Diving Speciality

PADI Drift Diver.

Diving Speciality

Learn the techniques of diving in underwater currents. Explore challenging and extraordinary dive sites. Become more confident diver underwater.

PADI Drift Diver

Dive comfortably in the most challenging conditions

The PADI Drift Diver course will introduce you to the most fun way to move underwater that you can experience. By using the current, you will be able to glide underwater, focusing only on the beautiful views and controlling your buoyancy.

Some of the best dive sites in the world have underwater currents. The currents carry food – plankton, which attracts fish and larger pelagic fish, making dive sites where the currents occur vibrant places to dive in.

Currents can be intimidating for divers at first due to their unpredictability and the natural instinct to fight against them. Sometimes it is difficult to find the dive enjoyable when you unexpectedly get caught in fast-moving current without any preparation. Staying together with your buddy, communicating, surfacing and making safety stops becomes more challenging. The PADI Drift Diver course will prepare you for this new type of diving so you can fully enjoy the activity of drifting.

Essential Information About the PADI Drift Diver

  • Duration of the course: 1 day

  • Price of the course: 12 300 PHP

    The price includes:
    – PADI Drift Diver eLearning
    – 2 open water dives
    – Rental of the full set of diving equipment for the duration of the course

    Free Log Book and T-Shirt
    – Free coffee, tea and water on the boat and in the dive shop
    – Free WIFI
    – Certification fee

  • Prerequisites before starting the course:

    – 12 years old
    – PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent from different organization)

  • Course modules

    – Individual diving theory study using eLearning platform
    – 2 open water (ocean) dives

Benefits of Taking the PADI Drift Diver Course With Dive Pro Career.

Private Instructor

Whenever you are alone or with a group of friends – you’ll get your private instructor. No groups!

Easy eLearning

Master dive theory at your own pace and in comfortable environment. PADI eLearning platform lets you study from any place in the world.

Best Diving Facilities

Our 5 Star PADI Dive shop is equipped with one of the best facilities to make your diving logistics as easy as possible.

What Will You Learn During the PADI Drift Diver Course?

The training consists of two parts: theoretical and practical.

Theoretical part

Contains sections covering the following drift diving topics:

  • What is drift diving – benefits of drift diving, concerns about drift diving, types of drifts

  • Types of currents – characteristics of the main types of drift diving, supervision of drift diving

  • Diving equipment – ​​surface markers, surface marker operation, role of the dive boat

  • Diving techniques – planning, navigation, preparation for a drift dive, entering and exiting the water, descending and ascending in the drift, principles of diving in a group, swimming methods and the position of the diver underwater

  • Hazards and problems – emergency procedure in case of loss or separation from the group, avoiding problems related to overexertion underwater, avoiding entanglement in surface marker lines

All the above topics can be studied using PADI eLearning platform. It takes around 3 to 5 hours to go through all the material.

Practical part

The practical part consists of four training dives. In addition, standard procedures such as: descending, ascending not exceeding the permitted speed, safety stop, contact between partners and additional skills necessary for drift diving are practiced.

  • Dive planning

  • Entering the water and descending in groups, depending on conditions

  • Maintaining contact between group members during the dive

  • Maintain contact with the diver responsible for the surface marker

  • Diving skills related to controlling buoyancy in a current

  • Safety stop, ascending from the dive and exiting the water

Have any questions?

If you require more details about the course, schedule, prices or you want to sign up – feel free to contact us.