Want to stay warm? Want to extend your scuba diving season? Then dive dry. A dry suit seals you off from the water and keeps you comfortable, even in surprisingly cold water. During winter there is incredible diving in Portofino and in many places around the world, conditions are even better in colder months. Becoming a dry suit diver allows you to expand your boundaries and dive more places, more often.
- Portofinodivers team
The first thing you’ll discover is which dry suit style and accompanying undergarments are right for you and the diving you’ll do. Then you’ll learn how to take care of your dry suit. During two dives, in addition to a confined water dive, you’ll practice:
- Putting on and taking off your dry suit with minimal assistance.
- Mastering buoyancy control using your dry suit.
- Dive safety procedures when using a dry suit.
To access our PADI Dry Suit Diver course you must
- be certified PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent.
The first dive of the PADI Dry Suit Diver course may credit as an Adventure Dive toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.
The Dry Suit Diver PADI course is held over two days. It includes approximately 10 hours of instruction divided as follows:
- Knowledge Development
Day 1 09:00 - 12:00
Your instructor introduces you to dry suit features and basic procedures for easy and safe use - Confined Water Dive
Day 1 13:00 - 16:00
Two training dives from shore - Open Water Dives
Day 2 09:30 - 12:30
One experience dive from the boat
The drysuits used and sold in our center are represented by the brand's latest generation models BARE®.
To prevent undesirable experiences, before scheduling your PADI Dry Suit course, you should make sure that drysuits and undersuits in your size are available via our online measurement form.
While the elasticity of wet suits allows to fit a wide range of people in one size, dry suits must fit perfectly, to ensure optimal watertightness, to allow adequate comfort and proper mobility.
Fill out and send our online drysuit measurement form
Rates per person
Instruction, shore and boat dives, tanks and weights, training material and certification fee
Discover Drysuit Diving
one training dive
€
95 *
* one-to-one training € 150
- half-day
PADI DRY SUIT DIVER
certification course
€
390 *
* one-to-one course € 490
- 2 days
PADI Dry Suit Diver classes are carried out on request. However it is possible to participate in our scheduled courses by reserving your place through our online booking system.