Drift Diving

This program generally takes just one day and two dives. With sufficient notice, we can usually offer this course when it’s most convenient for you.

• Be at least 10 years old. Students ages 10-14 may qualify for special Junior certification. Learn more.
• Be certified to at least the Open Water Diver level.
• Be able to answer No to all the questions on the medical questionnaire or obtain a physician’s approval for diving.

$459.95/person includes:

• All instruction
• eLearning
• Certification processing when earned

• Mask and snorkel
• Adjustable scuba fins and wetsuit boots
• Adequate exposure protection
• Cylinder (one per dive)
• Regulator system with alternate air source
• BC with integrated weight system or weight belt
• Weights
• Dive computer
• Underwater compass
• Dive knife/cutting tool
• Dive light
• SMB

South Florida is home to a phenomenon that divers will experience nowhere else in the United States. That is the Gulf Stream. Nowhere else in the USA does the Gulf Stream pass so close to shore.

The Gulf Stream not only affects where we dive but how. Even when a boat is able to moor directly to a wreck or reef, the presence of current will dictate the procedures we must follow.

When not diving in a fixed location, such as a wreck, the best way to explore our many reef lines is to let the current carry us. Doing so allows us to go farther, see more and expend less effort doing it.

Drift diving entails a whole slew of special techniques and procedures not needed when diving in one spot. This is what we cover in the Drift Diver course.

In this course, we cover:

Aquatic environment

• Tides
• Currents
• Waves/surge

Equipment

• Floats
• Lines
• Reels
• Compass

Planning and procedures

• Buddy organization
• Problems and hazards
• Buoyancy control
• Navigation
• Communications
• Safety stop procedures
• Entries and exits

Most importantly, we don’t practice these skills until you finally get them right. We have you repeat them until you can’t do them wrong.