PADI® Dry Suit Diver

Expand your boundaries and dive in more places, more often.

PADI® Dry Suit Diver

Expand your boundaries and dive in more places, more often.

There are many sites that just can't be explored in a wetsuit. Dry suits seal you off from water, keeping you comfortable, even in surprisingly cool conditions.

British diving 🇬🇧

Unlock the best of British diving in a dry suit.

  • Swim with the seals in Lundy and the Farne Islands.

  • Explore the wrecks of the Orkney Islands.

  • Venture underwater off the coasts of Cornwall and Devon, Dorset.

Learn more about British diving.

International diving 🌍

Dry suits enable divers to discover even more around the world.

  • Enjoy the famous crystal-clear dive between the continental plates in Iceland.

  • Discover the breathtaking South African sardine run, with shoals of fish up to 15 km long.

  • Take on the magical waters of the Arctic and Antarctic.

How it works

With an instructor, students get to grips with the equipment during a pool dive, then

You'll then head off to an open water site (usually Vobster Quay) and get comfortable using a dry suit.

Time commitment

This course is completed over the course of an evening dive in a local pool and a whole-day trip to an open water dive site, consisting of 2 further dives.

PADI® Advanced Open Water

This course can contribute a qualifying adventure dive in the PADI® Advanced Open Water course.

PADI® Advanced Open Water

This course can contribute a qualifying adventure dive in the PADI® Advanced Open Water course.

What you'll learn

The different types of dry suit and undergarments.

How to take care of a dry suit.

How to put on, take off and use a dry suit with minimal assistance.

Mastering buoyancy control with a dry suit.

Enjoying a dry suit safely.

Pre-requisites

Participants must be aged ≥ 10 years.

Participants must have a PADI® Open Water, a PADI® Junior Open Water or another qualifying certification.

Enrol in your PADI® Dry Suit Diver course

Bookings for this course are currently being taken through our old website.

Oxford Dive Centre

A PADI® 5-Star Instructor Development Centre

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Regulator Servicing

Battery Servicing

Cylinder Servicing

Dry Suit Servicing

Air Fills

Enriched Air Nitrox Fills

Egypt

Thailand

Galápagos

South Africa

México

Indonesia

French Polynesia

Hours

Tuesday: 10:00-16:00

Wednesday: 10:00-16:00

Thursday: 10:00-16:00

Friday: 10:00-16:00

Saturday: 10:00-16:00

Address

302a Abingdon Road

Oxford

Oxfordshire

OX1 4TE

Oxford Dive Centre

A PADI® 5-Star Instructor Development Centre

Find us on

Regulator Servicing

Battery Servicing

Cylinder Servicing

Dry Suit Servicing

Air Fills

Enriched Air Nitrox Fills

Egypt

Thailand

Galápagos

South Africa

México

Indonesia

French Polynesia

Hours

Tuesday: 10:00-16:00

Wednesday: 10:00-16:00

Thursday: 10:00-16:00

Friday: 10:00-16:00

Saturday: 10:00-16:00

Address

302a Abingdon Road

Oxford

Oxfordshire

OX1 4TE

Oxford Dive Centre

A PADI® 5-Star Instructor Development Centre

Find us on

Regulator Servicing

Battery Servicing

Cylinder Servicing

Dry Suit Servicing

Air Fills

Enriched Air Nitrox Fills

Egypt

Thailand

Galápagos

South Africa

México

Indonesia

French Polynesia

Hours

Tuesday: 10:00-16:00

Wednesday: 10:00-16:00

Thursday: 10:00-16:00

Friday: 10:00-16:00

Saturday: 10:00-16:00

Address

302a Abingdon Road

Oxford

Oxfordshire

OX1 4TE

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