TripAdvisor Certificate of ExcellenceOnce you are a certified diver you may find your interest focuses around particular areas of diving. Learn more through a range of specialty courses including Night, Deep, Navigation, Naturalist, Drift, Multilevel, Photography, Wreck, Enriched Air Nitrox and many more. Asia Divers and Puerto Galera offer some fantastic diving challenges and new opportunities, there’s no better way to explore than under the supervision of an Instructor with the same interests. Don’t miss out on improving your diving and knowledge whilst having a great time.
New – Get a stylish Polo Shirt with your Specialty certification!
The “Freddies Specialties” polos are made from high quality material and have some very creative artwork designed by a local artist. On the front is the small “Freddies Specialties “ logo and on the back is the design for the course.
We currently have polo shirts for the PADI Enriched Air course and the Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) course, the PADI Freediver course , and the PADI Digital Underwater Photography course (eLearning too), with more coming as fast as we can manage.
You can also purchase these polos in the dive shop, but the best way to get one is to come here and do the specialties with us!
PADI Specialty Courses
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PADI Intro to Nitrox
Minimum Age: 12 yrs old.
Duration: 2 Hours
Prerequisites: PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent)
Price: $ 71.00
Description:
Introduction to Nitrox by planning and participating in a Nitrox dive with a Nitrox certified instructor.
Book nowPADI Enriched Air Nitrox
Minimum Age: 12 yrs old.
Duration: 1 Day
Prerequisites: PADI Open Water Diver (or have a qualifying certification from another organization).
Price: $ 252.00 (including polo shirt)
Description:
Fed up with leaving the bottom early? A great way to spend longer time in some of our best dive sites- imagine 40 minutes in canyons? It really doesn’t get any better. The advantage and hazards of enriched air are clearly explained using manual and video. Knowledge is tested in a multiple choice exam.
Includes:
Enriched Air Diver manual and certification. You will also complete a Practical Application session and pre-dive simulation with a PADI Enriched Air Specialty Instructor. This course also includes a Nitrox Specialty polo shirt.
PADI e-Learning Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver
Minimum Age: 12 yrs old.
Duration: 1 day
Prerequisites: Prior to certification as a PADI Enriched Air Diver, you must complete a Practical Application session predive simulations, with a PADI Enriched Air Specialty Instructor.
Price:
See the link below for the price of the PADI Enriched Air Diver Online Course. This fee is nonrefundable paid directly to PADI. The fee covers the knowledge development training as well as unlimited access to the PADI Enriched Air Diver Manual online.
The Asia Divers fee is $ 159.00 for the Practical Application session, pre-dive simulation, certification with a PADI Enriched Air Specialty Instructor, and a “Freddie’s Specialties” Nitrox polo shirt. This fee will be paid here at Asia Divers.
Go here to register for the PADI eLearning Program.
Description:
The PADI Enriched Air Diver course online includes all the knowledge development requirements for the course. You’ll also have unlimited access to the PADI Enriched Air Diver manual online for reference after you have completed the course.
After enrolling, PADI’s eLearning system presents you with interactive presentations that include videos, audio, graphics and reading. Short quizzes let you gauge your progress, and review and correct anything you might happen to miss. This lets you move through the program efficiently and at your own pace.
The eLearning course will be available for one year from the time of course registration.
Register NowTry Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)
Minimum Age: 12 yrs old
Duration: 3 hours
Prerequisites:
Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization
Price:$ 100.00
Description:
This introduction to “scootering” is designed to introduce divers to the skills and excitement of using diver propulsion vehicles and includes one open water training dive. This dive could also be credited as an Elective DPV Dive from the PADI Adventures in Diving program or may be counted as the first DPV dive for PADI Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) course specialty at your instructor’s discretion.
Book nowPADI Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) course
Minimum Age: 12 yrs old
Duration: 2 days
Prerequisites: Be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization
Price:$ 383.00
Description:
DPVs offer a thrilling way for scuba divers to see a lot of underwater territory in a short amount of time. They scoot you through the water allowing you to glide over reefs, buzz around a large wreck or weave through a kelp forest. Whether making a shore or boat dive, a DPV is a great way to see more and have fun doing it.
