Night Diver
Night Diver
Night Diver
Instructor
Guide
Night Diver
Specialty Course Instructor Guide
Product No. 70226 (Rev. 1/07) Version 2.0
Instructor Night Diver
Guide
© PADI 2010
Printed in U.S.A.
Product No. 70226 (01/07) Version 2.0
Table of Contents
Introduction
How to Use this Guide ........................................................................................ 5
Course Philosophy and Goals .............................................................................. 5
Course Flow Options .......................................................................................... 6
Program Options................................................................................................. 7
Appendix
Appendix Table of Contents .............................................................................. 51
Introduction
This section includes suggestions on how to use this guide, an overview of course
philosophy and goals, a flow chart to show you how course components and mate-
rials work together for success, and ways you can organize and integrate student
diver learning.
• Review Knowledge Review – • Scuba skills review Night Diver Open Water Dive One
Part I (optional) • Walk or dive through search patterns Night Diver Open Water Dive Two
• Review Knowledge Review – • Practice setting up dive equipment under Night Diver Open Water Dive Three
Part II (optional) simulated night diving conditions
• Classroom Presentation (optional) • Practice use of underwater lights
Knowledge Development Open Water Dives
Program Options
Step Independent Study Adventure Dive Integration Instructor-Led
1 Independent study with Independent study with manual Knowledge Development
manual and video and video (optional) Classroom Presentation
(optional) (optional)
2 Review Knowledge Review – Give credit for the Night Review Knowledge
Part I and Part II (optional) Adventure Dive and review Part I and Part II
Knowledge Review – Part I (optional)
(optional)
3 Confined Water Dive Confined Water Dive Confined Water Dive
and/or Surface Practice and/or Surface Practice and/or Surface Practice
Session (optional) Session (optional) Session (optional)
4 Open Water Dive One Review Knowledge Review – Open Water Dive One
Part II (optional)
5 Open Water Dive Two Open Water Dive Two Open Water Dive Two
6 Open Water Dive Three Open Water Dive Three Open Water Dive Three
Section One:
Course Standards
This section includes the course standards, recommendations, and suggestions for
conducting the PADI Night Diver course.
Standards at a Glance
Topic Course Standard
Minimum Instructor Rating PADI Night Diver Specialty Instructor
Prerequisites PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver
Minimum Age 12 years
Ratios Open Water: 8:1
Hours Recommended: 12
Minimum Open Water Dives: 3
Materials and Equipment Instructor: Student Diver:
• PADI Night Diver Specialty • Dive light,
Course Instructor Guide back up light
• Lights/strobes/marker lights and marker
for entry/exit, ascent/descent light
line, and personal use • Compass
Hours
The PADI Night Diver course includes three open water dives. Conduct dives
at night, between sunset and sunrise. The minimum number of recommended
hours is 12.
Assessment Standards
To assess knowledge you may review the Knowledge Reviews from the student
diver’s manual with the diver. The student diver must demonstrate accurate and
adequate knowledge during the open water dives and must perform all skills
(procedures and motor skills) fluidly, with little difficulty, in a manner that
demonstrates minimal or no stress.
Section Two:
Knowledge Development
Conduct
Whether natural curiosity, getting a new look at the familiar, the vibrant changing
colors of aquatic life, or just because you can, night diving is popular. Observ-
ing marine life behavior under the cover of night, rarely seen by day, is magical.
A wreck during a day dive is an artifact on the seabed, but when you revisit it at
night, it comes alive and sends shivers down your back. With these examples in
mind, the philosophy of this course is to focus on seeing in the dark things that
appear differently during daylight dives. This includes showing student divers how
to use night diving equipment, how to evaluate dive conditions at night, how to
use and maintain dive lights, how to navigate, and how to interact responsibly
with the aquatic life they’ll see while night diving.
Student divers complete independent study of the course by reading the
PADI Night Diver Manual and by watching the PADI Night Diving video. Work
hand-in-hand with the student diver manual to address prescriptively student
diver misconceptions or for clarification on certain points of interest. If there is a
need for instructor-led presentations, use the following teaching outline, which
appears in point form, as a road map of the conduct, content, sequence and struc-
ture for the PADI Night Diver course.
The result should be student divers with theoretical knowledge and prag-
matic experience who can adapt what they’ve learned to future night diving
opportunities. Regardless of how you conduct knowledge development
(independent study, instructor-led or a combination of these instructional
approaches), student divers will be able to explain the following learning
objectives.
