Why miss a dive due to minor issues with your scuba diving equipment when you can resolve it with help of proper training? The PADI Equipment Specialist course prepares you to independently tend to your gear.

Whether it’s a missing o-ring, wetsuit tear or a broken fin strap, the PADI Equipment Specialist course teaches you to manage basic repairs and adjustments.

You’ll also learn more about how your gear works, making you more comfortable with it and better prepared to take care of your investment. 

You’ll learn about routine care and maintenance procedures as well as scuba equipment storage recommendations. Your instructor will show you how to overcome some common equipment problems and offer equipment configuration suggestions. 

What to expect?

The PADI Equipment Specialist course starts with a knowledge-development program through PADI eLearning. This will cover many of the basics, like how your dive equipment works and how to properly maintain your gear.

During the in-person sessions, your instructor may recommend that you bring your own equipment or they may provide equipment that you can use as you learn about how the gear functions and how to perform minor maintenance procedures.

You’ll also practice solving common gear problems that divers may face in the water, and you’ll assemble your own save-a-dive-kit with items like spare O-rings, spare second-stage mouthpieces, fin and mask straps, and other items that you can keep in your dive bag for these situations. There are no prerequisites for taking the PADI Equipment Specialist course other than an Open Water (or Junior Open Water) Diver certification.