You’ll make two dives and learn about:
- Maintaining your DPV.
- How to plan dives, including procedures for staying with your buddy.
- DPV-handling skills, such as making proper descents and ascents.
- Potential problems and ways to deal with them.
Get credit! The first dive of this PADI Specialty Diver course may credit as an Adventure Dive toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification – ask your instructor about earning credit.
This course includes a “Freddie’s Specialties” DPV polo shirt.
Book nowMermaid Experience and Programs
Minimum Age: any age
Duration: 2 Hours
Prerequisites: Just a desire to have fun.
Description:
This is a fun “land experience” only, spent getting some nice glamorous photos of you all splashed up in one of our gorgeous mermaid tails. Options also include professional make up artist and/or professional photographer. This experience will be under the direction of our of our team to assist you the whole time.
A. Basic package:
2 hours Photo shoot with cell phone only at El Galleon Resort. Includes photos on land only, at swimming pool area and dive platform with resident mermaid to assist you and take photos.
Cost P2500
Optional Add ons:
Must be pre-booked
Must be pre-booked
1. Professional make up artist P500
2. Professional photographer P3000 for two hour photo shoot on land only (unedited digital photos to be given to you though Dropbox or similar) . If you want editing done we will work out pricing for that with the photographer.
B. Swimming pool add-on package. (to be added onto the basic package)
1 hour Photo shoot with with instructor using either go-pro or your own underwater camera that our instructor will use. This is done only in the shallow end of the swimming pool.
Cost P1000
Please note that the above are not training programs, they are only photo shoots. If you want to be trained under the PADI Mermaid program please see details below.
PADI Mermaid Programs
Minimum of 2 and max 4 participants are required to do the courses below. Certification will depend on meeting performance requirements.
All participants will need be supplied with mask, fins, snorkels and mermaid tails for the training.
The PADI Mermaid program consists of four student level ratings:
Minimum Age: 6 yrs old.
Duration: 1-2 hours swimming pool
Prerequisites: none
Price: $ 126.00
Description:
Learn the basics of becoming a mermaid in this intro which includes briefing and shallow water pool session
Minimum Age: 6 yrs old.
Duration: 1-2 hours swimming pool
Prerequisites: ability to swim at least 25m and float comfortably at the surface for at least 3 minutes
Price: $ 226.00
Description:
Basic Mermaid is in total about half a day course which includes knowledge development and one confined water session in our swimming pool.
Minimum Age: 10 yrs old.
Duration: 1-2hours swimming pool
Prerequisites: ability to swim at least 50 m and float comfortably on the surface for 5 minutes
Price: $ 376.00
Description:
PADI Mermaid is 1-1.5 days (which includes the Basic Mermaid). This includes knowledge development and two confined water sessions in our swimming pool.
Minimum Age: 12 yrs old.
Duration: 3-4 Days
Prerequisites: ability to swim at least 100 m and float comfortably on the surface for at least 10 minutes
Price: $ 526.00
Description:
The Advanced Mermaid Program includes knowledge development and two confined water sessions and two open water sessions
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Diver
Minimum Age: 10 yrs old.
Duration: 1 day
Prerequisites: PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent rating
Price: $ 248.00
Description:
This course includes an informative video and short classroom session followed by in-water practice: weight positioning, streamlining, visualization and fine-tuning as well as the use of PADI’s “Basic Weighting Guidelines”. A great opportunity to polish your buoyancy beyond the Open water Diver level, buoyancy checks and games to make sure you can become neutral at any point during a dive. A great way to get back in to diving or just fine tune your in water position.
Book nowPADI Surface Marker Buoy Diver
Minimum Age: 12 yrs old.
