Project AWARE Dive Against Debris Specialty course

You can take this course as soon as you’re a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver with excellent buoyancy.

Like all PADI dive courses, the Project AWARE Dive Against Debris course is comprised of 2 elements:

1. Knowledge Development - required
   If you have friends or family who aren't divers, they're welcome to join the class too, so you can learn how to make a difference, together (see below for more about what you'll learn).
2. Training dive - optional This is an actual Clean Up dive that you'll plan, execute and log the results of, and it's the perfect way to your learning and planning into practice right away. Check out The Dive Bus monthly clean up events to find the date that suits you best. Dates don't work? We'll make an extra Clean Up dive for you, no worries.

Here's what you'll cover in the Knowledge Development part of the course:

• what marine debris is, where it comes from and the damage it does
• a bunch "oh-yeah!" easy ways that you can prevent your trash becoming marine debris
• how to plan and make a safe Dive Against Debris, without unintentionally doing more harm than good
• what to decide what to remove and what to leave behind
• how to log and report your Dive Against Debris data, so Project AWARE can use it to identify locations and marine life in greatest need of help, and what and where to focus their actions and solutions

If you care about protecting the ocean by learning how to do something about preventing trash endangering our underwater world, you're going to love this course, and what you'll take away from it. (Literally!)

You can start now by reading the Dive Against Debris Survey Guide and the Marine Debris Identification Guide, and downloading the Dive Against Debris Data Card from the Project AWARE website.'

Look out for and join in Clean Up dives near you back home or on vacation - it's a great way to meet new dive buddies whilst making a difference.

Check out The Dive Bus Eco Policy for a whole bunch of ways you can make a difference.

Open Water certified? Take your Advanced Open Water course for a broader taste of some of the other fun, underwater activities you can enjoy, learn more skills and increase your confidence. Each Specialty Diver certification you have counts as credit towards your Advanced Open Water course.

Advanced Open Water certified? here are heaps of PADI Specialty Dive courses to enjoy and each moves you one step closer to earning the coveted status of PADI Master Scuba Diver: the highest certification level for recreational scuba divers.

To become a PADI Master Scuba Diver, you'll also need to take your Rescue Diver and Emergency First Responder courses. Save money when you take both courses with The Dive Bus...

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