Specialty Dives
Specialty courses allow you to focus on a particular diving interest. During your Open Water course you may have become aware of a specific aspect of diving that you want to explore further. Or perhaps you got a taste of a specialty while completing your Advanced Open Water Diver course or saw someone else using a specific skill (like using a Nitrox tank) and now you want to learn how to do it too.
Taking a Specialty Course will challenge you and result in you becoming a certified specialist in that specific aspect of diving. Our Specialty courses are set out below.
Please note, that depending on the nature and requirements of each Specialty that we offer, certain courses are only available at certain dive locations. For example, the Drift Diver specialty needs a ‘moving current’, which is only available on our Brockville weekends (which take place in the summer) or on certain international dive trips. For each specialty, you will have to choose from the available locations (please be aware, therefore, that travel may be required for your Specialty course). The locations we use for training are as follows:
Gulliver’s Lake
Brockville
International Dive Trips (various locations)
Classroom/Pool Only
Certain Specialties also require materials or equipment that are in addition to the materials provided for your course. In some Specialties, we are able to rent the additional material/equipment to you, but in some instances you will need to personally own the required equipment yourself. Each Specialty page will clearly identify what additional materials you will need to complete the course and whether or not it is available for rent from us (please note: BCD’s, regulators, masks, fins, snorkels, wetsuits, etc. are not included in course prices and will need to rented if required. These can be selected from the drop-down menu when booking).
Accordingly, each specialty course fee only includes the materials, the tanks and the weights required for that course alone.
Does ‘Master Scuba Diver’ sound like a great achievement? It is. If you have been trained in 5 specialty courses, completed your Rescue Diver Course and can show 50 logged dives in your PADI log book, then you have earned the distinction of Master Scuba Diver.
For more information on the Master Scuba Diver Rating Course, please contact us directly.
Take a look at the list below and see which specialties stand out for you. Perhaps your greatest diving achievement starts here!!!
Our specialty courses are listed below:
Boat
An introduction to boat diving, including common etiquette, diver issues, boat terminology and laws.
This course is available in Brockville or on a TSC International Dive Trip.
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Deep
Learn how to safely dive deep to a maximum of 130 feet/40m.
This course is available in Brockville or on a TSC International Dive Trip.
Digital Underwater Photography Specialty
This course is designed for new or existing photographers who are excited to learn or develop their existing skills and knowledge in underwater photography.
This course includes a classroom component and is available in Gulliver's Lake, Brockville, or on a TSC International Dive Trip.
Diver Propulsion Vehicle
Learn how to fly through the water using a DPV.
This course is available at the TSC pool. For dives at Brockville or on a TSC International Dive Trip students will independently need to rent a DPV suitable for those locations (Toronto Scuba Club's DPV is available only for introductory training at our pool facility).
Drift Diver
Learn to glide along on a gentle drift dive where the current does the work for you. This course teaches you the skills and techniques to safely and comfortably float along on your drift dive.
This course is available in Brockville or on select TSC International Dive Trips. Students are required to have their own surface marker buoy.
Dry Suit
Why miss out on the beauty that can be found in cold water diving? Learn to dive warm and dry!! This course enables you to dive in colder waters (such as 4 degrees celsius) and dive multiple times so that you can witness some of the most unique marine life that calls colder waters home.
This course is available at Gulliver's Lake. Students are required to rent or purchase a dry suit for this course.
Enriched Air
This course teaches you how to dive using enriched air (also known as “Nitrox”), a different air mix which allows a diver to extend their bottom time beyond the limits that breathing regular air allows. This course teaches Enriched Air up to 40% mix.
This course ONLY requires classroom education and does not require any open water dives, however, we do encourage students to dive with us when diving with Enriched Air, Nitrox, for the first time for practice. This course is also available through our e-Learning programme.
Students who take this course are encouraged to join us at Gulliver's Lake, Brockville, or on any TSC International Dive Trip for practice.
Equipment
Want to really know how your equipment works and how you can perform some simple maintenance? Then this course is for you.
This course ONLY requires classroom education, no diving is required for this certification.
Multi Level
Want to get the most out of your diving and your dive planning? Then understanding how to maximize your time at each depth is a skill you need to master and this is the course to find out how.
This course is only available on TSC International Dive Trips.
Night
Night diving is an exhilarating and amazingly calm diving experience. This course lets you explore that experience and teaches you how to do it safely.
This course is only available on TSC International Dive Trips. Students will need to rent or purchase a dive light at the dive location for this course.
Search and Recovery
Dropped a mask overboard? This course lets you learn the skills you need to search for it!
This course is available at Gulliver's Lake or on a TSC International Dive Trip. Students are required to rent or have their own reel and compass for this course.
Underwater Navigator
One of the most satisfying ends to the perfect dive is to find yourself beside the boat as a result of your superior navigation skills. Learn how to perfect your navigation skills on this course.
This course is available at Gulliver's Lake, Brockville, or on a TSC International Dive Trip. Students are required to have their own compass for this course.
Underwater Naturalist
Learn how to truly understand the underwater aquatic environment and how to safely and responsibly dive in harmony with it.
This course is only available on a TSC International Dive Trip.
Wreck
One of the most popular specialties. Shipwrecks provide a glimpse at history under the waves, as well as a whole new level of adventure! Learn how to safely dive in, around and through whilst exploring shipwrecks on this course.
This course is available in Brockville or on a TSC International Dive Trip. Students are required to rent or have their own reel and underwater flashlight for this course.
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Peak Performance Buoyancy Course. A two-part course in a 17-feet deep pool over two weeks.
The best way to increase the length of a dive, save energy and make the most of your diving is to perfect your buoyancy skills. This course helps you polish your buoyancy skills gained from your open water or advanced courses. Although it is not mandatory, students who have their own equipment benefit in this course by carefully examining their buoyancy skills and needs in relationship to their own personal equipment setup.
Project Aware
A variety of specialty courses that promote and support environmental awareness and action.
This course is available at specific TSC Project Aware Events. For more specific details on future dates and events for these courses please email us with your interest by clicking here.