Duration: 1 day
Prerequisites: PADI Open Water Diver
Price: $ 234.00
Description:
A delayed Surface Marker Buoy (DSMB or SMB) is an essential piece of equipment for any diver – Whether you need to summon the boat to pick you up after a dive, ascend without a fixed reference line, warn off boat traffic or even request extra cylinders. This is a great preparatory course for liveaboard and/ or drift diving.
This course will teach you how to easily, safely and reliably deploy a DSMB; giving you the peace of mind that you are comfortable using this piece of equipment. During the two dives, learn the proper techniques and protocols for using surface marker buoys and delayed surface marker buoys (DSMBs) in the local area.
Students will need to have their own DSMB and reels. If you have not purchased one yet we can help you to choose the best one for your needs here at our dive shop.
Book nowPADI Drift Diver
Minimum Age: 12 yrs old.
Duration: 1-2 days
Prerequisites: PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent rating
Price: $ 248.00
Description:
The planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards associated with drift diving. There’s lots to learn about drift diving and this really is a great way of getting the most out of diving in Puerto Galera, you’ll get a thorough introduction to tide tables and dive planning as well as taken on some of Puerto’s most renowned current dives… West Escarceo, The Canyons, Kilima Drift and more.
Book nowPADI Deep Diver
Minimum Age: 15 yrs old.
Duration: 2 days
Prerequisites: PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent
Price: $ 331.00
Description:
Planning, organizing, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of deep diving. A review of decompression theory, safety stops, flying after diving procedures and special equipment for deep diving. Explore areas you maybe haven’t visited before – there’s lots more to deep diving than you think.
Book nowPADI Underwater Naturalist Diver
Minimum Age: 10 yrs old.
Duration: 1 day
Prerequisites: PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent rating
Price: $ 248.00
Description:
You’ll be presented with factual information that dispels myths of potentially dangerous aquatic life. Take a look at the major aquatic life groupings and an overview of basic aquatic life interactions and associations. This is a great opportunity to expand you knowledge of the underwater world in a relaxed, fun environment. Explore on your own through books and videos and then with your Instructor on two great dives. There really is nowhere better for this course, each site offers unique areas of the aquatic world identify
Book nowPADI Dive against Debris Specialty
Minimum Age: 12 yrs old.
Duration: half day
Prerequisites: PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent rating
Price: $ 110.00
Description:
Do you want to learn how to make a difference on every dive you take but not sure where to begin? Gain the knowledge and skills to activate your inner citizen scientist and complete regular Dive Against Debris® surveys under the guidance of a PADI Professional by taking the Dive Against Debris Specialty. Go on an exciting “trashure” hunt together with us on an Asia Divers Adopted Dive Site and “Splash for Trash!”.
During your one open water dive, you will conduct a Dive Against Debris® survey, including weighing, sorting, recording, disposing and reporting your marine debris to Project AWARE.
Get credit! The dive of this PADI Specialty Diver course may credit as an Adventure Dive toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification – ask your instructor about earning credit.
Book nowPADI Equipment Specialist
Minimum Age: 10 yrs old.
Duration: 1 day
Prerequisites: PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent rating
Price: $ 237.00
Description:
This course is designed to familiarize divers with operation and maintenance of diving equipment. It is not an equipment repair course but a look at the theory, principles and operation of dive equipment, routine care and maintenance procedures, common problems and suggestions for comfortable equipment configurations.
Book nowPADI Multilevel Diver
Minimum Age: 12 yrs old.
Duration: 2 days
Prerequisites: PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent
Price: $ 248.00
Description:
In the old days, dive profiles were calculated from the surface down to a maximum depth, then back to the surface. Now, dive computers continually analyze your depth – giving you more bottom time for going shallower and allowing you to maximize your dive time. If you’d like to understand more about dive computers and learn how you can use tools like the eRDPMLTM to plan multilevel dives, then the Multilevel Diver Specialty course is for you.
Book nowPADI Digital Underwater Photography
Minimum Age: 5 yrs old for Supplied Air Snorklers/10 yrs old for Scuba Divers/No age requirement for snorkelers.
