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Adaptive Support Diver

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Key info

  • 1 day (approx.)
  • Incl. 2 dives
  • Dive site(s) determined on the dive day
  • English
  • Max. 4 students / instructor
  • Meet at given location
  • No cancellation
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Highlights

Designed for divers to assist other certified divers with a disability. The course is run by Sally Watson MSDT, who has over 30yrs teaching people with disabilities. Learn simple techniques to assist a certified diver with a disability.

  • Increase your awareness of divers' varying abilities and learn adaptive techniques to apply when scuba diving or freediving with a buddy who has a mental or physical disability.

Dive center

Daktari Surf & Dive

PADI 5 Star Dive Center

Daktari Surf/Dive is the Premier diving company in South West Victoria.

As a PADI 5 Star Dive Centre and an Adaptive Services Facility.

Our training, Sales and Service is second to none.

Our Scuba Instructors are Master Scuba Diver Trainers, with over 22 Specialty Instructor Ratings. including Adaptive Techniques Speciality Instuctor and over 40 years experience in the Industry.

We are passionate about diving and the Aquatic environment, protecting our marine life and actively run clean up dives and Citizen Science dives such as the Annual Fish count and Sea Slug Census.

We offer private courses and courses for small groups, we are flexible with training schedules.

We provide all gear for dive courses including Dive suits, Tanks, Weights, BCD's, Regulators, Boots and Fins, or use your own gear. We prefer you to provide a mask and snorkel for all courses.

We have access to a heated indoor swimming pool,  confined open Water dive site and open Water dive site at Port Fairy.

Other open Water dive sites are within an hours drive, fresh water dive sites are accessible too.

Daktari Surf/Dive has a shop in Port Fairy where we sell gear for Scuba diving, Spear fishing, Freediving and Snorkelling.

We have shops in Port Fairy, Hamilton and Mt. Gambier

 

 

PADI 5 Star Dive Center Dive shop 2 PADI Instructors Max. 4.0 divers / guide

Address: 16130 Km from your location
33 Bank St, Port fairy, Victoria, 3284, Australia

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Package description

Inclusive of

  • 2 open water dives
  • 2 confined water dives (pool or shallow water)
  • Confined water dives
  • Training materials
  • Scuba equipment rental (full set)
  • Weights/Weight Belt/Tank(s)
  • Fins (open heel)
  • Wetsuit (3mm)
  • Wetsuit (5mm)
  • BCD
  • Regulator
  • Certification papers/card
  • Open water dives

Not inclusive of

  • Mask/snorkel

Requirements

  • Minimum age: 15+
  • Min. certification: Open Water Certification required
  • Min logged dives: +20 logged dives required
  • Bookings are direct with Daktari Surf and Dive 0490673680 Student divers must have a current First Aid Certificate within 24 months. Recommended to hold Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty too.

What to expect

The course manual has been developed by the Instructor, 

Sally Watson MSDT and Adaptive Teaching Techniques Specialist Instructor, especially for this course and is sanctioned by PADI Asia Pacific.

The theory can be done in your own time.

Join a tour of a difference at Daktari Surf/ Dive.  Look at access to the shop and facilities through the eyes of a person with a disability.

In the pool sessions, learn different ways to assist a certified diver with a disability. 

During the open Water dives, practise skills and techniques learned to assist a diver with a disability. 

Pricing includes the Student Manual, pool fees and all equipment.

The course will be delivered by Sally and a Dive Master, who also works in the Disability sector.

In the event of cancellation, there is a $200 non refundable deposit, which covers the cost of the theory, which is non transferrable.

Other Information

Confirmation

  • We’ll send you a final Booking Confirmation Email on average within 24 hours. We advise you to not make any other travel arrangements before that
  • In the event that you do not receive an email from us, please check your Spam folder or notify us via email

How to get there

Daktari Surf and Dive, 453 Raglan Parade, Warrnambool is the shop where the tour section of the theory will take place.

Address: Daktari Surf, Bike, Dive 453 Raglan Parade Warrnambool 3280 Victoria

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Cancellation policy

  • No cancelations, refunds, or changes can be made
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