Course overview

Discover Grand Cayman's reefs after dark with the PADI Night Diver specialty, where the reef transforms as nocturnal life emerges and tarpon hunt in your torch beam. Over three night dives near George Town you learn light signalling, night navigation and how to stay oriented in the dark. You finish certified for night diving and a dive counts toward Master Scuba Diver.

What you’ll learn

• Plan and organise a night dive
• Use primary and backup dive lights effectively
• Communicate with light signals
• Navigate and maintain orientation in the dark
• Enter, exit and control buoyancy at night
• Identify nocturnal marine life

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12
• PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent certification)
• Comfortable 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
   Night diving

   Cover the theory by day, then make three night dives over consecutive evenings near George Town, practising light signalling, navigation and orientation, before certifying.

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