Duration: 1-2 days
Prerequisites: PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Junior Open Water Diver or equivalent.
Price: $ 352.00 (includes a “Freddie’s Specialties” Digital Underwater Photography polo shirt.)
Description:
The PADI Digital Underwater Photographer course is an introduction to digital underwater photography centered around today’s point-and-shoot digital cameras. The course helps students develop the knowledge, skills and practical techniques necessary to obtain excellent photographs with a digital camera, even on their first photo dive. It is intended for a broad audience including snorkelers, Discover Scuba Diving participants, Open Water Diver students, and certified divers. The course is primarily for those interested in learning the basics of digital underwater photography.
NOTE: Photographer needs to bring their own camera or hire our shop camera for the course.
Book nowPADI e-Learning Digital Underwater Photography
Minimum Age: Snorkler – None. Supplied Air Snorkler (SAS) -5 years old Scuba Divers – 10 years old
Duration: 1-2 days
Price:
See the link below for the price of the Digital Underwater Photographer Online Course. This fee is nonrefundable paid directly to PADI. The cost to complete the two training dives and certification with PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor is $ 292.00. You must have your own digital underwater camera and housing.
This course includes a “Freddie’s Specialties” Digital Underwater Photography polo shirt.
Go here to register for the PADI eLearning Program.
Description:
The course is designed for anyone who wants to learn how to use a digital camera or video underwater and also helps improve the skills and knowledge of those who already have some experience with underwater digital imaging. The course is open to snorkelers, aquatic enthusiasts and certified divers of all levels.
Snorkelers and scuba divers may be certified as PADI Digital Underwater Photographers upon completion of the skills portion of the course.
After enrolling, PADI’s eLearning® system presents you with interactive presentations that include videos, audio, graphics and reading. Short quizzes let you check understanding of the presented information before moving on. This lets you go through the program efficiently and at your own pace. End-of-section exams verify your mastery of the entire topic and are automatically scored.
Prior to certification as a PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Level One, you must complete a training dive in a pool, confined water or open water with a PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Specialty Instructor. The Level One certification is open to snorkelers and the certification card issued for that level will state that it is a non-diving certification level. For divers in training or divers that are already certified, certification as a PADI Digital Underwater Photographer Level Two requires you to complete a second open water training dive.
PADI Night Diving
Minimum Age: 12 yrs old.
Duration: 3 nights
Prerequisites: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent
Price: $ 287.00
Description:
The Night Diver Course includes the planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards associated with diving at night. You will learn to use dive lights & buddy system techniques as well as an orientation to nocturnal life and emergency procedures. Some fabulous night diving sites… The Junk, Tommy’s Rock, Sabang Point, Pink Wall… Stargazers, Blue Spotted Sting Rays, Eels, Crabs, Shrimps, Octopus, Cutlet Fish.
Book nowPADI Navigation Diver
Minimum Age: 10 yrs old
Duration: 2 days
Prerequisites: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent
Price:$ 287.00
Description:
Planning, organizing, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of Navigation diving. Learn methods of estimating distances underwater, natural navigation techniques, using underwater patterns as well as dive site relocation techniques and compass navigation techniques. A great way to learn more about finding your way around underwater.
Book nowPADI Search and Recovery Diver
Minimum Age: 15 yrs old
Duration: 2-3 days
Prerequisites: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver status or equivalent rating, or PADI Open Water Diver with the Underwater Navigator or Equivalent rating.
Price: $ 331.00
Description:
Includes limited visibility diving and underwater navigation techniques. The planning, organizing, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of Search and Recovery Diving. A look at various lifting devices and techniques for bringing objects to the surface. A look at Search patterns lines and reels. Have great time dropping old outboard motors the relocating and recovering them
Book nowPADI Wreck Diver
Minimum Age: 12 yrs old
Duration: 2 days
Prerequisites: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or equivalent
Price: $ 331.00
Description:
The planning, organizing, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of Wreck diving. The preparation and use of lights, air supplies, special equipment and penetration lines and reels. Limited visibility diving and emergency procedures.
