About The Course
The purpose of the Whale Shark Awareness Specialty
course is to introduce you to whale sharks and familiarize them with proper recreational diving techniques for responsible interaction. Training should
emphasise fun and safety.
What You Will Learn
- To introduce you to whale shark biology, behavior
and distribution. - Provide an overview of whale shark research and
worldwide conservation status. - To enable you to plan, organise and execute a whale
shark dive in a safe, passive manner. - To emphasise the importance of whale shark monitoring activities and provide whale shark conservation
opportunities through participation in Project AWARE’s Whale Shark Project
Book Your PADI AWARE Whale Shark Awareness Instructor 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.
How To BookMore Information
Prerequisite certification: PADI Junior Open Water Diver or
equivalent.
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).
We will provide all your core scuba diving equipment during your course including:
- Mask & Snorkel
- Buoyancy Device
- Regulator
- Scuba Cylinder
- Weight System & Weights
- Scuba Diving Computer
- Scuba Diving Fins
- Dry Suit & Undersuit (If Required)
During your course, we will include Free rental of all of the above core dive gear items only. You will be required to collect your core dive gear prior to the open water training dives from us.
- Course Tuition
- PADI eLearning
- Equipment hire
- Air Fills in the pool and first fill at open water site
- Certification card
- Dive site entry from £15- £25 per day
- Transport (we will do our best to arrange lifts if needed)
- Subsequent air fills on open water dives payable directly to site
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We also organise several holidays each year, UK and abroad, as well as shore dives off the UK coast and regular dive weekends to Vobster Quay. On top of all that there is also regular social events and activities including paintball, 'dry dives' in recompression chambers and regular club meetings.