Course overview

The PADI ReActivate refresher is the perfect way to brush up your skills before diving Trincomalee if it has been a while since your last dive. You review key knowledge and practise core skills in the calm shallows off Nilaveli, then ease back into diving on the gentle reefs of Pigeon Island Marine Park, restoring your confidence to enjoy the east coast safely.

What you’ll learn

Prerequisites

What's included · What's not

Included
  • ReActivate knowledge review (online or in-person)
  • Skill refresh session in confined water
  • One guided open-water dive to ease back in
  • All scuba equipment provided
  • Instructor guidance throughout
  • PADI ReActivate recognition and updated date on your record
Not included
  • Flights and airport transfers
  • Accommodation
  • Travel insurance
  • Personal expenses
  • Gratuities

The PADI Refresher / ReActivate pathway

PADI ReActivate is designed for certified divers returning after a break. It updates your dive record with a current ReActivated date and is recommended before fun diving if you have been inactive for six months or more.

Where you'll dive in Trincomalee

The refresher uses the calm shallows off Nilaveli for skills and the gentle reefs of Pigeon Island Marine Park for the easing-back dive, with the settled the calm May-to-September window, with shoulder months of April and October still diveable ideal for returning divers.

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