Specialty Courses
Stuart Scuba offers a multitude of specialty courses that you can take for specific interests or course requirements. Each course goes in depth on various subjects so that you can get the best information and training out of what interests you the most about scuba diving.
For those courses requiring a minimum number of dives for completion, Stuart Scuba includes the price of the necessary rental scuba gear, scuba tanks (with appropriate gas for the course being taken) and the boat trip(s).
We recommend a few regional courses for anyone that plans to dive in Florida, but a full list of all specality courses is available.
For those courses requiring a minimum number of dives for completion, Stuart Scuba includes the price of the necessary rental scuba gear, scuba tanks (with appropriate gas for the course being taken) and the boat trip(s).
We recommend a few regional courses for anyone that plans to dive in Florida, but a full list of all specality courses is available.
Enriched Air Nitrox (EANx)
Do you ever wish you could extend your no-decompression bottom times? You can continue your scuba education by taking the Enriched Air Nitrox (EANx) specialty course to obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to do so!
Enriched Air Nitrox (or EANx, commonly referred to as Nitrox) refers to the practice of adding more oxygen to your air mixture, which offsets the amount of nitrogen you on-gas during a dive. Stuart Scuba will teach you the science behind this method and how to safely use EANx to extend your bottom times and shorten your surface intervals.
Classes are academic based only and do not require diving for completion. Upon course completion, you will obtain a certification card that will allow you to fill your tanks, or rent tanks, with EANx. Most dive shops will require you to show this card, so keep it with your scuba certification card to show proof of EANx training. An expanded offering is available for those wishing to do a Nitrox dive with their instructor at the end of the course.
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Minimum Age: 12+ (depending on agency)
Enriched Air Nitrox (or EANx, commonly referred to as Nitrox) refers to the practice of adding more oxygen to your air mixture, which offsets the amount of nitrogen you on-gas during a dive. Stuart Scuba will teach you the science behind this method and how to safely use EANx to extend your bottom times and shorten your surface intervals.
Classes are academic based only and do not require diving for completion. Upon course completion, you will obtain a certification card that will allow you to fill your tanks, or rent tanks, with EANx. Most dive shops will require you to show this card, so keep it with your scuba certification card to show proof of EANx training. An expanded offering is available for those wishing to do a Nitrox dive with their instructor at the end of the course.
What We Teach:
- Science behind EANx
- Techniques for receiving additional no-decompression bottom time
- EANx equipment management
- EANx dive planning
- Using your dive computer in EANx mode
- Tracking oxygen exposure
- How to analyze your tanks for oxygen content
- Planning for best EANx mix for planned depth
- Using EANx and equivalent air depth tables
Course Requirements:
- Basic Gear: Mask, Fins, Boots, Snorkel
- 2.5hr classroom session only (Check out dive optional)
Minimum Age: 12+ (depending on agency)
Fish IdentificationHave you ever been scuba diving and asked yourself, “What was that?”
The Fish Identification Specialty course provides you with the fish identification basics. So you’ll find you enjoy diving even more when you recognize the most of the fish, plants and some of the other creatures you see. The great part about this course is you can use the information you learn on every scuba diving adventure because once you learn the main fish families and characteristics it will help you recognize the different species you’ll see all over the world. What we teach:
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Age Minimum: 10+ (depending on agency) Drift DiverThe Drift Diver Specialty course introduces you to the most amazing ride in town. This course shows you how to enjoy and safely control your dive in water flows and ocean currents by quite literally “going with the flow,” staying with your dive buddy, communicating with the dive boat and knowing where.
Most of the diving in Palm Beach County is drift diving, so why not learn from the experts? What we teach:
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Age Minimum: 12+ (depending on agency) Deep DiverAfter you start gaining experience SCUBA diving as an Open Water Diver, you soon want to explore depths that are a bit deeper. There is always something exciting and mysterious about deep diving that attracts the attention of some divers.
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Age Minimum: 15+ (depending on agency) Underwater PhotographerWhat we teach:
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Age Minimum: 15+ Wreck Diver (non penetration)What we teach:
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Peak Performance BuoyancyScuba divers like to be neutrally buoyant. But it can be a complicated thing. Divers who’ve mastered Peak Performance Buoyancy really are performing at an elite level. You’ve seen them underwater. They move effortlessly, use less air change depths as if by thought. They have the ability to interact gently with aquatic life and affect their surroundings minimally. They do this through skill and by choice as opposed to by reaction. The Peak Performance Buoyancy course reviews basic skills learned in your Open Water Diver course and elevates them to a more perfected level.
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Age Minimum: 10+ Night DiverAs the sun sets, you begin to slip in to your dive gear, put on your scuba mask and take a deep breath as you step off the boat or descend off the beach at the world famous Blue Heron Bridge into the underwater night. You've may have seen this reef many times before, this time it’s a whole new world and you watch it come to life under your dive light.
Come explore the underwater world in a brand new light. You’ll be introduced to a whole new cast of animals that emerge after the sun goes down. You’ll see your favorite dive sites from a whole new perspective at night. What we teach:
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Age Minimum: 12+ (depending on agency) Underwater Hunter and CollectorWhat we teach:
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Age Minimum: 10+ (depending on agency) Dry Suit DiverWhat we teach:
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Age Minimum: 10+ (depending on agency) SOLO DiverWhat we teach:
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Age Minimum: 21+ |
We also offer an extensive list of specialty courses from each agency. Please contact the Stuart Scuba for details, pricing and scheduling.
NAUIDeep Diver
Dry Suit Diver Enriched Air Nitrox (EANx) Scuba Rescue Diver Search and Recovery Diver Training Assistant Underwater Archaeologist Underwater Ecologist Underwater Ecologist: Kelp Forest Underwater Ecologist: Coral Reef Underwater Environment Underwater Photographer Underwater Hunter and Collector Wreck Diver (External Survey) |
PADIAltitude Diver
AWARE - Coral Reef Conservation AWARE - Fish Identification Boat Diver Cavern Diver Deep Diver Digital Underwater Photographer Diver Propulsion Vehicle Drift Diver Dry Suit Diver Emergency Oxygen Provider Enriched Air Diver Equipment Specialist Ice Diver Multilevel Diver Night Diver Peak Performance Buoyancy Project AWARE Specialist Public Safety Diver Search and Recovery Diver Sidemount Diver Underwater Naturalist Underwater Navigator Underwater Videographer Wreck Diver Distinctive Specialties – Project AWARE and PADI |
SDIAdvanced Adventure
Advanced Buoyancy Control Altitude Boat Computer Computer Nitrox CPROX 1st AED Deep Diver Propulsion Vehicle Drift Dry Suit Equipment Specialist Full Face Mask Ice Marine Ecosystems Awareness Night/Limited Visibility Research Search and Recovery Shore/Beach Sidemount Solo Underwater Hunter & Collector Underwater Photographer Underwater Videographer Visual Inspection Procedures Wreck |
