Recreational Essentials Diver

This mid-level Specialty Continuing Education Diver Course is designed to enable the certified diver to extend proficiency in the water and to review and put in practice the Essentials learned in any IANTD diver classes. This systematic learning and professional training is designed to enhance the student’s personal and team underwater skills; Development of buoyancy, trim, balance and propulsion Refine and expand fundamental diving skills Equipment Streamlining and configuration Diving safety, situational awareness and accident prevention Enhanced Dive planning and gas management Decompression overview and minimum decompression procedures This course is designed for divers who wish to increase their skill competency by further developing their diving skills to be safer, more comfortable and more efficient in the water while expanding the divers basic diving skills to take more advanced recreational and/or technical diving courses.

How deep can you dive with this program?

• No dives may be conducted to depths greater than diver’s previous certification level.

What do you need to enroll in this program?

• Must be qualified as IANTD Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Must be a minimum of 12 years of age and 14 years of age for Jr. Diver qualification WITH a parent or guardian authorization,
  • OR
• Must be a minimum of 15 years of age for Diver qualification WITH a parent or guardian authorization,
  • OR
• Must be a minimum of 18 years of age without guardian approval.

What are the training material requirements?

• IANTD Essentials Diver Student Kit.

What are the equipment requirements?

• Fulfill all Equipment Requirements as specified in the general Sport Diver Courses overview.
• Configurations allowed:
  • Single cylinder
  • Doubles with isolator valve
  • Sidemount

What this program must include?

• Academic Sessions
• Land Drills
• Confined Water Sessions

Wherever you want to go, IANTD can take you there!

One of IANTD differentials in the formation of any confident and safe IANTD Diver is our training philosophy known as:

• WATER:
  • Wisdom
  • Attitude
  • Training
  • Experience
  • Repetition

"A relaxed confident diver is a safe diver who will enjoy exploring inner-space and pursue diving adventures for a lifetime."

by Tom Mount