PADI Specialty Diver Courses · individual specialties · 1–2 days each
Specialty courses let you take a single discipline beyond the Advanced Open Water introduction — with proper theory, dedicated training dives and a separate certification for each one. Most can be completed in a day or two of normal diving, slotting in alongside your other plans.
Available specialties
Specialties run from Coconut Tree Divers
Deep Diver
$350Extends your depth limit to forty metres — deep theory, gas management, narcosis recognition. Four dedicated training dives on the West End wall.
Wreck Diver
$400Wreck-diving theory, exterior survey, hazard assessment, and properly briefed limited penetration on one of Roatan's sunken freighters. Four training dives.
Underwater Navigator
$250Compass work, natural navigation, distance estimation, square and triangle patterns. Three training dives on reef and sand.
Night Diver
$250Night-diving theory, torch and signalling techniques, navigation in the dark. Three dusk and dark dives on the busy nocturnal reef.
Enriched Air Nitrox
$250The most popular specialty in diving. Theory on oxygen physiology and gas analysis, plus two qualifying dives using nitrox. Longer bottom times for the rest of your diving life.
Book Nitrox on trytnFive recreational specialties on Roatan
Add 2 to 4 training dives plus a short knowledge component
Stack them into a Master Scuba Diver rating, or just pick the one that interests you.
What's included on every specialty
Each specialty includes
- Tuition with a qualified PADI Specialty Instructor
- PADI specialty materials
- PADI certification card fee
- All scuba equipment rental for the training dives
- All boat fees for the qualifying dives
Master Scuba Diver is PADI's top non-professional recreational rating. It requires Rescue Diver plus five specialty certifications and fifty logged dives. Combining specialties here in Roatan is the most efficient way to tick the boxes.
Beyond recreational limits
Technical training continues next door
Roatan Tec Center, run by Monty Graham, shares the building with Coconut Tree Divers.
Other specialties on request
Not seeing what you want?
PADI offers a much wider range of specialty courses than the headline list above — Peak Performance Buoyancy, Underwater Photography, Fish Identification, Search & Recovery, Drift Diver, Drysuit and others. Get in touch and we'll quote whichever specialty you have in mind, subject to instructor availability.
Pick your specialty
Get in touch with the specialty (or combination) you have in mind and we'll fit it around your stay.
