SSI Drysuit Course

Stay warm and dry all year round

Do you feel the cold or want to dive in New Zealand all year around and not just the summer? Perhaps you are a photographer or even a dive professional looking after students and you don’t move very far underwater. Well you will not be creating much heat through physical exercise. Whatever the reason, there’s no benefit to getting cold whilst diving. In fact, it’s actually a predisposing factor for decompression sickness.

The Dry Suit course is taught here at Dive Now Whangarei by instructors who dive all year in New Zealand in Dry Suits.

The course involves a little bit of theory from the Dry Suit Dive manual and then the rest is all practical. We will introduce you to the different types of dry suits available and the pros & cons of each. We have access to world leading brands such as DUI, Fourth Element, Santi and Scubapro so have the experience to advise you when it comes to choosing the right suit for you and your diving.

Once we have sized you up for a suit to train in and the appropriate undergarments from our school, we will spend time in our pool learning how to control the suit. Once you have mastered the suit in our pool, we can head to the Open Water for two dives to complete your Dry Suit training.

What you will learn on the course:

• Mastering buoyancy control using your dry suit
• Dive safety procedures when using a dry suit

Cost: $300 | 1 day Theory and Pool session | 2 Open Water Dives

Cost includes all training, certification and study materials.   You can choose to do your 2 open water dives at a Shore based location (free of charge) or at the Poor Knights (if you choose to complete it at the Poor Knights then you will need to pay the charter cost for the day).

Drysuit rental for course $120