Book nowPADI Self Reliant Diver Course
Minimum Age: 18 years of age or older
Duration: 2 days
Prerequisites: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or qualifying equivalent. Minimum 100 logged dives (please bring proof). Successfully complete a dive skills assessment by a PADI Self-Reliant Diver Specialty Instructor.
Price: $ 294.00
Description:
Although most scuba dives are made with a buddy, an experienced diver may want or need to make dives without a partner. During the Self-Reliant Diver course, you learn about potential risks of diving alone and the value of equipment redundancy and necessary back-up gear. During three scuba dives, you develop skills for self-reliance and independence, while becoming a stronger partner in a dive pair or team.
Required equipment:
- SMB or lift bag with 30 meters of line
- Redundant gas source – pony cylinder, twin cylinders with isolation valve or sidemount configuration. Redundant gas supply must be configured so that the diver can access it with one hand. (Included)
- Redundant depth gauge and bottom timer, or dive computer. (Available to rent)
- Redundant surface signaling devices (both visual and audible)
- Knife/cutting tool
- Slate and pencil
- Back-up mask (recommended)
AWARE Turtle Conservation Specialty
Minimum Age: 10 yrs old.
Duration: 1 day, 2 dives
Prerequisites: 10 years old and a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or higher
Price: $ 234.00
Description:
Sea Turtle Awareness Distinctive Specialty course introduces scuba divers to basic sea turtle identification and conservation. You will learn about preserving the aquatic environment and about sea turtle species common in temperate or tropical waters. Students will be given the knowledge and skills needed to identify turtles and record sightings. Students will also learn about the decline in sea turtle populations, importance of sea turtles to marine biodiversity and what they can do to reduce the loss of sea turtles worldwide.
Get credit! The first dive of this PADI Specialty Diver course may credit as an Adventure Dive toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification – ask your instructor about earning credit.
Book nowAWARE Shark Conservation Specialty
Minimum Age: 10 yrs old.
Duration: 1 day, 2 dives
Prerequisites: 10 years old and a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or higher
Price: $ 234.00
Description:
Love sharks? Scared of sharks? Or do you just want to know more about them? Enroll in an AWARE Shark Conservation Specialty course and discover the value of sharks to marine ecosystems and economies. You’ll learn more about the causes of declining shark populations, and the actions you can take to become an informed and passionate shark defender. Dispel misconceptions, speak up and act to protect sharks. Sharks need you!
Book nowPADI Fish Identification
Minimum Age: 10 yrs old.
Duration: 1 day, 2 dives
Prerequisites: 10 years old and a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or higher
Price: $ 234.00
Description:
Diving in temperate or tropical oceans exposes you to multitudes of beautiful and diverse fishes. Knowing fish families, specific fish species, their habitats and behaviors adds to your diving experience. As a diver, you can anticipate fish behavior, look for unique species and contribute to valuable fish surveys to help monitor the health of the reefs in your favorite diving locations.
You will learn to identify the most common fish families and specific species of fish found in temperate and tropical waters throughout the world, including how to organize and conduct fish identification surveys, including habitats and populations. The course focuses on fish families and species found in the local diving environment.
During two scuba dives, you’ll learn:
- How to identify characteristics of local fish families and species.
- Fish survey techniques and strategies.
- About Project AWARE activities that can help protect aquatic life
Project Aware Specialty
Minimum Age: 10 yrs old.
Duration: 1 day
Prerequisites: Anyone who has interest in taking responsibility for ocean health.
Price: $ 234.00
Description:
The revised Project AWARE Specialty course is an introduction to Project AWARE as a global movement for ocean protection. It focuses and expands on the 10 Tips for Divers to Protect the Ocean Planet to provide guidance and help you make a difference for ocean protection every time you dive, travel and more. Remaining as a dry course it is ideal to engage divers and non-divers alike as well as a perfect solution to those bad weather days.
Book now