Dry Suit Diver Course

The SNSI Dry Suit Diver course will open up a whole new world of diving for you. Many of the diving environments around the world are more interesting in a dry suit. Why? These areas have an abundance of marine life just waiting to be seen and photographed – it just might be a little colder! Drysuits are also used in tropical water during the coldest months or even in caves and lakes at altitude where the water can be much colder. This course allows the student to develop the knowledge and skills to correctly use a dry suit. He will discuss types of dry suits, accessories, maintenance and how to do basic repairs.

This course is for:

The certified diver looking for advanced training in dry suit equipment, selection and diving techniques. This diver can extend their diving season, spend more time diving in colder environments and/or enjoy and enhance their diving experience by staying warm and cozy in a dry suit not to mention being much easier to put on and take off than wet clothes.

Course prerequisites:

• SNSI Open Water Scuba Diver, SNSI Junior Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent or currently enrolled in one of these courses
• Minimum age 18 years, 10 years with parental consent

What you can expect to learn::

The SNSI Dry Suit Diving Course takes an in-depth look at all of the following features and more::

• Types of dry clothes
  • shell style
  • pressed neoprene
  • neoprene
• types of stamps
  • Latex
  • neoprene
• Characteristics
  • wear by the front
  • dress from behind
  • Boots
  • Zipper Protector: protect waterproof zipper from abrasions
  • Cervical warm-up collar
  • Suspenders
  • Isolation Clothing (Often called underwear)
  • Cut to be close to the skin
  • compression resistant
• Components
  • dry suit valves
  • Inflator and deflator considerations
• buoyancy control
• maintenance and care
  • Cleaning
  • zipper care
  • Small repairs
• dry suit emergencies

Some of the necessary skills you will need to demonstrate include:

• plan a dive
• Proper placement of a dry suit
• Dry suit review functions
• Buoyancy check and proper ballasting
• Practice dry suit skills
• Inflate and deflate dry suits
• Rolling from an inverted position
• Buoyancy skills like hovering in a fixed position
• Emergency procedures for dry suit malfunction
• safety stop
• Ascents and Departures
• record the dives

What's there for you?

Upon successful completion of this course, the student may conduct diving activities without direct supervision of the SNSI Instructor*, provided that the following limits are respected:

• Diving activities approach those of training
• Areas of activities approximate those of training
• Environmental conditions approximate those of training

*Note: Junior divers (ages 10-14) must participate in advanced buoyancy activities with a parent, guardian, or dive professional.

SNSI Computer Diving certification counts toward a specialty rating toward achieving the SNSI Advanced Diver Development program or SNSI Master Diver Development Program .

Minimum requirements of the SNSI Dry Suit Diver:

• Satisfactorily complete the SNSI Drysuit Diving Specialty Knowledge Review with a pass score of 80%, followed by 100% Instructor correction
• Fulfill all open water requirements efficiently
• Demonstrate mature and sound judgment regarding dive planning and execution