Extend your recreational range
Train for dives beyond 18 metres and, when appropriate, to a maximum recreational depth of 40 metres.
Deep Diver Course
Discover the thrill of exploring the ocean’s depths with the PADI Deep Diver Course! If you’ve ever dreamed of uncovering hidden shipwrecks, gliding through vibrant coral reefs, or encountering marine life most divers only imagine, this is your chance to make it a reality. Prepare yourself for adventures that go beyond the ordinary and into the extraordinary—up to 40 meters deep!
Looking to extend your underwater time and save? Upgrade to our Dive Longer Bundle, which pairs the Deep Diver Water Course with the PADI Enriched Air (Nitrox) course. This exclusive package saves you $100 and gives you the skills to enjoy longer dives with enriched air!
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PADI specialty course • Four boat dives
PADI Deep Diver Course in Sydney
Build the planning, gas-management and awareness skills needed for recreational dives beyond 18 metres. Complete four instructor-guided boat dives over two days and train for deeper diving within your certification, experience and personal limits.
Two-day course Two double-dive days
Four boat dives Instructor-guided training
Up to 40 metres Within recreational limits
Minimum age 15 Adventure Diver or higher
Train for the added demands of depth
Explore deeper with a stronger plan
Deeper recreational dives can provide access to reefs, wrecks and marine life outside standard Open Water depth limits, but depth changes gas use, buoyancy, light, temperature and the consequences of small problems.
The PADI Deep Diver course develops a methodical approach to deep-dive planning. You will practise gas management, buddy contact, buoyancy control and responses to nitrogen narcosis while completing four supervised dives.
More range, better judgement
Why take the Deep Diver course?
Plan around limited gas
Understand how depth accelerates gas consumption and why turn pressure, reserve and ascent planning must be agreed before the dive.
Recognise changing risk
Develop awareness of narcosis, task loading, buoyancy changes, reduced no-decompression time and the longer ascent from depth.
Knowledge and in-water practice
What you’ll learn
Build a repeatable process for planning and conducting recreational deep dives with a buddy.
Deep-dive planning
Review depth, time, no-decompression limits, gas, ascent requirements, conditions and contingency options before entering the water.
Gas management
Monitor your breathing gas closely and use a planned turn point and reserve that account for depth and the ascent.
Narcosis awareness
Identify possible signs of nitrogen narcosis and respond by communicating with your buddy and moving to a shallower depth.
Buddy contact
Use positioning and communication procedures that help the team stay together and respond early when a concern develops.
Buoyancy at depth
Manage compression-related buoyancy changes and maintain control during descent, at depth and throughout the ascent.
Deep-diving equipment
Consider the equipment, redundancy, signalling and reference tools appropriate to the planned recreational deep dive.
Course structure
Prepare online, then complete four boat dives
Finish the assigned online study before the course weekend so the two training days can focus on planning, briefings and progressive in-water experience.
Complete online study
Work through the PADI knowledge development covering deep-dive planning, equipment and safety considerations.
Day one: two boat dives
Begin applying the planning, descent, buoyancy, buddy and gas-management procedures with your instructor.
Day two: two boat dives
Continue the progression, demonstrate sound judgement and complete the remaining course performance requirements.
Conditions matter: dive sites, schedules and maximum training depth may change with weather, ocean conditions, student readiness and instructor judgement.
Course package
What’s included
Four boat dives
Four instructor-guided deep-training dives completed across two course days.
Online study materials
PADI knowledge development to complete before the practical training.
PADI certification
PADI Deep Diver Specialty certification after successfully meeting all course requirements.
Equipment for both days
Bring a complete setup or arrange hire
You need a complete scuba equipment set, including a cylinder, for both course days. If you do not own all the required gear, book equipment hire separately for each training day when you enrol.
Optional course bundle
Add Enriched Air and save $100
The Dive Longer Bundle adds PADI Enriched Air Diver training to this continuing-education course and currently advertises $100 off the Enriched Air course when booked together, subject to the current offer terms.
Important: nitrox does not automatically make a dive safer or permit more time at every depth. Each mix has a maximum operating depth and must be analysed, planned and used within its oxygen-exposure limits.
Before you book
Prerequisites and medical requirements
Minimum age
You must be at least 15 years old.
Diver certification
PADI Adventure Diver or a qualifying certification from another recognised training organisation.
Medical screening
Read and complete the participant medical questionnaire. A doctor’s clearance is required if your answers indicate professional review is needed.
Common questions
PADI Deep Diver FAQs
Will every course dive reach 40 metres?
No. Forty metres is the maximum depth for the adult recreational specialty, not a required depth for every dive. Actual depths depend on the training progression, conditions and instructor judgement.
Does Deep Diver certify me for decompression diving?
No. This is a recreational specialty focused on dives planned within no-decompression limits. Planned staged-decompression diving requires separate technical-diving training and equipment.
Is scuba equipment included?
The supplied course information directs divers without a complete setup, including cylinders, to book equipment hire separately for both course days.
Can I use nitrox on a deep dive?
Only when the analysed mix is appropriate for the planned depth and you hold the required certification. Many common nitrox mixes have maximum operating depths shallower than 40 metres.
What happens if conditions are unsuitable?
Deep training depends on safe boat and ocean conditions. Sites, depths or scheduling may change when conditions are unsuitable; contact Abyss for the arrangements applying to your course date.
Ready to train for deeper recreational dives?
Choose an available course date, complete your medical screening and prepare for four instructor-guided boat dives over two days.
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