SDI Dry Suit

Specialty Course · Cold-Water Diving · For Certified Divers

Stay warm, dive longer, dive more. A dry suit keeps you comfortable in cold water, so you can extend your season and reach the marine-life-rich sites that happen to be a little chilly. The SDI Dry Suit course teaches you to dive one properly, from donning and buoyancy to care and emergencies, and it counts as a specialty toward your Advanced Diver and Master Scuba Diver ratings. You'll need your own mask, fins, boots, and snorkel, plus neck and wrist seals (purchased separately), and we provide the dry suit as a training rental.

Veterans can put their GI Bill toward their training, and families can use ESA or ClassWallet funds. See if you qualify.

Starting from

$299.00

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SDI Dry Suit Diver Course

Specialty Course · Cold-Water Diving · For Certified Divers

Some of the best diving in the world is a little colder, and a dry suit is how you enjoy it in comfort. Instead of a wetsuit that floods and chills you, a dry suit keeps you warm and dry, so you can extend your season, spend more time in cooler water, and stay cozy on tropical trips in the off-months. The SDI Dry Suit course teaches you to use one properly: the types and seals, buoyancy control, care and minor repairs, and how to handle a dry suit emergency. It counts as a specialty toward your Advanced Diver and Master Scuba Diver ratings.

What a dry suit opens up

A dry suit changes where and when you can dive:

Extend your dive season into the cooler months
Stay warm and comfortable in cold water
Reach colder, marine-life-rich sites others skip
Dive tropical destinations in their cooler season

What you'll learn

It's hands-on, in a dry suit, with the knowledge to keep you safe and comfortable.

Dry suit types and seals, and how to choose them
Inflator and deflator valves, and buoyancy control
Undergarments and staying warm
Maintenance, care, minor repairs, and dry suit emergencies

Who it's for

This one is for certified divers who want to keep diving when the water turns cold, or who are heading somewhere chilly.

Certified Open Water divers (or Junior Open Water, or equivalent)
Minimum age 18, or 12 with parental consent
Divers who want to extend their season
Anyone planning a cold-water trip

✓ What's included

Instruction and your dry suit training dives
A dry suit rental for training
The rest of your rental gear: BCD, regulator, tank, and weights
Your SDI Dry Suit certification, plus a credit toward your Advanced Diver and Master Scuba Diver ratings

What to bring

Your own mask, fins, boots, and snorkel (required, we don't rent these)
Neck and wrist seals (required, purchased separately for this course)
Your Open Water certification card
Warm undergarments to wear under the suit, and a towel

Frequently Asked Questions

What extra gear do I need to buy?

Neck and wrist seals are required and purchased separately for this course. You'll also need your own mask, fins, boots, and snorkel. The dry suit itself is provided as a rental for training, and the rest of your rental gear is included.

Does it include real dives?

Yes. You'll don the suit, run buoyancy checks, practice dry suit skills like hovering and rolling out from an inverted position, handle a simulated emergency, and make your dives with a safety stop.

What are the prerequisites?

An SDI Open Water or Junior Open Water certification, or equivalent. Minimum age is 18, or 12 with parental consent.

What will I learn?

The types of dry suits and seals, how the valves and buoyancy work, undergarments and staying warm, and maintenance, care, and minor repairs, plus dry suit emergencies.

Do you provide the dry suit?

Yes, a dry suit rental is included for training. You do need to buy your own neck and wrist seals, since those fit you personally.

Does it count toward anything bigger?

Yes, it counts as one specialty toward both the SDI Advanced Diver rating and the SDI Master Scuba Diver rating.

Let's. Go. Diving.

Don't let cold water end your season. Call the shop and we'll get you scheduled for your dry suit dives.

Call the shop (480) 881-4013

A specialty course that counts toward the SDI Advanced Diver and Master Scuba Diver ratings. Neck and wrist seals are required and purchased separately. Prerequisite: an SDI Open Water certification (or equivalent).

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