Course overview

Experience Neil Island's reefs after dark with the PADI Night Diver specialty, watching nocturnal hunters like reef octopus and crustaceans emerge as the day fish settle. Neil's sheltered, shallow sites make night dives calm and easy to manage.

What you’ll learn

• Plan and execute night dives
• Use dive lights and communicate at night
• Navigate in the dark
• Identify nocturnal marine life
• Manage buoyancy and orientation without daylight

Prerequisites

• 12 years or older
• PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or equivalent
• Medical clearance

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
   First night dive

   Learn light signals and complete an introductory night dive.
2. Day2
   Navigation and life

   Practise night navigation and observe nocturnal species.

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