Course overview

The PADI Deep Diver specialty in Papua New Guinea takes you safely beyond 18 m toward the recreational limit of 40 m, exploring the deeper seamount walls and wreck sites of the region. On Kimbe Bay's plunging coral slopes and a WWII-era wreck resting in deeper water, you learn to plan deep dives, manage gas and recognise the effects of depth. The certification extends your range to many of Papua New Guinea's most dramatic dive sites.

What you’ll learn

• Plan and execute dives to a maximum of 40 m
• Manage air supply, no-decompression limits and a safety stop on deep dives
• Recognise and respond to nitrogen narcosis
• Use a redundant air source and deep-dive equipment
• Monitor colour and light changes with depth
• Set up and use a reference line for controlled descents and ascents

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 15
• PADI Adventure Diver or Advanced Open Water (or qualifying certification)
• Comfortable with deeper-water diving and buoyancy control
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Theory & first deep dives

   Deep-dive planning and narcosis awareness, then progressive dives onto a Kimbe Bay seamount wall.
2. Day2
   Depth dives & certification

   Complete deep dives toward the 40 m limit on a deeper reef or wreck, then certify.

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