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PADI Drysuit Diver Specialty - Go Dive Tasmania
PADI Drysuit Diver Specialty - Go Dive Tasmania
PADI Drysuit Diver Specialty - Go Dive Tasmania

PADI Drysuit Diver Specialty

Course - Go Dive Tasmania

🧊 PADI Drysuit Diver Course — Dive Comfortably in Cold Water

Stay warm and extend your diving season with Go Dive Tasmania’s PADI Drysuit Diver Course. A drysuit seals you off from cold water, allowing you to dive comfortably in cooler conditions and explore new dive locations year-round.


🧭 Course Structure — 2 Days / Pool & Shore Dives

This hands-on course combines a brief theory session with practical training including one pool session and two open water shore dives to master drysuit skills and safety procedures.


📚 What You’ll Learn

  • Choosing the right drysuit style and undergarments for your diving needs

  • Maintaining and caring for your drysuit

  • Mastering buoyancy and trim control with a drysuit — adding a new dimension to your diving skills

  • Safe entry, exit, and underwater techniques specific to drysuit diving

  • Emergency procedures such as managing suit floods or valve malfunctions

  • Expanding your diving opportunities into colder waters and new locations worldwide


What’s Included

  • PADI Online Learning

  • Expert instruction

  • 1x Pool session (approx. 2 hours)

  • 2x Shore dives


💡 Optional Upgrade

Add two boat dives for only $99 to experience drysuit diving from the watercraft and explore additional dive sites.


What’s Not Included

  • Personal drysuit (required, no hire available)

  • Full scuba gear (available in-store for hire)

  • Transport, food & drinks


🧰 Equipment Requirements

  • Your own drysuit (mandatory)

  • Full scuba gear set (or hire from us)


📋 Course Prerequisites

  • Minimum certification: PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent)

  • Minimum age: 12 years old


🩺 Medical Requirements

A diving medical is required if you:

  • Answer “Yes” to any medical questions

  • Are 45 years or older

Please review our Medical Tab before booking.


📌 Booking Conditions

Courses are non-refundable once booked.
You must read and agree to our full Booking Conditions before purchase.

      Regular price $395.00

      PRODUCT INFORMATION

      • Description
      • MEDICAL
      • BOOKING CONDITIONS
      • Reviews
      Description

      🧊 PADI Drysuit Diver Course — Dive Comfortably in Cold Water

      Stay warm and extend your diving season with Go Dive Tasmania’s PADI Drysuit Diver Course. A drysuit seals you off from cold water, allowing you to dive comfortably in cooler conditions and explore new dive locations year-round.


      🧭 Course Structure — 2 Days / Pool & Shore Dives

      This hands-on course combines a brief theory session with practical training including one pool session and two open water shore dives to master drysuit skills and safety procedures.


      📚 What You’ll Learn

      • Choosing the right drysuit style and undergarments for your diving needs

      • Maintaining and caring for your drysuit

      • Mastering buoyancy and trim control with a drysuit — adding a new dimension to your diving skills

      • Safe entry, exit, and underwater techniques specific to drysuit diving

      • Emergency procedures such as managing suit floods or valve malfunctions

      • Expanding your diving opportunities into colder waters and new locations worldwide


      What’s Included

      • PADI Online Learning

      • Expert instruction

      • 1x Pool session (approx. 2 hours)

      • 2x Shore dives


      💡 Optional Upgrade

      Add two boat dives for only $99 to experience drysuit diving from the watercraft and explore additional dive sites.


      What’s Not Included

      • Personal drysuit (required, no hire available)

      • Full scuba gear (available in-store for hire)

      • Transport, food & drinks


      🧰 Equipment Requirements

      • Your own drysuit (mandatory)

      • Full scuba gear set (or hire from us)


      📋 Course Prerequisites

      • Minimum certification: PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent)

      • Minimum age: 12 years old


      🩺 Medical Requirements

      A diving medical is required if you:

      • Answer “Yes” to any medical questions

      • Are 45 years or older

      Please review our Medical Tab before booking.


      📌 Booking Conditions

      Courses are non-refundable once booked.
      You must read and agree to our full Booking Conditions before purchase.

          MEDICAL

          Recreational Diving Medical Requirements – Go Dive Tasmania

          To make things easier for you, please see the links below for the recreational diving medical forms.

          Go Dive Tasmania requires a diving medical in the following cases:

          • You answer “Yes” to any medical question and are prompted to see a doctor.
          • You are 45 years or older.

          If this applies to you, you must complete the medical before booking your course.

          PADI Dive Medical*

          • Can be completed by any willing GP.
          • When booking your appointment, ask for a recreational diving medical.
          • Not all GPs are familiar or willing to do this — check ahead of time.
          • Bring a printed copy of the form to your appointment.
          • All doctors listed below are known to offer this service in Tasmania.

          📄 Download Medical Forms

          To complete your diving medical, please download and print the appropriate form below:

          🔹 PADI Dive Medical Form
          Use this form if you are seeing a general GP.
          👉 Download PADI Medical Form (PDF)

          🔹 SPUMS Recreational Dive Medical Form
          Use this only if seeing a SPUMS-accredited doctor.
          👉 Download SPUMS Medical Form (PDF)

          Make sure to bring the printed form to your appointment to ensure the medical can be completed without delays.