A. Course Introduction
1. Staff and student diver introductions
Note:
Introduce yourself and assistants. Explain your background with
night diving if your student divers aren’t familiar with you.
Review with student divers other skills they’ll want as a PADI Night
Diver. These opportunities, through additional specialty course train-
ing, may include, but are not limited to: PADI Enriched Air Diver,
PADI Underwater Navigator, PADI Peek Performance Buoyancy
Diver, PADI Dry Suit Diver, PADI Digital Underwater Photographer,
PADI Wreck Diver, and PADI Underwater Naturalist.
3. Course overview
a. Classroom presentations and confined water and/or surface practice
sessions.
b. Open water dives. There will be three open water dives.
Note:
Use the PADI Student Record File. Explain all course costs and mate-
rials, and what the costs do and do not include, including equip-
ment use, dive site fees, etc. Explain what equipment student divers
must have for the course, and what you will provide. Cover and
review points about scheduling and attendance.
5. Class requirements
a. Complete paperwork.
b. Course costs.
c. Equipment needs.
d. Schedule and attendance.
Note:
When discussing nocturnal aquatic organisms give examples such
as crayfish, lobsters, some species of crabs, catfish, basket stars,
many species of shelled animals, coral polyps, etc. Use parrotfish,
squid, octopuses, etc. as examples of organisms that give you the
opportunity to approach at night.
Note:
Remind student divers interested in fish identification, photography,
videography, and wreck diving to take the associated specialty.
Also, emphasize that wreck diving at night never involves penetra-
tion into the wreck, even if familiar with the wreck during day dives.
Note:
Customize this topic based on the aquatic environment used for the
night dives in the course. This presentation may be in the form of a
slide show, video presentation, movie, or verbal overview. Provide
student divers with an orientation to several species of nocturnal
life (fish; sponges; corals, anemones, sea fans, and jellyfish; crusta-
ceans; mollusks; echinoderms; sharks and rays; and marine reptiles
and mammals) typically seen locally. When practical, identify for
student divers species of active daytime fish often seen resting at
night. Be sure to highlight the Encyclopedia of Recreational Diving,
Chapter 2, The Ocean Planet as a point of reference for student
divers.
f. Echinoderms (i.e., sea star, reef crinoids, feather star, brittle star, sun-
flower star, sea urchins, sand dollar, and sea cucumber:
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g. Sharks and rays (i.e., manta and spotted eagle ray): _______________
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h. Marine reptiles (i.e., turtles, sea snakes, and iguanas): _____________
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i. Marine mammals (i.e., seals, sea lions, dugongs, and manatees):
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j. Other types of aquatic organisms typically found at night in the local
saltwater environment:
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2. Local freshwater aquatic life found at night
a. Crustaceans (i.e., crayfish, crawdad): _________________________
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b. Fish (i.e., catfish, freshwater eel):
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Note:
Inform student divers that although sleeping fish usually react little to
lights, some react strongly to the lightest touch. Often they bolt away
in any direction, running into divers or the reef, oblivious to injuries
they inflict on themselves. With this in mind, remind divers to be cau-
tious to avoid touching them.
Note:
At this point, take a few minutes to examine the personal equip-
ment student divers will be using on their night dives. Specifically
note whether the exposure suit and weight system complement each
other.
Don’t spend too much time on dive lights and back up lights as
they will be covered in more depth in the next section. Have student
divers identify and locate their buddy’s alternate airsource.
Note:
Explain to student divers that each diver must have their own lights;
divers may not share a primary light source on open water night
dives. Have available different lights (primary and backup) to show
student divers. Take the time to have student divers display their
lights, confirm that the lights work, and that divers have become
familiar with where they and their buddies will be carrying their
lights. Identify those student divers who need to acquire additional
lights to participate on the open water night dives. Once you have
reviewed the six features they should look for in a dive light assist
the divers in their light selection.
Note:
Explain to student divers that the watt rating only tells part of the
story because it only tells you how much power the light uses. A
light’s reflector and bulb type affect how this translates into light
output. A wide beam light and a narrow beam light with the same
watts will have different brightness; the wide beam will cover
a large area more dimly and the narrow a smaller area more
brightly. Different types of bulbs generate light more efficiently than
others. A 10-watt HID bulb, for example, generates about the same
light as a 50-watt halogen bulb.
