Open Water Diver up to 18 metres
PADI Wreck Diver Course
PADI Wreck Diver Course price $375
PADI Wreck Diver Specialty Course will be of interest to those who want to see sunken ships, planes and other objects created by human hands. Divers who are at least 15 years old and have an Advanced Open Water Diver certification or equivalent are eligible to take this course.
The program of the special course includes 4 dives in open water, which can be done within 2 days.
What is involved?
- Planning, organization, methodology, technique of diving on sunken objects, as well as the difficulties and dangers involved.
- Preparation and use of torches, spare tanks, special equipment, ropes, reels, etc.
- Diving in conditions of limited visibility, emergency action plan.
On the Wreck Diver course, you will have an opportunity to dive on one of our local wrecks:
SS Dunraven Sailing-steam brigantine XIX century
She was launched in Newcastle (Great Britain) in 1873.
Dimensions- 80m x 10m
Draft - 7.3m
Transport sailing-steam vessel with a crew of 25
She sank on Beacon Rock/Shaab Mahmood Reef in 1876.
HMS Thistlegorm
Armed transport ship of World War II
She was launched in Sunderland (Great Britain) in 1939.
She was built specifically for military transportation
She made 3 voyages: to the USA, Argentina and the Antilles.
Dimensions - 126.5m x 18m
Draft - 7.56m
She was heading from Glasgow to Suez with a cargo of military equipment for Montgomery British army. She was bombed and sank on 6 October 1941 off Sha'ab Ali Reef in Gubal Strait. 9 crew members were killed.
Million Hope
Bulk carrier The largest wreck in the Red Sea
Launched in Japan in 1972
Dry cargo ship additionally equipped for cars transportation
Dimensions: 175m x 25m. The largest wreck in the Red Sea
She was heading from the Port of Aqaba to Taiwan with a cargo of potash.
On June 20, 1996, she hit a reef near Nabq and sank
Diving is possible only when it is completely calm in the Strait of Tiran.
The price of PADI Wreck diving course includes:
- Transfer from the hotel to the Dolphin or the port, and back
- PADI Certification
- Instructor's work
- General organization of dives
- Use of the necessary training materials and special equipment.
- 14% VAT and 10% entertainment tax.
Possible additional costs
- Basic equipment rental (if needed)
- Dive insurance (highly recommended): $8 per day
- State park fee / boat dives only $8
- Drinks and lunch onboard: $8
- On Thistelgorm trip $16 breakfast + lunch + drinks.