From PADI Advanced Diving Courses to SDI
Our Renown PADI Refresher, Specialty &
Rescue Dive Courses Program Goes SDI!
Dressel Divers has finally upgraded from being a PADI advanced diving course provider to SDI. For over three decades, we have offered PADI advanced dive courses and now, to stay ahead of the curve, we take it to the next level. Our years of PADI teaching experience offering PADI refrecher, specialty and rescue dive courses, has laid a solid foundation from which to push the envelope with our top-of-the-range new SDI advanced courses program. Nothing has changed, only much improved. Previously, we facilitated the strongest PADI advanced scuba diving courses available, now we proudly offer even stronger SDI programs.
Join us at any of our destinations to start one of our SDI Advanced Diving courses or higher and reach the Adventure Diver, Advanced Diver, Specialty Diver or Rescue Diver levels.
Most of these levels are available in the Junior version so your kids do not have to watch from the sideline but can join the dive action. So again, there is plenty to do for your kids if they are already certified junior divers.
Your scuba diving will not only improve by doing it ever more but also by taking SDI advanced and specialty courses, to learn new understanding and techniques.
These higher-level courses apart from being great fun will broaden your independent scuba diving abilities and will also broaden the type of diving available to you.
Yes!!! The 20% online prepayment discount is applicable to courses (except in Mallorca where it is 15% and Punta de Mita – Puerto Vallarta with 10%).
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SDI ADVANCED DIVING COURSES CATALOGUE
ADVANCED DIVING courses
FREE Advanced Courses for more advanced Diving! Were you already thinking of doing a minimum of 5 dives anyway? If so simply use those dives for the advanced courses and WE OFFER YOU THE TRAINING FOR FREE.
In every of our dive destinations, we offer the Advanced Diving Courses free of charge. With it improve your experience and knowledge as a diver to explore everything that diving can offer you.
The duration of the course: 5 dives. There is no pool training involved, just reading the 5 chapters corresponding to each Advanced dive. Before every dive, your DRESSEL Instructor will give you a briefing about the dive you are about to experience.
You buy only the book and PIC and need to complete only 5 of the following Adventure dives including a “Deep Dive”, “Navigation Dive” and another 3 you select, using the dives you bought in any case. You choose on-site after a chat with our staff. Ask which ones are available in each center.
| Deep Diving | Navigation Dive | Night Diving* |
| Drift Diving | Multilevel Diving | Boat Diving |
| Fish Identification Project AWARE | Underwater Naturalist Dive | Peak Performance Buoyancy |
*Please note that if you choose to do a Night dive for the Adventure Level, this dive cannot come from a standard package and will have to be paid separate.
| Prerequisites 12 years old and ¨Open Water Diver¨ certification or equivalent from any other certifying agency or federation. |
| Frequency Daily |
| Duration 5 dives |
ADVENTURE DIVING courses
Sign up for more adventure with the FREE Adventure Courses! Were you already thinking of buying a minimum of 3 dives anyway? Just use those purchased dives for the Adventure program and WE GIVE YOU THE COURSES FOR FREE!
In every one of our dive destinations, we offer free Adventure Diving Courses providing the knowledge and skills to widen your diving opportunities. This certification is available to younger divers also as the Junior Adventure certification version.
For people with less time to dive and therefore unable to complete the 5 dives for the Advanced Certification the Adventure Diver Certification is a perfect intermediate step. Then on your next trip bring the book along and do the remaining 2 Adventure dives and upgrade to an Advanced certification.
You buy only the book and PIC and need to complete only 3 of the following Adventure dives, using the dives you bought in any case. You choose on-site after a chat with our staff. Ask which ones are available in each center.
| Deep Diving | Navigation Dive | Night Diving* |
| Drift Diving | Multilevel Diving | Boat Diving |
| Fish Identification Project AWARE | Underwater Naturalist Dive | Peak Performance Buoyancy |
*Please note that if you choose to do a Night dive for the Adventure Level, this dive cannot come from a standard package and will have to be paid separately.
| Prerequisites 12 years old and ¨Open Water Diver¨ certification or equivalent from any other certifying agency or federation. |
| Frequency Daily |
| Duration 3 dives |
RESCUE DIVING courses
Become an even safer diver with the rescue diver courses! The Rescue Diving course, available in all our dive destinations, is both challenging and rewarding. Participants expand their knowledge and experience of dive safety.
You learn to look beyond yourself to the safety and well-being of others diving with you. It is a great program to build your confidence, will prepare you to prevent problems and, in the very unlikely event necessary, deal with dive emergencies.