Again, this is only part of the picture. A very narrow, low power
light can have a higher candlepower than a high power, wide
beam light. HID bulbs put out essentially the same amount of light
until the batteries get too low, then blink off entirely. LED bulbs hold
their brightness a long time, then dim significantly and burn for
quite awhile longer.
Note:
Explain to student divers that a bulb for a powerful rechargeable
light may draw 1.2 amperes, while one for a disposable battery
light draws .5. If the bulbs were switched, the rechargeable batter-
ies might quickly burn out the .5 bulb and the disposable batteries
would lack sufficient power to light the 1.2 bulb.
3. Burn time/battery life – This describes the average time fresh batteries will
last. Large bright lights used to have relatively short burn times, but this
has changed with advances in bulb efficiency and battery capacity. Burn
time is an estimate, and varies depending on variations in bulb current
requirement, and how you use the light – continuously or turned off and
on. Use burn time to gauge approximate duration only.
Note:
Explain to student divers that most primary dive lights now have
burn times of four to six hours, though you can still find lower cost
models with one to three hour burn times. Small lights (backup size)
may have five or six hour burn times.
4. Bulb life – The bulb life rating is based on how long 50 percent of test
bulbs last. Use bulb life ratings to compare how often you’ll need to
replace bulbs in various dive lights, but not to determine how long a par-
ticular bulb will last.
Note:
Explain to student divers that if a bulb has a 30-hour rating, which
means that after 30 hours of use, 50 percent of the bulbs, were still
burning. In short, assuming no other damage, this means you have
about a 50 percent chance of a bulb making it through its estimated
life. LEDs have the longest life estimates in the 5000 hour range.
5. Bulb types – Bulbs are classified based on the material that generates light
within them. Dive lights generally employ the whitest lights possible for
the truest colors possible. Most dive lights are equipped with halogen,
xenon, LED or HID bulbs.
Note:
Explain to student divers the different bulb types.
2. Xenon bulbs come in lights of all sizes, and are brighter than
krypton and argon bulbs (commonly used in surface lights),
offering a good trade between brightness, cost and burn time.
Many popular dive lights use xenon bulbs.
4. HID bulbs are the brightest and provide a lot of light for the
power they consume. Their primary drawback is that you cannot
turn HIDs off and on repeatedly without excessive battery drain
and wear on the bulb. Generally, you turn an HID on immedi-
ately before entering the water and leave it on until you’re out of
the water again.
Note:
Explain to student divers that a few models have adjustable bulbs
and reflectors so you can vary the beam angle. Reflectors are frag-
ile and easily scratched or marred when handled, so use caution
when disassembling your light. Now that you have reviewed the six
features divers should look for in a dive light and have explained
the light and power of dive lights assist those student divers without
lights in their light selection.
Note:
Remind student divers that batteries are not friendly to the environ-
ment. One of the primary concerns is that they can leak heavy
metals into the environment (especially a concern regarding
groundwater). Rechargeable batteries are generally worse in this
regard than disposables. However, over its life one rechargeable
battery replaces more than 100 disposable batteries. In that light,
the disposable batteries are a bigger concern. If you’re going to
be night diving a lot, rechargeables may be better not just for your
wallet, but for the planet you live on. When your batteries reach the
end of their useful life, dispose of them properly. It’s a simple step
that goes a long way toward protecting the environment.
3. NiMH are replacing both NiCads and gel-cell. They have similar
characteristics to NiCads, but for a given size, last longer than
NiCads, alkaline disposables or gel cells. In addition, they have
little or no memory. They are available in AAA, AA, C, D and
nine volt and are rated by milliamp hours (mAH). The higher
the rating, the more power the batteries hold and the longer the
burn time. The higher mAH batteries cost more, and they accept
fewer charge cycles, so they have a shorter useful life. NiMHs
are the most trouble free with regard to charging because they’re
not damaged by deep discharge and they don’t suffer from
memory problems. Brand new NiMH batteries (depends upon
size) do not hold a full charge until you’ve cycled them a few
times. It may take as many as five or six cycles before the batter-
ies reach full performance. Even if you have not used them and
don’t plan to, you should recharge your NiMH batteries monthly.
