Wreck Diver Specialty Course

Ships, airplanes and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life. Each wreck dive offers a chance for a new discovery.

Whether purpose-sunk as an artificial reef for scuba divers, or lost as the result of an accident, wrecks are fascinating windows to the past. Ships, airplanes and even cars are fascinating to explore and usually teem with aquatic life. 

Each wreck dive offers a chance for discovery, potentially unlocking a mystery or spying something others have missed. The PADI Wreck Diver Specialty course is popular because it offers rewarding adventures while observing responsible wreck diving practices.

The path to becoming a PADI Wreck Diver consists of two steps:

1. PADI eLearning: 2-4 hours.
2. Participate in 4 open water rescue exercises over 2 days:

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. 

Complete 4 open water dives are required to complete the PADI Wreck Diver 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 weekend. 

During this two-day course (4 dives) you will learn:

• Techniques for diving exploring shipwrecks, and how to avoid common hazards.
• How to research and learn the background of your favourite wrecks.
• How to survey and map wrecks to help you plan later dives.
• Wreck scuba diving equipment considerations.
• Considerations and techniques for entering intact wrecks

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 Wreck Diver.

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

To enrol on a PADI Wreck Diver course you need PADI Adventure Diver (or qualifying certification) 15 years or older.

 eLearning Course - See Price List.

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