Full Face Mask Diver Specialty
Discover a new way to dive! Learn to use a full face mask safely and confidently while enjoying improved comfort, natural breathing, and enhanced underwater communication options.
Why Choose Stuart Scuba? Small groups. Personalized instruction. With a maximum of 6 divers per instructor, Stuart Scuba provides individual attention, practical skills development, and a strong focus on safety and confidence.
Availability: Contact us for booking information
Course Description
Take your diving further! Experience the benefits of full face mask diving through practical, instructor-led training. Learn proper mask fitting, setup, clearing, emergency procedures, and gas-sharing techniques. Build confidence managing equipment challenges underwater while earning your SDI Full Face Mask Diver Specialty certification.
Price $295.00 per diver
Prerequisites
- Minimum age: 18 years, 15 with parental consent
- Certification: SDI Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent
- Minimum logged dives: No additional logged dives required
- Completed SDI paperwork and medical questionnaire
Duration
- Approximately 1 day, including:
- SDI eLearning and instructor review
- Confined-water skills training
- 2 open-water training dives
What’s Included
- SDI specialty eLearning
- Professional instructor-led training
- SDI digital certification upon successful completion
- Training full face mask
- Tanks and weights
Not Included
- Personal fins and boots
- Full face mask
- Personal backup mask
- Equipment: BCD, regulator, dive computer, and wetsuit
- Boat fees, if applicable
- Transportation and personal expenses
What You’ll Learn
- Full face mask features, benefits, and limitations
- Proper mask selection, fitting, and adjustment
- Equipment assembly and pre-dive safety checks
- Breathing, buoyancy, and equalization techniques
- Mask clearing, removal, and replacement
- Emergency procedures and switching to a backup regulator
- Gas sharing and out-of-air procedures
- Underwater communication options
Certification
Complete the required knowledge development, practical skills, and 2 dives to earn your SDI Full Face Mask Diver Specialty certification, meeting current SDI standards.
