course cost: AU$250   (Extras: Camera hire if required)

*Please note: you must bring your own passport photos*

ADVANCED COURSE & ADVENTURE DIVES

Continue your diving adventure with the PADI Advanced Course or Adventure Dives.

Taka Dive’s advanced course is a PADI course that requires divers to go that one step further in understanding what Scuba Diving is all about. Unlike the open water course, the advanced course focuses less on theory and more on the practical skills of diving. The advanced course gives you the opportunity to expand upon what you have learned from the open water course.

Reasons for completing the Advanced Course:

·         Further your skills and experience in a particular area

·         Increase your confidence in the water

·         Gain a better understanding of the marine world

Minimum Requirements:

·         PADI Open Water (or equivalent from another organisation)

·         Minimum age is 15y/o (12y/o for junior advanced)

Course Breakdown:

Includes 5 dives (with in the total dives of the trip) and 5 hours of theory

Deep & Navigation are the compulsory dives, with a choice of any three adventure dives from the list below.

·         Deep Diver

·         Underwater Navigation

·         Boat Diver

·         Drift Diver

·         Multilevel Diver

·         Night Diver

·         Peak Performance Buoyancy

·         Search & Recovery Diver

·         Underwater Naturalist

·         Underwater Photographer

·         Nitrox Diver

COST: $180AUD (includes Advanced Manual & PADI Certification card)

*Please note: you must bring your own passport photos*

 ADVENTURE DIVES

Adventure dives give you the opportunity to further your experience in a particular area of interest. On board Taka Dive we try to make the sport of diving fun yet educational at the same time. We offer a range of adventure dives as we realise not everyone would like to do a whole advanced course.

Choose from any of the adventure dives listed above.

COST: $30AUD per dive.

Or you can complete 3 adventure dives to become an ADVENTURE DIVER.

COST: $125AUD (Price Includes PIC-Certification Card)

*Please note: you must bring your own passport photos*

PADI ENRICHED AIR NITROX (EANx)

If you want to stay underwater a bit longer, feel less tired after repetitive dives and have shorter surface intervals, then the Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty Course is for you. The course involves all theory aspects for planning and conducting dives using enriched air.

Nitrox is a breathing gas consisting of oxygen and nitrogen (similar to air), but with a higher proportion of oxygen than the normal 20.9%.

Nitrox is mainly used in Scuba diving to reduce the proportion of nitrogen in the breathing gas mixture. Reducing the proportion of nitrogen by breathing Nitrox can have two benefits:

·         reduces the risk of decompression sickness

·         extends dive times without increasing the need for decompression stops

Minimum Requirements:

·         PADI Open Water or equivalent

·         Minimum age 15 years old

·         20 Logged Dives

Course Breakdown:

Includes 2 training dives with one of TAKA’s experienced Nitrox instructors and 3 hours theory.

COST:

4 days 3 nights Cod Hole & Northern GBR - $280AUD

5 days 4 nights Cod Hole & Coral Sea - $300AUD

(Includes PADI Manual, EANX Tables, PADI Certification card & unlimited Nitrox tank fills for the duration of the tour)

*Please note: you must bring your own passport photos & log book reflecting 20 logged dives

*Nitrox Fills (32%) : 4 days 3 nights Cod Hole & Northern GBR - $75AUD 10dives

                                      5 days 4 nights Cod Hole & Coral Sea        - $105AUD 14dives

                                      Or $10AUD per dive with enriched air