For many, wreck diving is one of the biggest draws to becoming a scuba diver. However, with wreck diving comes a whole host of hazards and unknowns which requires extensive additional training to be able to conduct wreck diving safely.

This course may be taught as a limited-penetration course, requiring 3 dives. Limited-penetration is defined as a swim through or within the ambient light of entry. Fulfill that inner explorer and come and complete your training on one of the top 5 wrecks in the world – the Zenobia!

The Training

The SDI Wreck Diver Course includes two parts:

• Online learning – once you have signed up for the course, we will provide you a code to sign up for the online learning in advance of your practical training to work through at home. You will then go through key areas in greater detail with your instructor and cover areas such as plus many others:

• • Researching wrecks
  • Mapping wrecks
  • Proper use of lines while wreck diving
  • Exploring underwater history
• Open water training – After you have reviewed the key knowledge areas and ready to go you will then join your instructor for 3 open water dives, for the non-penetration course, where you will cover the following plus much more:
  • Use of dive lights
  • Use of lines on the outside of a wreck
  • Charting/mapping a wreck
  • Use of penetration lines inside the wreck
  • Dealing with limited visibility within a wreck

What to expect:

After signing up for your course, one of our team will be in contact to send your e-learning information and joining instructions in plenty of time to complete ahead of your practical training.

On the day of the course you will meet us at our centre in Larnaca to sort paperwork and any equipment sizes required. The dives for the course are all conducted on the Zenobia Wreck which sits out the front of your shop only a short boat journey away so not only will you be taking your next training course you will be doing it against a backdrop of one of the most amazing wrecks in the world!

You will start with an extensive skills and safety briefing before each dive with your instructor. They will cover the theory, contingency equipment key skills that you will practise during each of your dives. Throughout the 2 days you will start outside the wreck practising mapping, safety assessments and lining techniques before slowly progressing into the accommodation section of the Zenobia to put your new skills to the test inside a light zone of the wreck. Your instructor will also assist in improving your baseline dive skills to make internal wreck diving much safer and effective, these can include correct weighting, trim, finning techniques and buoyancy.

On each of the days you will be finished somewhere between 2 and 3pm following debrief and theory sessions with your instructor in the afternoons following the dives.

Training is personal and unique to the individual so we have a maximum of 3 students per instructor in a course with children being given smaller ratios, this allows for 1 to 1 attention, a relaxed pace and a much more enjoyable atmosphere.

Pre-requisites

• Age: 15 years and above for limited penetration course
• SDI Advanced Adventure Diver and above, or equivalent, from an alternative agency 
• Divers must have a deep diver specialty certification or be able to provide proof of experience in order to dive deeper than 18 metres / 60 feet in this course
• Good physical health – You will need to fill out a self certification medical statement. If you have any medical conditions you think may prevent you from scuba diving please feel free to contact us