Therefore the Emergency First Response course (EFR), or equivalent from another organization, is a combined requirement for certification also.
This program more than any other will make you feel like you have finally perfected and rounded off your recreational dive abilities and is therefore also the last course available at that level.
Build up diving confidence and skills to take care of others with the Rescue Diving Courses.
This program involves a mix of theory, class exercises, pool practicals and open-water scenarios to rehearse important safety skills.
Please note that this course is only available if we can count on at least 3 participants unless it is requested as a private course, or during one of our programs on predetermined dates.
The course by its nature is a logical prerequisite for entry into the Divemaster Courses.
| Prerequisites 12 years old and ¨Advanced Open Water Diver¨ certification or equivalent from any other certifying agency or federation. |
| Frequency Upon request (minimum 3 participants), or private arrangement. |
| Duration 3 or 4 days |
EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE (EFR) courses
Welcome to EFR, the Emergency First Response course! On offer in all our dive destinations, EFR is one of the foremost international CPR and first aid programs, as useful on land as at sea diving.
Emergency First Response builds the confidence and techniques to deal with medical emergencies until professional help arrives. It is not only useful for diving but also in your everyday environment with family, friends, neighbors or coworkers.
Please note that this course is only available if we can count on at least 3 participants, unless it is requested as a private course, or during one of our programs on predetermined dates.
The course by its nature is a logical prerequisite for entry into the Divemaster Courses.
| Prerequisites 12 years old |
| Frequency Upon request (minimum 3 participants) or private arrangement. |
| Duration 1/2 day |
Specialty Diver courses
Specialty courses for a lifetime of very special diving! Improve your dive skills further in any of or dive destinations with our wide choice of Specialty Courses.
To explore the underwater world in different ways the Specialty Diver courses are a must.
The specialty diver courses teach new knowledge and techniques for you to widen your field of diving to more exciting environments.
Go beyond your advanced training and become a specialist with any of these great options*
| Deep Diver | Cavern Diver | Night Diver |
| Drift Diver | Multilevel Diver | Wreck Diver |
| Altitude Diver | Sidemount Diver | Enriched Air Diver |
| AWARE Fish Identification | Underwater Naturalist | Peak Performance Buoyancy |
| Underwater Navegator | AWARE – Coral Reef Conservation | Emergency Oxygen Provider |
| Equipment Specialist | Project AWARE Specialist | Search and Recovery Diver |
* Some specialties may not be feasible in a specific destination.
| Prerequisites 12 years old and ¨Advanced Open Water Diver¨ certification or equivalent from any other certifying agency or federation. |
| Frequency Daily |
| Duration Depending on number of pool and dive sessions in the specialty |
POOL CHECK or SCUBA REVIEW
Pool checks or Scuba Reviews are a fun way of double-checking you are ready to go!
If you do not practice often to use your diving ability inevitably it will get rusty and then it is best to go back in the pool to review some of the more important diving skills.
The need for a Pool check or Scuba Review is generally accepted to be strongly related to the time elapsed since the diver last dove and his or her overall dive experience consisting of the certification level and amount of dives accumulated over time.
Also, WHEN IN DOUBT then do at least the pool check!
| Prerequisites 12 years old and ¨Scuba Diver¨ certification or equivalent from any other certifying agency or federation. |
| Frequency Daily |
| Duration 1 to 3 hours |
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Course season
extends all year!
Average visibility:
+35 meters (+115 feet)
Coldest water temp.:
78.8 ºF (26 ºC)
Warmest water temp.:
87.8ºF (31 ºC)
Everyone can join Dressel Divers
STAY & DIVE
STAY at a resort with a Dressel dive shop on the premises, where you can board a Dressel boat and DIVE DIRECTLY from the hotel beach!
VISIT & DIVE
Staying somewhere else but want to enjoy certified diver courses with Dressel Divers?
Join us by organizing a daily VISIT & DIVE transfer (exceptions may apply).
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Advanced eLearning with Dressel Divers
The following Continuing Education courses are available online
- Advanced Open Water Diver Online
- Rescue Diver Online
- Enriched Air Diver Online
All these courses have a theory section that can easily be done during your vacation or should you prefer with eLearning before you arrive at the dive center, from the comfort of your house with a laptop or tablet.
If you opt for eLearning to do the theory parts and chapter reviews or quizzes, during your actual holiday you will only be left with the real diving parts of the course.
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