Specialties give you a chance to pursue areas of interest in more detail, giving you greater
knowledge and more diving experience. For some specialties you will need Advanced Open
Water or Adventure diver certification, others you can begin straight after an Open Water course.
Specialites can be packaged together for great savings, or a package of five specialties together with the Rescue Diver certification results in Master Scuba Diver certification, the highest non-professional ranking in PADI. You will receive discounted accommodation during your training and are entitled to the Buddha View Diver Privilege Card that gives you discounts on dive equipment and dive courses and tours around the world.
Some specialties to dive into: Enriched Air: extend your bottom time with nitrox (increased percentages of oxygen). Gives you the chance to get the most out of 20-30 meter dives. This is also your stepping stone to technical diving. 4,000bht , materials are an additional 2,000bht (includes manual and tables). Book Now! Wreck Diver: 4 dives. 2 dives on shallow wrecks looking at wreck diving techniques plus two exciting deep wreck dives off dedicated tech diving boat. Includes introduction to technical diving procedures. 9,900bht plus 600bht manual Book Now! Equipment specialty: Half day introduction to dive equipment maintenance with resident equipment technician. 3,500bht. Book Now! Oxygen Provider: Full day thorough overview of oxygen systems and diving emergency scenarios. 4,000bht plus 600bht manual. Book Now!
Digital Photography: 2 dives including camera rental, instruction on photographic techniques and photo-shop editing skills. 5,500 plus 600bht manual . Special Promotion Feb 15th to June 30th 2009. Course offers a 15% discount from Intova digital camera purchase.Book Now! Naturalist/Marine Resource Management: Two dives focusing on reef life identification and functions. Includes half day seminar on reef ecology and marine resource management. 4,500bht Book Now!
Deep Diver: 4 dives with a dive to 40 meters. Overview of deep diving techniques, planning, physiological concerns and safety procedures. Includes tech diving orientation. 5,900 plus 600bht manual Book Now! Videography: 4 dives including video camera hire and training in video techniques and editing. 16000bht. Special Promotion - One month internship 33,000bht. Book Now! Triggerhappy Videography Internship: 2- 4 weeks / UNLIMITED DIVES
This internship provides you a professional environment and on the job training to master videography skills. With unlimited dives and guidance from the trigger happy team you will soon be able to produce videos to a professional standard, working with the team on a daily basis as they film and produce movies to DVD for Buddha View divers. The internship covers diving/ filming techniques, editing and DVD production as well as film theory to a very technical standard. It will train you to professional level enabling you to travel anywhere in the world with a fabulous job skill to offer.Book Now! BUDDHA VIEW offers DSAT technical dive courses.