PADI Advanced Snorkeler (Skin Diver)
Turn Your Passion for Snorkeling into a True Diving Skill!
Certification Requirement
Prerequisites
Time
Age
18 years or older
Health
Depth
Equipment
What You'll Learn
Basic safety guidelines
Snorkeling and skin diving techniques
Assemble skin diving equipment
Assembling skin diving equipment is simple. Put on a snug mask and attach the snorkel to the left side. Slip on well-fitting fins and, if needed, wear a wetsuit or rash guard. Check everything is secure—then you’re ready to dive in
PADI Advanced Snorkeler (Skin Diver)
Skin Diver course is perfect for those who want to go beyond basic snorkeling and explore the underwater world with confidence.
This course teaches essential breath-hold diving techniques, proper finning, and safe skin diving practices, allowing you to dive deeper and stay underwater longer.
The PADI Skin Diver certification is recognized worldwide and is a great way to enhance your snorkeling experience on any vacation!
The use of all diving equipment is INCLUDED in the course price. All you need is your swimwear and towel to join the course—we’ll take care of the rest!
Course Content & Structure
The Skin Diver course consists of one lesson in a pool like environment (confined water) and 1 lessons/sessions in open water and a theory lesson conducted in the classroom.
Welcome and Theory Lesson:
- Snorkeling equipment and proper usage.
- The relationship between pressure and volume.
- Diving environments and safety considerations.
- Hand signals and underwater communication.
- Responsible interaction with marine life.
- Problem-solving techniques while snorkeling
Pool/Confined water:
- Under the professional guidance of an instructor, you will practice essential skin diving skills in a controlled environment including equipment use, buddy checks, proper entry/exit, breath control, snorkel clearing, breath-hold diving, and safe surfacing.
Open Water Sessions:
- Once you’ve built confidence in confined water, you’ll put your skills to the test in open water, culminating in a guided snorkeling tour with your instructor as a final experience.
Get ready to dive into the underwater world and earn your certification
More Info
Price
Course Price: 150€
Medical Requirement
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).
After this course
Experience new adventures with a PADI Instructor by your side. PADI continuing education courses like Advanced Open Water Diver and Deep Diver will help you develop your skills as a diver. Learn more about PADI Specialty courses.
Not sure which specialty to try first? Try the Advanced Open Water Diver course, it's like a specialty sampler platter.
Improve your navigation and buoyancy skills while you try new activities like wreck diving, night diving, or digital imaging
Choose from more than 20 specialty diving options
An Advanced Open Water Diver certification also opens the door to dive sites deeper than 18m/60ft
If you don't have the opportunity to dive for six months (or longer), you can quickly refresh the knowledge and skills you learned in Open Water with the PADI ReActivate® program. Your PADI certification never expires, but after a long period of inactivity, you may want to brush up on diving fundamentals and safety procedures.