Note:
Explain to student divers that wet batteries emit gas that can build
up pressure inside the light so that it may pop apart. As a precau-
tion, remind divers to wear their mask or other eye protection when
opening a flooded light. Advise student divers that after caring
for their flooded light, that it needs to be serviced by a PADI Dive
Center or Resort or the manufacturer. Explain to divers that one
reason many lights need manufacturer service is that they have a
platinum catalyst that absorbs hydrogen gas released by the bat-
teries. This catalyst is damaged by water and must be replaced to
avoid dangerous gas buildups in the light.
• What are three uses for marker lights? Where should you
attach marker lights?
2. Marker lights
a. Marker lights are typically inexpensive, disposable battery models, so
it’s not much of a problem for you and your buddy to have one or
more each to use as needed. You can attach marker lights with rubber
bands, tape, string or cable ties, and several come with their own
attachment devices.
b. You can apply marker lights in three basic ways to help you and your
buddy remain oriented.
1. Use to mark each diver. Attach the marker light to your snorkel or
cylinder valve, so you can be seen more easily from the rear.
2. Secure marker lights to the dive boat or your surface float so you
can spot it easier when you surface. It also alerts boaters to your
presence. Attach the light about one metre/three feet up on the
flagstaff.
3. Mark your ascent/descent line or anchor line with them so you
can locate it easily. Attach several along the lines length, with a
different color at 5 metres/15 feet to mark the safety stop depth.
Note:
Remind divers to attach marker lights securely so they don’t come
loose and litter the reef or beach.
Note:
Suggest to divers they should check with the local Coast Guard or
Harbor Patrol concerning proper use of shore/boat lights. Make
sure divers do not use red, white or green flashing lights. These
lights could be mistaken by vessels as navigation beacons or harbor
entrances.
Note:
Inform student divers that as a general recommendation, it’s pref-
erable to avoid diving in an unfamiliar site at night. Under a few
circumstances, it may be acceptable to night dive at an unfamiliar
site. Under ideal conditions in a type of environment you’re famil-
iar with, it may be reasonable to night dive on a site you’ve never
visited before. For example, if you’ve been diving all week on coral
reefs around an island in clear, calm water, a night dive on a part
of the reef you haven’t seen would probably be acceptable. You
may never have seen that exact part of the reef, but provided you
evaluate the site, locate your planned entrance and exit points and
so on, you’d be adequately familiar with the environment to have
a fun, safe night dive. Similarly, it may be reasonable to visit a site
for the first time with a professional dive guide or instructor who is
familiar with the site. Recommend to divers to check with the local
PADI Dive Center or Resort and about their Discover Local Diving
night experiences.
Note:
Reinforce to student divers that a backup light should only be used
for the purpose of safely ascending and exiting the water - not for
continuing a dive. When you have to resort to a backup light, end
the dive.
Note:
Remind divers that devices used to gain attention at the surface
should be a standard piece of equipment for every diver, regard-
less of certification level. Audible devices like whistles or air horns
(devices that attach to the low-pressure inflator of the BCD) can be
easily heard at night or in limited visibility conditions. For daytime
use, include a visual signaling device like a signal mirror or surface
marker buoy (safety sausage) in your equipment. Familiarize stu-
dent divers with the latest devices on the market. The best way to do
this is to have samples of these devices for divers to handle.
Note:
Remind student divers to avoid shining their light directly into their
buddy’s eyes because this will temporarily blind their buddy by
destroying their night vision. Suggest locating their buddies by shin-
ing their light on their fins. Also, because quick, jerky light motions
are attention-getting signals, try to keep normal light movements
slow and steady. If they see a rapidly waving or jerky dive light
beam don’t ignore it. Determine the source and cause because
someone may need help.
Section Three:
Open Water Dives
Conduct
There are no required confined water and/or surface practice sessions for the PADI
Night Diver Specialty Diver course, however, developing student diver abilities
in conditions that doesn’t add complexity to learning new skills such as using and
maintaining dive lights, and night navigation techniques before progressing to
more challenging conditions, is sound instruction. Some of the underwater skills,
such as efficiently locating the dive exit point, using a dive light, signaling, and
navigation, are much easier to learn if you have student divers practice them in a
confined water session or on the surface first. You may add confined water and/
or surface practice sessions at your discretion. The confined water session may also
include a scuba skills review. After completing the course, suggest to divers to dry-
rehearse night diving navigation techniques before commencing night dives.
