Scooter Specialty

Pure Speed, Pure Adventure: The PADI DPV Specialty Course

Explore more, exert less. Diving with a DPV is the ultimate way to see Amed’s vast underwater landscapes. You’ll glide through the water with zero effort, drastically reducing your air consumption while covering more ground than ever before.

Our DPV Specialty equips you with the skills to handle these high-tech devices, opening up remote dive sites that others simply can't reach.

Eine Taucherin im Liquid Blue Bali Wetsuit gleitet mit einem Unterwasserscooter (DPV) über ein Korallenriff in Amed.

DPV Pilot: Your License to Fly Underwater

Theoretical Knowledge: Deepen your expertise comfortably at your own pace with e-Learning.

Handling & Control: We’ll show you how to safely start and stop the DPV and perform precise maneuvers all while ensuring you never touch or damage the corals.

Safety Procedures: Learn how to respond to malfunctions and how to effectively communicate with your buddy while traveling at high speeds.

Dive Planning: We calculate your range of action and manage your ascents and descents, factoring in the DPV’s speed for a perfectly timed mission.

Maintenance & Tech: Learn everything about battery care and how to professionally prepare a DPV for your mission.

Why You Should Take This Course

 

It is simply incredible fun! Imagine gliding effortlessly along the long reef edges of Amed or visiting multiple sections of a wreck in a single dive. The DPV gives you the freedom to see more while remaining completely relaxed.

What to Expect

Duration: 1 Day (Theory + 2 Action Dives)

Theory: Flexible e-Learning (complete it at home in advance).

Included: Full rental dive equipment including a high-performance underwater scooter.

Training: Guidance by experienced instructors.

Refreshments: Surface intervals with snacks directly on the beach or boat; lunch included after your dives.

Transfer: Complimentary pick-up from your hotel in Amed to the dive center.

Prerequisites: Minimum age of 12, an Open Water Diver certification, and in good physical health.

Price: 160 €

Did you know? Modern DPVs are nearly silent! Thanks to brushless electric motors, you glide so quietly through the water that marine life often reacts with much less shyness than they would to a kicking diver.