The Fun Part

Explore the unique aquascape found only under ice. You can be one of the few that have ever dived under a solid ceiling of ice. Plus, imagine the look on your Divemaster’s face on your next Caribbean trip when you flash your PADI Ice Diver certification. You might get a chance to play with your exhaled air bubbles on the bottom of the ice or an opportunity to try the unique sport of upside down, bottom of the ice, skiing.

What You Learn

You will complete a minimum of three ice dives for your certification. Dives are typically done as a group working with support personnel, divers, tenders, and safety divers. You are under the ice to learn to control buoyancy, navigate under the ice, and keep in contact with the lead diver and tenders via line pulls.

You learn:

• To plan and organize ice dives
• Reasons and opportunities for ice diving
• Equipment considerations
• About site selection, preparation and hole-cutting procedures
• How to practice the procedures and techniques for handling the problems and hazards of ice diving
• To use specialized ice diving equipment, safety lines, harnesses, signals, communications, line tending and line-securing techniques
• About the effects of cold, emergency procedures and safety-diver procedures
• How to manage equipment problems

To purchase learning materials and equipment, contact an Atlantis crew member at the store.

Your Next Adventure

Although some ice divers dive in a wetsuit, you’ll probably find that you are more comfortable in a dry suit. The PADI Dry Suit Diver course can help you become familiar with the nuances of using a dry suit.

While you’re brushing up on your specialty diving skills, you should also take the Rescue Diver course, which puts you just on step closer to the Master Scuba Diver rating.

For more information about this or other PADI courses have a chat with your Atlantis Aquatics crew member.

(eLearning is not currently available for this course)

Atlantis Aquatics Cancellation/Postponement Policy

Atlantis Aquatics reserves the right to cancel or postpone a class due to weather, lightning, pool closing, or any other circumstance that may cause the course to be postponed. In the event of a class cancellation by Atlantis Aquatics, the student can reschedule or receive a full refund on the instructional portion of the course.

If a student cancels less then 48 hours from a scheduled class, no refund is offered. If a student wishes to reschedule a course less then 14 days from a scheduled class, a $45.00 change fee is in effect. If a student cancels a class greater then 14 days from a scheduled class, the student may receive a refund for the instructional portion of the course minus a $50.00 non refundable amount. No refunds available for cancellation of class less then 14 days from scheduled class.