On the first dive, student divers mainly work on adjusting to the night envi-
ronment, using their diving equipment, communicating underwater, maintaining
neutral buoyancy, and using their navigation skills. On the second dive, student
divers continue to practice their navigation skills and take note of the nocturnal
aquatic life while on the tour part of their dive. On the third dive, student divers
experience a portion of their dive without the beam of their light. Divers who
finish exercises with sufficient air remaining may continue to dive for pleasure and
experience, at your discretion. Bottom time on each dive should not exceed the no
decompression limits of the Recreational Dive Planner or each diver’s computer,
if used. Regardless of how you conduct the open water dives, student divers
must demonstrate the following performance requirements.
Dive One
• Execute a descent using a line or sloping bottom as a reference.
• Demonstrate how to communicate with hand signals and dive
lights while night diving.
• Demonstrate the proper use of a personal dive light,
submersible pressure gauge, compass, timing device and depth
gauge at night.
• Navigate to a predetermined location using a compass/natural
features and return to within 8 metres/25 feet of the starting
point, surfacing for orientation only if necessary.
• Demonstrate proper buddy procedures by maintaining buddy
contact throughout the night dive.
• Perform an ascent using a line or sloping bottom as a
reference.
a. Briefing
1. Dive sequence – review Dive One tasks
b. Predive procedures
c. Dive One Tasks
1. Help assemble/position surface lighting systems.
2. Before descent, take compass bearing on shore/boat. Descend
reference line or down sloping bottom.
3. Underwater – adjust to the night diving environment.
4. Discuss the navigation exercise for this dive. Explain how to
perform the exercise and return to within 8 metres/25 feet of the
starting point.
5. Tour the immediate area.
d. Post-dive procedures
e. Debriefing
1. Student divers discuss the adjustment to the night diving environ-
ment and the techniques used for the navigation exercise. Guide
discussions to address what worked, what didn’t work, and how
things may be done differently the next time. Discuss the noctur-
nal aquatic life seen on the dive.
f. Log dive (instructor signs log)
a. Briefing
1. Dive sequence – review Dive Two tasks
b. Predive procedures
c. Dive Two Tasks
1. Help assemble or position surface lighting systems.
2. Before descent, take a compass bearing on the shore or boat.
Descend the reference line or bottom contour.
3. Underwater – adjust to the night diving environment.
4. Discuss the navigation exercise for this dive. Explain how to
perform the exercise and return to the boat or shore underwater
using a compass.
5. Tour the immediate area.
d. Post-dive procedures
e. Debriefing
1. Student divers discuss the techniques used for the navigation exer-
cise and the nocturnal aquatic life seen on the tour on the com-
pletion of the navigation exercise. Guide discussions to address
what worked, what didn’t work, and how navigation may be done
differently the next time. Discuss the nocturnal aquatic life seen
on the dive.
f. Log dive (instructor signs log)
a. Briefing
1. Dive sequence – review Dive Three tasks
b. Predive procedures
c. Dive Three Tasks
1. Help assemble or position surface lighting systems.
2. Before descent, take a compass bearing on the shore or boat.
Descend the reference line or bottom contour.
3. Explain how to perform the “lights-out” exercise. Lights-out for
three minutes while remaining in a stationary position on the
bottom.
4. Student divers are to conduct their own night dive, returning to
the boat or shore with at least 35 bar/500 psi in their tanks.
d. Post-dive procedures
e. Debriefing
1. Student divers discuss how they dealt with the lights-out exercise,
and how they fared with conducting their own night dive. Guide
discussions to address what worked, what didn’t work, and how
they may conduct their night dive differently the next time. Dis-
cuss the nocturnal aquatic life seen on the tour part of the dive.
f. Log dive (instructor signs log)
Appendix
Table of Contents
Night Diver Specialty Knowledge Review – Part I Answer Key .................................. 53
Night Diver Specialty Knowledge Review – Part II Answer Key ................................. 56
PADI Adventure Dive Training Record ...................................................................... 58
PADI Specialty Training Record – Night Diver.......................................................... 59
Note:
To assess knowledge you may review the Knowledge Review from the student diver’s
manual with the diver, ideally prior to participating in skill practice. Prescriptively
teach answers to questions student divers may have missed or have answered incor-
rectly or incompletely. Ensure student divers understand what they have missed.
