IV.3 · SPECIALIST
Specialty
One specialty at a time. The certification you stack to become the diver you want to be.
Duration
1 – 4 days
Dives
0 – 4 per specialty
Group size
Max 4 per instructor
Stackable
5 + 50 dives = MSD
IV.3 · The course
PADI Specialty courses are single-skill certifications that build on Advanced Open Water. Each focuses on one technique, environment, or piece of equipment. Stack five specialties plus fifty logged dives and you become a Master Scuba Diver — the highest non-professional recreational rating.
We teach the specialties our crew is qualified for, where the skill is matched to a real local site. Nitrox is taught dry (one day, written exam, no dives). Deep, Wreck, Drift, and Underwater Photography are two- to four-dive courses run alongside our standard expedition trips.
Pricing varies by specialty — typically RM 1,200 to RM 2,400 depending on whether tank charges, equipment rental, and external certification fees are included.
Syllabus
What you learn.
01
Enriched Air Nitrox
One-day dry course. Gas analysis, oxygen exposure, blending principles. Written exam. No dives required for certification — the certification is for the gas-mix knowledge.
02
Deep Diver
Four dives to a maximum of forty metres. Tokong Bahara wall, Tiger Reef pinnacle. Gas management, narcosis recognition, emergency decompression theory.
03
Wreck Diver
Four dives. Tokong Burung lighter wreck and the artificial reef wreck off Salang. Wreck assessment, line use, no-penetration vs limited-penetration protocols.
04
Drift Diver
Two dives at Magicienne Rock. SMB deployment, group navigation in current, emergency procedures.
05
Underwater Photographer
Two dives + briefing. Composition, lighting, settings, post-dive review with the instructor. Bring your own camera.
06
Search & Recovery
Four dives. Search patterns (U-pattern, expanding-square, circular), lift bag use, knot tying. Theory: object recovery legalities.
Prerequisites
- PADI Open Water (most specialties)
- PADI Advanced Open Water (Deep, Wreck, Drift)
- Logbook minimums vary by specialty (4–25 dives)
- Dive medical declaration (within 12 months)
Reserve
from RM 1,200
Per student, twin-share accommodation, all training materials and certification fees included. Group of four maximum, paced to the slowest student.
Next level →
IV.1 · 3 days