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Learn to Scuba Dive from Professionals and Explore More™ of Vancouver
You need to be trained well and feel confident to explore our underwater world. Explore online or drop by our scuba shop and discover how International Diving Centre offers a whole host of diving activities and courses that keep you enjoying an exciting experience off Vancouver's coastline.
Below are our scuba course categories. Within each you can find a range of specific scuba courses that continue your skill. If you are unsure of what course to take or which courses are required to continue your training please refer to our scuba course chart.
Recreational Scuba Courses Beginners to Advanced
You need to be trained well and feel confident to explore our underwater world. If you are not yet a diver, IDC will make it our mission to make you see why this is the one true sport that lives up to all your expectations.
- Recreational Courses:
- Discover Scuba Diving
- Open Water Referral
- Open Water
- Advanced Open Water
- First Aid / CPR
- Rescue
- Refresher Courses
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Pro Courses for PADI Professionals
As a PADI professional you do things others only dream of. Whether you work for International Diving Centre, at a resort or on a live-aboard dive boat, the adventure of a lifetime is yours for the taking.
- Pro Courses:
- Divemaster
- EFR Instructor
- Instructor Development
- Instructor Development with ERFI
- Master Scuba Diver Trainer
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Technical Courses for the Technical Diver
Technical diving is an extremely equipment intensive activity in which overcomplicating a gear configuration can lead to serious injury and even death. Learn from professional.
- Technical Courses:
- Overview
- Nitrox
- Gas Blender
- GUE Fundamentals
- GUE Recreational TriOx
- GUE Tech Diver Level 1
- GUE Tech Diver Level 2
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Learn to Freedive in Vancouver
We have a Freediving course that will help you increase your depth and time; your knowledge of Freediving and most importantly the safety requiered to Freedive safely for years to come.
- Freediving Courses:
- Overview of Freediving Courses
- Introduction to Freediving
- Basic Freediver
- Intermediate Freediver
- Safety Supervisor
- Assistant Instructor
- Basic Instructor
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Specialty Courses for the Utlimate Adventure
Whether you're seeking the adventure found in sunken shipwrecks, the sensation of weightlessness, a beautiful coral reef, a Port Hardy trip, a natural world beyond comprehension or a new weekend activity there is nothing like scuba diving.
- Specialty Courses:
- PADI Drysuit
- Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty
- PADI Digital Underwater Photographer
- PADI Underwater Navigator
- PADI Night Diver
- PADI Wreck Specialty
- PADI Deep Diver Specialty
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