1. State the recommendation regarding the use of new or unfamiliar equipment on a night dive.
When possible, avoid using unfamiliar equipment on night dives.
2. List three uses for marker lights and where they are attached for those uses.
1. To mark each diver – attach the marker light to your snorkel or cylinder valve.
2. To mark dive boat or surface float – attach the marker light about one metre/three feet up on the
flagstaff.
3. To mark ascent/descent line or anchor line – attach several marker lights along the length of the
line, with a different color at 5 metres/15 feet to mark the safety stop depth.
3 Describe what you will want to consider and evaluate in choosing a potential dive site for night
diving.
Dive familiar sites; try to dive the site the day before the night dive.
Night dive when conditions are good in a type of environment you’re familiar with.
4. What are the six environmental conditions you should avoid when night diving?
1. Moderate to high surf
2. Moderate to strong currents
3. Poor visibility
4. Thick kelp – or other entanglements
5. Heavy surge
6. Overhead environments
7. Briefly describe the procedures for entering the water at night from a boat and from shore.
Predive safety check: check lights and backups. From boat: check entry area, turn on light, enter
water, signal “okay,” clear entry area. From shore: check entry area with light, stay close to buddy,
move quickly through surf, be cautious where you step. Swim when water is deep enough.
8. Describe the proper techniques for descending and ascending at night so as to avoid disorienta-
tion and undue stress.
Use a reference line for both descent and ascent. Descend feet-first, pointing light downward to
watch for bottom. During ascent, point light upward, watching above, swim slowly (18 metres/60
feet per minute or slower).
10. Briefly describe the navigational techniques used to avoid disorientation and loss of direction
while night diving.
Dive site during the day. Before descent, take a compass heading to shore or back to boat. Keep
navigation patterns simple. Don’t stray far from entry/exit and reference line.
Night Diver
Knowledge Review Part II Answer Key
Note:
To assess knowledge you may review the Knowledge Review from the student diver’s
manual with the diver, ideally prior to participating in skill practice. Prescriptively
teach answers to questions student divers may have missed or have answered incor-
rectly or incompletely. Ensure student divers understand what they have missed.
11. State the rule regarding overhead environments and night dives.
It’s inappropriate to make overhead environment dives at night because locating an exit would be
extremely difficult in case of light failure, disorientation, and contact loss with a guideline.
12. List night diving considerations that apply to your personal dive equipment.
Be able to locate equipment by touch and operate with one hand. Alternate air source should be
easily accessible and identifiable. BCD low-pressure inflator should be easy to find. Wear exposure
protection. Instrument consoles are convenient to use at night. Carry a slate, audible and visual
signaling device for communication. Use equipment with which you’re familiar.
13. Explain why it’s important to carry at least two dive lights on a night dive.
In case of light failure, you’ll have a backup light.
14. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries in dive
lights.
Non-rechargeable
Advantages: long burn time, light dims slowly as batteries weaken.
Disadvantages: not reusable, can’t power high wattage bulbs.
Rechargeable
Advantages: may use over again by recharging. Less expensive than non-rechargeables in the long
run, power high-wattage bulbs.
Disadvantages: need careful handling and maintenance, light drops off quickly as battery weakens.
Instructor Statement
“I verify that this student diver has satisfactorily completed the Knowledge Review and Performance
Requirements (as described in PADI’s Adventures in Diving Program Instructor Guide) for this PADI
Adventure Dive. I am a renewed, Teaching status PADI Instructor for the current year.”
Dive Two
I verify that this student diver has satisfactorily completed Dive Two as outlined in the PADI standardized guide for Night Diver, including:
• Assemble/position surface lighting systems • Tour underwater area, note nocturnal aquatic life
• Take compass bearing on shore/boat • Using compass, return to shore/boat
• Adjust to night diving environment with at least 35bar/500psi remaining
I am a renewed, Teaching status PADI Instructor in this specialty.
Dive Three
I verify that this student diver has satisfactorily completed Dive Three as outlined in the PADI standardized guide for Night Diver, including:
• Assemble/position surface lighting systems • Lights out for 3 minutes in stationary position on the bottom
• Take a compass bearing on shore/boat • Tour underwater area, note nocturnal aquatic life
I am a renewed, Teaching status PADI Instructor in this specialty.