Dry Suit Course

Planning on diving in the UK throughout the year? Why suffer getting cold in a wetsuit? Learn to dive in a drysuit. Unlike a wetsuit, a dry suit seals you off from the outside water and that keeps you warm! Even in surprisingly cold water.

Even if you don’t want to dive in the middle of the winter, a dry suit will allow you to extend your dive season. In the right equipment, you can stand up to the elements and take advantage of the generally better visibility offered by winter months (especially at inland dive sites such as quarries and lakes). Also, of course, you won’t be sitting on the boat between dives shivering, because you will be warm and dry.

The path to becoming a PADI Dry Suit diver consists of three steps:

1. PADI eLearning: 2-4 hours.
2. 1 confned water (Pool).
3. 2 open water dives over 1 day.

PADI eLearning® on your own, from the comfort of your home, read, watch videos, and take quizzes at your own pace to develop knowledge of scuba rescue procedures, before you work with one of our PADI Instructors. 

Open water dives are required to complete the PADI Dry Suit course, with Go Dive training, these take place at the National Diving Centre at Stoney Cove in Leicestershire.

These dives usually take place over a single day at the weekend.

You will learn:

• Techniques for diving in a drysuit and associated buoyancy control skills.
• Emergency drills.
• Drysuit maintenance, storage and basic repair.

Prior to going diving in open water you will need to complete a pool training session (included in the course price).

As well as these dives being an opportunity for you to show your instructor your mastery of the skills and procedures, you will also gain more experience diving and the basics of how to look after other divers . 

On successful completion of these dives, you will be a PADI .

We will provide all the equipment you need for the training.

To enrol on a PADI Dry Suit course you need PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver (or qualifying entry-level certification) 10 years or older. 

 eLearning Course - See Price List.

This is thePADI Dry Suit Course offered by Go Dive Training. It typically takes place over a single weekend, the open water dives are held at Stoney Cove.