Wreck Diver Specialty – Limited Penetration
Take your wreck diving skills to the next level by learning the techniques and safety procedures required to explore limited overhead environments within shipwrecks.
Why Stuat Scuba? Small groups, personalized instruction! With a maximum of 2 divers per experienced SDI instructors who emphasize safety, sound judgment, and practical diving skills. South Florida’s numerous wreck sites provide opportunities to develop specialized wreck-diving techniques while learning to recognize and manage the additional risks of overhead environments.
Explore Beyond the Exterior. Plan Carefully. Dive Safely
Availability: Contact us for booking information
Course Description
The SDI Wreck Diver Specialty – Limited Penetration introduces certified divers to the exciting world of wreck exploration beyond the exterior of a sunken vessel. This course develops the knowledge, planning, equipment configuration, and practical skills necessary to safely conduct limited wreck penetration dives within recreational diving limits.
Students learn to assess wreck conditions, identify structural hazards, use penetration guidelines, manage gas supplies, maintain proper buoyancy and trim, and practice emergency procedures. Special emphasis is placed on maintaining a continuous guideline to open water, preventing silt-outs, avoiding entanglement, and understanding the risks associated with overhead environments.
Price: $595.00 per diver
Prerequisites
- Minimum age 18, or 15 with parental consent.
- SDI Advanced Adventure Diver certification or equivalent, with appropriate diving experience.
- Minimum logged dives: 10
- Completed SDI paperwork and medical questionnaire
Duration
- Approximately 2 days, including:
- SDI knowledge development and instructor review
- 3 open-water wreck training dives, including limited penetration exercises as required by current SDI standards.
What’s Included
- SDI specialty eLearning
- Professional instructor-led training
- SDI digital certification upon successful completion
- 3 instructor-led open-water training dives
- 1 Day 2 Tank Boat Dive
- Tanks and weights
Not Included
- Personal mask, snorkel, fins, and boots
- Equipment: BCD, regulator, dive computer, and wetsuit
- Surface Market Buoy (SMB) Light, Cutting Device, Slate, Reel/Spool
- Boat fees unless specifically included
- Transportation and personal expenses
What You’ll Learn
- Wreck penetration dive planning
- Hazard assessment
- Specialized equipment configuration
- Guideline deployment and retrieval
- Gas management
- Underwater communication
- Buoyancy and propulsion techniques
- Lost-line procedures
- Emergency exits
- Safe navigation within limited overhead environments.
Certification
Complete the required knowledge development, practical skills, and 3 open-water dives to earn your SDI Wreck Diver Specialty – Limited Penetration Diver Specialty certification, meeting current SDI standards.
