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PADI Drift Diver
Feel like you're flying underwater — dive currents with confidence, from entries to surface signals.
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What's included
✓PADI Drift Diver eLearning
✓Two open water training dives
✓Surface marker buoy and reel for the course
✓PADI Drift Diver certification card
Who it's for
This course builds on prior certification and experience — here's what you'll need before you start.
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PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalentMinimum age 12
What you'll learn
Knowledge development
✓Aquatic currents — causes and effects
✓Drift diving planning, procedures and hazards
✓Surface signalling equipment and floats
Two open water dives
✓Entries and descents in a current
✓Staying close to your buddy and the group
✓Deploying a surface marker buoy
✓Boat pick-up procedures
Frequently asked questions
Drift dives are done at a site with a real current, arranged around the shop's trip schedule — ask when you enrol.
Simple process
How it works
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eLearning at home
Complete the academic portion online at your own pace — videos, quizzes, no classroom required.
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Open water dives at the lake
Skills and dives happen at a local dive site, on a date we set with you.
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Get certified
Finish your dives and we issue your certification — card in hand, recognized worldwide.
Ready?
Ready to get in the water?
Book online in minutes. eLearning starts instantly. We’ll be in touch to schedule.
Already certified? PADI Advance Open Water Diver is a popular next step.