Ice Diver

The PADI Ice Diver Course

As you all know, we have limited access to ice diving in sunny South Africa... We have however run this course quite succesfully in Denmark between December and January for interested parties!

If the spirit of adventure and unusual challenging diving appeals to you, try diving under the ice. During the course, you dive with a PADI Professional in one of the most extreme adventure specialties recreational diving offers.

The Fun Part

Explore the unique aquascape found only under ice. You can be one of the few that have ever dived under a solid ceiling of ice. Plus imagine the look on your Divemaster’s face on your next Caribbean trip when you flash your PADI Ice Diver certification. You might get a chance to play with your exhaled air bubbles on the bottom of the ice or an opportunity to try the unique sport of upside down skiing.

What You Learn

You will complete a minimum of three ice dives for your certification. Dives are typically done as a group working with support personnel, divers, tenders, and safety divers. You are under the ice to learn to control buoyancy, navigate under the ice, and keep in contact with the lead diver and tenders via line pulls.

You learn:

To plan and organize ice dives
Reasons and opportunities for ice diving
Equipment considerations
About site selection, preparation and hole-cutting procedures
How to practice the procedures and techniques for handling the problems and hazards of ice diving
To use specialized ice diving equipment, safety lines, signals, communications, line-tending and line-securing techniques
How to manage equipment problems
About the effects of cold, emergency procedures and safety-diver procedures

To obtain your PADI physical materials from our dive centre, simply contact and Book your course now. Have a look at some of the PADI materials and goodies available.

Your Next Adventure

Although some ice divers dive in a wetsuit, you’ll probably find that you are more comfortable and warmer in a dry suit, thus making the PADI Dry Suit Diver Course can help you become familiar with the nuances of using a dry suit. The PADI Rescue Course would be a great next step to help you in managing problems should they occur.

This specialty course will count towards your PADI Master Scuba Diver Rating, join the elite of recreational diving.

For more information about this, or other PADI courses, sign up for our newsletter or come on in, have a cup of coffee and a nice chat with one of our friendly instructors.

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