          SPUMS Dive Medical*

          • Can only be completed by SPUMS-accredited doctors.
          • To find an accredited provider near you, use the SPUMS Doctor List.

          Doctors Performing Recreational Diving Medicals – Hobart Region

          Dr Michael Tooth
          City Doctors Hobart
          📞 (03) 6231 3003

          Hyperbaric Medicine Unit (Royal Hobart Hospital)
          📞 (03) 6166 8196

          Dr Graham Stevens
          Your Health Hub
          📞 (03) 6122 0150

          Dr Elizabeth Elliott
          General Practice Plus
          📞 (03) 6223 5533

          Dover Medical Centre
          📞 (03) 6298 1222

          Sorell Doctors Surgery (existing patients only)
          📞 (03) 6265 1595

          Doctors – Northern Tasmania

          Windmill Hill Medical (Launceston)
          📞 (03) 6776 0080

          Tremaur Medical Centre (Launceston)
          📞 (03) 6776 0080

          Rose Cottage Medical (Launceston)
          📞 (03) 6334 3622

          Exeter Medical Center (Exeter)
          📞 (03) 6394 4247

          SmartClinics (Devonport)
          📞 (03) 6422 6200

          Burnie General Practice (Burnie)
          📞 (03) 6431 7708

          Wynyard Medical Centre (Wynyard)
          📞 (03) 6442 2201

          Important

          Please allow at least 14 days to book and attend your diving medical — wait times can vary.

          If you have any questions or are unsure whether a medical is required for your booking, feel free to contact us:

          📞 (03) 6231 9749
          📧 info@godivetassie.com.au

          BOOKING CONDITIONS

          Go Dive Tasmania – Booking Conditions

          By booking any activity with Go Dive Tasmania, you acknowledge and agree to the following terms and conditions. Please read carefully before making your booking.

          1. General Conditions

          • All participants must complete an information and liability waiver prior to the activity. Completion is mandatory — no exceptions.
          • You are responsible for booking an activity suitable to your certification level and confirming you are medically fit to participate.
          • All courses and activities are conducted in English only. For safety reasons, translation is not permitted.
          • Go Dive Tasmania reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any activity due to weather, safety concerns, instructor availability, minimum numbers, or other operational reasons.

          3. Course Booking Conditions

          Eligibility

          • Minimum age: 12 years (8 years for Bubble Makers or Seal Team programs).
          • Participants must have their own transport between dive shop, pool, lodge, and dive sites. Go Dive does not provide transfers.
          • Many sites are in National Parks. A valid Parks Pass may be required: https://passes.parks.tas.gov.au

          Medical & Swim Requirements

          • A completed medical questionnaire is required. If indicated, doctor clearance must be provided.
          • Divers aged 45 years or older must provide a dive medical from a doctor.
          • You must be able to swim 200 metres and float for 10 minutes unassisted.
          • Swim tests are conducted on Day 1. Failure to pass will result in course cancellation without refund.
          • Failure to bring swim gear will be treated as a no-show.
          • Re-testing may be arranged at $150 per hour, minimum 1 hour, calculated from staff departure/return to Hobart.

          Payments, Refunds & Rebooking

          • A non-refundable deposit of $245 per person applies to all course bookings.
          • Cancellations more than 30 days prior: Partial refund (course fee less $245 deposit).

            Example: $645 course – $245 deposit = $400 refund.
          • Cancellations within 14 days: No refund.
          • Medical refunds: If you fail a dive medical and provide documentation to info@godivetassie.com.au, a refund will be issued less the $245 deposit.
          • Refunds are made to the original payment method and may take up to 10 business days to process.

          Combo Course Refunds

          • If downgrading a Combo Course to fewer participants, refund is based on the difference in value, less the $245 deposit.

            Example: $1999 (4-person) – $1575 (3-person) = $424.

            Less $245 deposit = $179 refund.
          • No refunds for Combo Courses cancelled within 14 days of the start date.

          Date Changes & No-Shows

          • More than 14 days before start date: One free date change allowed.
          • Within 14 days: One date change allowed with a $245 rebooking fee per person.
          • After one date change (free or paid), any further changes require full re-payment of the course.
          • Not attending or not completing a course incurs a $245 rebooking fee (valid once within 12 months). After that, full course payment is required.
          • Arriving more than 30 minutes late may be treated as a no-show at Go Dive’s discretion.

          Course Access & Communication

          • After booking, you will be contacted with course details and access to PADI eLearning.
          • If you do not receive this, it is your responsibility to contact us. Please check spam/junk folders.
          • Completion of online learning prior to the course is mandatory. Failure to complete may result in exclusion from practical sessions without refund.
          • Waiver and participant forms must be submitted before the start date.

          4. Gift Vouchers – “Buy Now, Choose Dates Later”

          • Valid for 3 years from purchase date.
          • Treated as a gift voucher. To redeem, you must provide the original receipt.
          • Vouchers are not redeemable for cash.
          • Dates must be selected from those listed online; custom dates are not included.
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