Specialty Diving Program

Continuing Education with MidCoast Scuba Center - Omaha, Nebraska

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DRIFT DIVER

The Drift Diver Specialty Course. The Drift Diver Specialty Course introduces you to the coolest magic carpet ride you'll ever experience. This course show you how to enjoy rivers and ocean currents by "going with the flow," staying with your dive partner, communicating with the dive boat and knowing where you are the whole time.

   
   

In this course you will experience what it's like to explore the past in the present. Down there everything is different. It takes additional training. Here's what you'll cover:

  • You'll learn how to select a wreck site
  • Planning, organization, procedures, techniques, problems and hazards of drift diving
  • An introduction to drift diving equipment - floats, lines, reels
  • Buoyancy control, navigation and communication for drift diving
  • Site selection and overview of aquatic currents - causes and effects
  • Techniques for staying close to a buddy or together as a group
  • Certification counts toward your Master Diver Rating

Prerequisite Certification: Open Water Diver

Minimum age: 15

 

Certification counts toward your Specialty Diver, Advanced Diver and Master Scuba Diver Ratings!

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Contact Information

MidCoast Scuba Center Inc.

For information on any of our products, services, courses or trips please call or contact Terry Hurley using the information provided below. 

Telephone
402-391-1559
FAX
402-391-1163
Postal address
8831 Maple St. Omaha, NE 68134
Electronic mail
General Information: Info@MidCoastScuba.com
Customer Support: Terry@MidCoastScuba.com