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PADI Ice Diver Specialty
The Coolest Diving Around!
Ice diving welcomes you to a never ending dive season, opening up chances to access favorite dive sites year-round! Opportunities to dive in places with heavy boat traffic or poor visibility that may be hazardous or unfavorable in summer months can now be accessed. Objects lost through the ice, such as ice shanties, snowmobiles, or even vehicles, can be recovered.
The most interesting placeto explore during an ice dive is directly beneath the ice sheet. Ice ridges, abandoned fishing holes, cracks and freeze-overs all provide interesting areas to look. By far the most fascinating time to ice dive is on freshly frozen ‘black ice’. It is like diving under glass and can provide terrific photographic opportunities.
Many divers play ice diving games - Upside down underwater golf uses ping-pong balls instead of golf balls. Divers flip upside down, stand on the ice sheet and putt into augured out holes. Upside down underwater skiing is also a diver favorite!
Lectures
In the classroom potion of the course, you will be exposed to a variety of subject matter related to ice diving. Some of the lecture topics will include:
Equipment Selection and Preperation
Tender Responsibilities
Site Selection and hole preparation
- Tether Lines and Safety Procedures
Open Water Exercises
The open water dives give you a chance to apply what you have learned by studying the PADI Ice Diver Manual and during your classroom session. Most of what is practiced in the open water dives involves pre-dive planning and ice diving activities.
Pre-Dive: Plan dive using RDP. Evaluate conditions. Equipment and site preparation
Post-Dive: Discuss dive and evaluate student performance
Prerequisites
Divers interested in the PADI Ice Diver Course must have a PADI Advanced Open Water or equivalent rating. Divers must be 18 years or older.
Equipment Requirements
Scuba gear (BCD, regulator, and tank), wetsuit (dry suit recommended), mask, fins and snorkel are required. Otherwise, these items are available to rent for a small fee.
Course Availability
Courses are offered on a regular basis. Please check our calendar and then contact us for the next available course.
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