SPECIALITY
SCUBA DIVING
COURSES IN
COZUMEL
Earn Your Speciality Scuba Diving Certification with Cozumel Scuba School in the Caribbean!
Cozumel Scuba School offers extensive scuba diving training for divers who want to earn their Wreck, EANx Nitrox, Deep, Photo & Video, Search & Recovery, Independent Diving, Sidemount, or any of several important Marine Ecology & Conservation specialities in Cozumel, the Riviera Maya, and throughout the Mexican Caribbean. If you're an Open Water or Advanced Open Water certified scuba diver, and you want to expand your knowledge we can provide all-inclusive lessons, shore, and boat dives for you to enjoy!
ADVANCED ADVENTURER
This 2-3 day course is your opportunity to learn exciting skills from different specialties including Deep, Navigation, and several others that you can choose from a variety of areas such marine ecology, drift diving, wreck, night, and others.
THE COZUMEL ADVANCED OPEN WATER SCUBA COURSE
You don't have to be an advanced diver to advance your skills, experience, and knowledge. This course allows Open Water Scuba Divers the opportunity to try out some of diving's most popular specialities under the direct supervision of one of Cozumel Scuba School's talented and friendly Scuba Instructors.
During the Advanced Open Water Course in Cozumel (also called Advanced Adventurer), you will complete 5 open water dives, which includes a Navigation Dive, a Deep Dive, and three additional Adventure dives of your choosing. The most popular are Night, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Drift Diving, and Wreck.
Included in the Advanced Open Water course are 3 shore dives, and 2 boat dives to explore the incredibly stunning reefs that Cozumel and the amazingly clear blue Caribbean Sea water has to offer divers.
EXAMPLE OF ADVANCED OPEN WATER COURSE SCHEDULE
Pre-Work: Online Reading and Quizes
Day 1: Orientation, Navigation, and 2 Elective Shore Dives
Day 2: Deep and 1 Elective Boat Dive
Most students are able to earn their Advanced Adventurer certification in 2 days. Students who require time beyond the allotted 2 days will incur an additional $50.00 USD fee per day. Students are expected to complete their online course material in a timely fashion so they can focus on dives.
$447.00 USD
SPECIALITIES
Cozumel Scuba School offers a variety of specialities you can choose from to advance your experience, improve your education, and increase your dives.
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Materials, Books, Tanks, Transportation to Dive Sites, Site Fees, and Agency Certification Fees are all Included. We can offer you housing, additional fun dives, boat excursions, tours, and adventure outings in addition to your Specialty Scuba course. Ask an instructor.
Cozumel Scuba School Speciality Scuba Courses
COZUMEL SPECIALITY COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Each speciality course has it's own requirements. For example, some require you posses an Open Water certification, while a few others mandate you are Advanced Open Water certified. Some, such as Marine Ecology programs may be taken by non-divers and divers alike. Speak with your instructor about details.
You must complete required paperwork including releases and medical statement.
Pay your course fee.
Complete Academic Sections online or via our app, which can be done before you arrive in Cozumel to dive with us. You may also complete the academics during the course, and you may need to complete a quiz or final exam with a score of 80%.
Complete any required confined or open water dives related to the speciality.
Have lots of fun!
Once you've completed a speciality course, you'll be issued your certification by email. It will also be uploaded to your App, so you can have it on your phone too!
EAN / NITROX
Learn how to plan Nitrox dives and use Nitrox safely, including analyzing the mix before use. This speciality can be tacked onto the Open Water Scuba Diver course.
$197.00 USD
BOAT DIVING
You'll learn all about boat diving techniques and what equipment to take while exploring the beautiful walls of the marine park in Cozumel with this one day specialty course.
$197.00 USD
MEDIA PRODUCTION
This course is an introduction to underwater photography and video. During the course you'll learn how to use a digital camera, composition and editing of media.
$197.00 USD
DEEP DIVING
You'll spend 2 days planning & conducting dives up to 40m/130ft at one of Cozumel's incredible walls. You'll see coral reefs and spectacular marine life in the warm Caribbean Sea.
