The specialties offered at Saphir Plongée
Important note : Specialty courses for which the teaching materials - manual or eLearning - are not available in French can be taught directly by your instructor in French with another powerpoint support (original padi content) by videoconference or face-to-face, for the same price displayed below.
Nitrox EANx based for dive computer use
Dive in oxygen enriched air up to 40% oxygen, with the Nitrox course, longer than in air, minimizing the risk of decompression sickness, one of the most popular courses! Useful when you do several dives per day!
This course can be integrated at the same time as the Open Water Diver course (minimum prerequisite)
E-Learning
(certification included)
prerequisite
​ age & level
Total course
theory + practice + Certification
€ 159
French English
12 years & Open Water
€ 299 (eLearning version, full)
180 € If integrated into another course
Peak Performance Buoyancy
You will learn how to manage your buoyancy and your ventilation in order to save your air and protect the seabed by avoiding touching them. Fun and playful exercises that are useful for every good diver every day! Accessible from the Open Water course
E-Learning
(certification included)
prerequisite
​ age & level
Total course
theory + practice + Certification
€ 129
English
10 years & Open Water
€ 270
Underwater Photo & Video Specialty
Learn how to choose the right underwater camera for you. The PADI SEA method (Grab, Examine, Adjust) to get beautiful shots quickly. The principles for obtaining a good composition of underwater images. Practical techniques for taking great photos with your digital camera
E-Learning
(certification included)
prerequisite
​ age & level
Total course
theory + practice + Certification
€ 129
English
10 years & Open Water
€ 270
Dry suit course (Dry suit)
Diving is not just for summer! Learn how to use a drysuit to stay warm and dry underwater, even in winter!
New: the distinctive "Dry Suit Fusion" specialty with the latest Fusion drysuit from Aqualung, can be taught at Saphir Plongée !!!
E-Learning
(certification included)
prerequisite
​ age & level
Total course
theory + practice + Certification
€ 129
English
10 years & Open Water
€ 350
Underwater orientation course (Underwater navigator)
Become an orientation pro with the underwater navigator course! Learn to observe your surroundings and to use a compass to find your way, or look for a specific place, such as a wreck for example.
E-Learning
(certification included)
prerequisite
​ age & level
Total course
theory + practice + Certification
€ 129
French English
10 years & Open Water
€ 350
Night diver specialty
Discover night diving, a totally different way of diving, a different flora and fauna to discover, see species that only come out at night, a completely separate atmosphere, by the glow of diving lamps!
E-Learning
(certain included)
prerequisite
​ age & level
Total course
theory + practice + Certification
€ 129
English
12 years & Open Water
€ 350
Deep dive course max 40 m (Deep Dive)
Taste the depth up to 40 meters and explore a different aquatic life or to reach a wreck at the bottom. Learn to plan your dive well while staying within the limits of no decompress.
E-Learning
(certification included)
prerequisite
​ age & level
Total course
theory + practice + Certification
€ 129
English
15 years & Advanced Open Water
€ 420
Ongoing research and recovery (Search & Recovery)
Learn the different techniques to find a lost object at the bottom of the water, tie marine knots and bring it back to the surface, using lifting parachutes ...
E-Learning
(certification included)
prerequisite
​ age & level
Total course
theory + practice + Certification
€ 129
English
12 years & Advanced Open Water
€ 420
Diving Specialty on / in (Wreck diver)
Learn the techniques to assess the specific characteristics, history and assess the potential dangers of wreck diving, before stepping inside and visiting mythical wrecks in complete safety!
E-Learning
(certification included)
prerequisite
​ age & level
Total course
theory + practice + Certification
€ 129
English
15 years & Advanced Open Water
€ 420
The other specialties
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There are two other specialties that do not require diving in a natural environment: the AWARE courses,
focused on the protection of the environment, underwater flora and fauna,
in relation to the project aware association:
- project Aware
- Aware Coral Reef conservation (conservation of coral reefs).
Advanced Oxygen First Aid - Oxygen therapy (non-diving specialty)
Excellent complement to the rescue diver and EFR course, learn in more detail the effects of oxygen on our body, the various existing equipment and the right actions to administer oxygen to a diver in distress and save his life!
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Many other specialties to discover at Padi among the 22 on offer.
We can certify you only for the ones presented above, Indeed, the instructor must be an instructor of the specialty concerned to be able to teach it.
Each specialty is the subject of an individual distinctive permanent certification and grants you a specialty card that you can present at your Padi resort center.
This is particularly important with certain specialties such as nitrox, deep diving or wreck diving for example, where your qualification is verified to access the site, this for your own safety.
Important reminder : the adventure dives of the adventure diver / advanced course give you a credit for the first dive of the specialty concerned:
example: an advanced certified diver only has three out of 4 dives to complete for the deep diver specialty, because the deep adventure diving, which is one of the mandatory dives to complete the advanced course, gives you a credit for this specialty; the same as for the underwater navigator dive.
The reverse is also true, if a certified open water diver performs and completes the underwater navigator specialty for example, the adventure diving of the advanced course is validated and there are only 4 adventure dives left to complete to be qualified as advanced open water diver.
This is applicable to most specialties. Contact your instructor for more details.
