PADI DIVE TRAINING
We provide high quality, highly personalised training programmes for those who are seeking to take their first breaths underwater or for those who want to continue their education with the PADI system.
Languages: English, German
For all enquiries please email ericexpeditions@eric-tobago.org.
Our standard course prices include full equipment rental at no extra cost, all training materials and certification fees.
PADI Discover Scuba Diving – half day
The perfect way to experience scuba diving if you don’t have enough time for a full Open Water Diver course. With some basic safety guidelines and skills completed you will head out for a dive with one of the ERIC PADI Instructors to Pirate’s Bay, a beautiful sandy beach with sheltered coral reefs to explore Tobago underwater.
PADI Open Water Diver – three to four days
The world's most popular scuba diving course, an Open Water certification is your ticket to a life of diving. With knowledge development covering the theory and principles of scuba diving, confined water dives to learn and develop your dive skills, and open water dives to put your skills into practice and explore the underwater world, as a PADI Open Water Diver your eyes will be opened to the ocean.
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver – two to three days
Develop your skills and experience underwater with five adventure dives – one Deep dive and one Underwater Navigation dive are compulsory, and three more are up to you with choices including Fish Identification, Underwater Naturalist, Drift, Peak Performance Buoyancy and others. There are no prerequisites for this course other than being a certified Open Water Diver.
Emergency First Response – one day
An internationally recognised First Aid course is required in order to complete your PADI Rescue Diver training. If you are not First Aid certified then ERIC offers certification in Emergency First Response, the PADI sanctioned First Aid programme to provide primary and secondary care.
PADI Rescue Diver – three days
Often described by divers as the most challenging yet rewarding course they have taken, the PADI Rescue Diver course equips the serious recreational diver with the skills and knowledge to prevent and manage problems in the water. With theory, problem solving, practice and more practice, this is the course for those who wish to develop their skills, responsibility and confidence in the diving environment.
PADI Specialties – one to two days
Specialty courses give divers the opportunity to learn, understand and further develop their skills in a particular area of interest. At ERIC we offer various specialties, including Deep, Drift, Night, Fish Identification, Underwater Naturalist, Boat, Underwater Photographer, Emergency Oxygen Provider, Project Aware, Coral Reef Conservation.
PADI Divemaster – enquire
The first step into the world of PADI Professionals, as a PADI Divemaster you work closely with Instructors to perfect your dive knowledge and rescue skills, problem solving and dive management. Whether to pursue a career in diving or research, or simply to have full confidence in your own skills and abilities, the PADI Divemaster takes you far beyond the scope of recreational certification levels.
For more information or to book any dive courses please email ericexpeditions@eric-tobago.org.