$297.00 USD
STRESS & RESCUE
Most divers tell us this was one of the most challenging and rewarding courses they ever took. For 3 days you'll learn how to avoid, recognize and deal with diver emergencies.
$497.00 USD
DRIFT DIVING
Some places like Cozumel allow divers to drift in strong but relaxing currents during their entire dive. This speciality teaches you the ins and outs of diving in Cozumel's waters.
$147.00 USD
WRECK DIVING
This 2 days course will teach you how to find information on wrecks, how to plan a wreck dive, and safe diving techniques so you can identify and avoid potential hazards.
$297.00 USD
NAVIGATION
This course will have you focusing on how to use a compass and environmental clues, how to estimate distances, navigate search patterns, find waypoints, and return to an exit point.
$197.00 USD
NIGHT DIVING
Experience Cozumel's exciting night life! You'll learn how to plan and prepare for limited visibility dives, as well as, how to use appropriate equipment and procedures.
$197.00 USD
PERFECT BUOYANCY
Spend the day with us learning advanced buoyancy control and how you can reduce your impact on our fragile marine environments during every scuba dive.
$197.00 USD
PROJECT AWARE
In this course you'll learn the most pressing problems facing vulnerable aquatic environments and what actions you can take to help protect the marine environment.
$97.00 USD
DEBRIS DIVER
Learn how you can have an impact by setting up, promoting, and executing dives against debris to remove non integrated trash and other objects from the sea.
$147.00 USD
WAVES & CURRENTS
This course gives you the skills and knowledge required to conduct dives from shore, in currents, and in different types of waves.
$197.00 USD
MARINE ECOLOGY
This program provides a general understanding of the complex and exciting science of marine ecology and ocean ecosystems.
$147.00 USD
SEA TURTLE ECOLOGY
Learn skills and concepts required to recognize and identify common species of sea turtles and their role in the ocean's ecosystems.
$197.00 USD
CORAL IDENTIFICATION
This program will teach you the skills and concepts required to recognize and identify common families of Caribbean coral species.
$147.00 USD
SHARK ECOLOGY
During this fascinating course, you'll learn about the biology and ecology of sharks, as well as, diving procedures.
$147.00 USD
FISH IDENTIFICATION
This course teaches you the concepts required to identify the common families of Caribbean reef fish found in Cozumel.
$147.00 USD
SEARCH & RECOVERY
You'll learn search patterns using ropes and compasses, how to plan search and recovery operations in a team, and the correct handling of lifting bags.
$297.00 USD
SIDE MOUNT DIVING
Learn the background, history, benefits and equipment of sidemount diving, as well as, how to configure the equipment and safely manage it in the water.
$497.00 USD
INDEPENDENT DIVING
Become a self-reliant diver by learning proper equipment maintenance, and the special considerations and rescue techniques required to dive independently.
$297.00 USD
SCIENCE OF DIVING
This course will teach you everything you need to know about the science of diving including physics, physiology, decompression theory, marine life and diving equipment.
$197.00 USD
EQUIPMENT
This course will teach you how to choose diving equipment to suit your needs, and how to fit, adjust, maintain and make minor repairs to kit such as BCDs and Regulators.
$197.00 USD
CENOTE & CAVERNS
The Yucatan Peninsula is a limestone shelf with no rivers. Rainwater seeps through into underground caves to create a truly unique diving experiences. Earn your speciality now.
$497.00 USD
DRY SUIT DIVING
During this course, you'll learn the unique advantages of dry suit diving, types of suits, valves, underwear and accessories, dry suit diving techniques and suit maintenance.
$197.00 USD
FULL FACE MASK
During this exciting course you'll learn the important technical and practical knowledge, unique skills, and the advantages and challenges specific to safely diving with an OTS full face mask.
$197.00 USD
PUBLIC SAFETY DIVER
Learn PSD procedures, equipment, scene handling, documentation, compass navigation, knot tying, search techniques, victim recovery, rope-pull communications, and PSD survival skills.
$497.00 USD
