About The Course
Want to drive a dive boat and have the skills to drop and recover divers safely? PADI’s Boat Handling course is a lot of fun and ideal for anyone wanting to learn about RIBs and how to drive them.
What You Will Learn
It is also a great way to get both divers and non-divers involved as no diving qualification is necessary to take part, you just need to be aged 14 or over.
You will be out and about in boats on both days of this two-day Skill Development Course, which includes a mix of four theory, two dry practical and three open-water practical sessions aboard a RIB. You will learn about the responsibilities of owning, towing and driving a boat, and how to launch and recover it.
With a maximum of three students per instructor in sessions on the water, you will have plenty of hands-on time to practise a range of boat manoeuvres to improve your boat-handling skills and safely drop off and recover divers on a dive site.
Practical skills include high-speed driving, slow-speed manoeuvring, anchoring and coming alongside. You will also develop your overall seamanship skills, including voyage planning, essential rules of the road and learn the actions to take in an emergency.
Take This Course If You Want to
- Learn boat diving etiquette
- Understand boat terminology
Learn How to
- Pack for a boat trip
- Properly stow your gear
- Manage seasickness
Book Your PADI Boat Handler Course Now!
How To Book
To enrol onto this course please contact the dive centre. You will then receive an email asking for some more details to get you registered and also offering some help to get you started with your online materials. After that, we will send you more details on logistics of your course, such where to be and when. If you have any questions simply give us a call to discuss this further.
Contact UsMore Information
- Minimum age: 10 years or older
Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.
Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.
If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).
- Course Tuition
- Equipment hire
- Certification card
- Boat Fees
- Transport (we will do our best to arrange lifts if needed)
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