Queen Parrotfish, Flamingo Tongue, Elkhorn Coral, Eagle Ray, Tiger Grouper, Batwing Coral Crab, Lizard Fish...does it sound like a jungle? These are just a few of the names of the undersea life we will encounter. An integral part of each voyage, SCUBA diving at the islands' premier locations for underwater science activities, PADI SCUBA certifications, and just fun may be the highlight of your voyage. Our skilled and experienced PADI diving instructors ensure you safe, supervised dives and assist you in finding a diverse array of marine life. A broad range of PADI diver education course offerings allow all divers to improve their skills, whether they are new to diving or have logged 100 dives. Specialty SCUBA certifications introduce exiting environments.
As we dive directly off of our catamarans, the diving is easy without long boat rides to and from dive sites. Training is conducted in a variety of locations and habitats allowing for a wide exposure to the marine environment. When courses require confined water, we anchor in shallow, clear bays, while advanced and specialty courses take us to sunken shipwrecks, coral reefs, pinnacles, seamounts, and walls dropping into the abyss. All diving is done with full safety equipment including advanced diving computers, which increase safety and allow for extended bottom times. Whether it's your first breath underwater or you are a divemaster candidate, class sizes are small to promote safety and personalize instruction. Our instructors present the lessons in clear, comprehensible formats at a comfortable pace.
Odyssey Expeditions is a PADI International Resort Association scuba training facility and maintains the highest standards in dive training, safety, and excellence. Each sailing catamaran is outfitted for adventure with scuba equipment, tanks, and lights for all divers. A compressor and emergency oxygen system aboard each catamaran allow for independent schedules and lead to more diving and fun.
Dive on flourishing coral gardens with schools of snappers and grunts synchronizing their movements. Look close and see small reef octopi hiding in lairs and be visited by a curious stingray gliding by. Perfect your underwater navigation skills and be ready to map and safely penetrate into the bridge, cargo compartments and engine room of large shipwrecks as you earn your Wreck Diver certification. Take part in documenting the biological diversity of these great sites as you earn Underwater Photographer certification using digital still cameras which allow instant feedback on photography technique.
PADI The Professional Association of Diving Instructors is the world's leader in diving education, setting the highest standards in safe and quality instruction.
- Core Scuba Courses-
- Open Water- the first course in the step of becoming a well rounded diver. This course develops the knowledge and skills necessary to safely visit the underwater world using scuba.
- Advanced Open Water- provides the novice diver with a structured, well-supervised means to gain the practical experience to safely explore underwater in varying conditions and environments. Includes night, deep, wreck, navigation and naturalist training and dives.
- Rescue- how to be the ultimate diving buddy, designed to enhance your ability to handle a diving emergency. Includes PADI Emergency First Responder certification. Training in assisting a tired or panicked diver, search and recovery, unconscious diver management and egress and accident management. Role-playing makes this course fun while developing our skills.
- Divemaster- designed to train qualified individuals as professional supervisory personnel and prepare them for the PADI IDC/IE instructor course.
- Specialty Courses-
- Night Diver
- Deep Diver
- Computer Diver
- Wreck Diver
- Marine Biology
- Fish-ID
- Underwater Naturalist
- Underwater Photography
It is possible to take the Open Water course academics online with PADI eLearning prior to arrival, click here for more information PADI eLearning