PADI Skin Diver Galapagos
The PADI Skin Diver certification helps you get – and keep – your fins wet.
While snorkeling is limited to peering down from the surface, skin divers generally venture further than snorkelers, making frequent surface dives to interact with aquatic life, up close and personal.
What You Learn
The course provides basic information on skin diving equipment, dive science, the environment, problem management and safe skin diving practices for the Galapagos Islands.
Inwater training includes various techniques for donning and adjusting equipment, entering the water, checking buoyancy, surface swimming, clearing water from your snorkel and performing effortless surface dives.
We will also provide an orientation of the fishes you can find while skin diving in the Galapagos Islands and will have fish ID slates for your use. Some of the things you could see are:
- Pufferfish
- Angel Fish
- Galapagos Sea Lions
- Turtles
- Starfish
- Sea urchins
- Rays
- White Tip Reef Sharks
- Galapagos Sharks
Prerequisites
To enroll in the PADI Skin Diver Galapagos, you must be
- at least eight years old
- comfortable in the water.
Course Schedule
PADI courses are performance based dive programs, therefore times may vary. However, the format in which we teach this course and it’s fulfillment timeframe is priced on the basis that you will spend 1 day working with the instructor.
Please note that course durations are drastically impacted by the time it takes you to complete the knowledge development portion, usually done as independent study on line or with a personal resource such as a PADI e-learning, a book you buy, the video or mobile app.
The Fun Part
The best part is learning to use your mask, fins and snorkel so you don’t miss a moment of underwater action. When you see the Galapagos underwater you’ll have a new perspective on why are these Islands so famous. After the course you can use your new aquatic skills to explore a brand new world during an optional open water dive. We will provide the equipment for you to make it in Tortuga Bay, a very mice beach near by. When you’ve finished the course, you’ll get a PADI Skin Diver certification card with the Galapagos Tip Top Dive & Training Facility 100% AWARE Logo.
The Gear You Use
The PADI Skin Diver course teaches you to use basic snorkeling equipment including a mask, snorkel, fins, buoyancy control device (BCD), exposure protection like a wet suit and dive weights as needed.
The Learning Materials You Need
The PADI Skin Diver course doesn’t have any required materials, but you’ll enjoy the PADI Discover the Underwater World video in our classroom. The video covers all of the great reasons to jump in and includes tips that will come in handy once you hit the water. A companion piece is The Snorkeler’s Field Guide. This handy booklet illustrates various underwater environments along with their common aquatic life.