Scuba Gear, Instruction, and Trips

Specialty Scuba Training

Aquatic Specialties trains divers of all levels and abilities. Specialty training truly helps develop and maintain diver ability, knowledge and comfort.

AED (Automated External Defibrillator)

AEDs are one of the newest ways that with proper training you could save a loved one or friends life. Next time you walk through an airport, local fitness club or mall, keep a lookout for the emergency boxes hanging on the wall with AEDs in them. These machines, with training, are very simple to use and could save someone's life. This class is designed for the diver and non diver

Altitude Diving

Diving at higher altitudes can affect your body's physiology differently than diving at sea level, some special considerations must be taken into account. This class looks into how to approach a proper dive and plan at higher altitudes.

Bloodboorne Pathogens

In today's environment we need to be extra careful when dealing with bodily fluids. This class talks about transmission and prevention of the most common illnesses

Boat Diving

Learn how to safely and efficiently dive from a boat. What is proper etiquette on a boat when it comes to packing, water entry & exit and the ride home? Learn how to dive off of different types of boats from personal boats to liveaboards.

Computer Assisted Diving

Learn the benefits of diving with a submersible dive computer. Learn how to properly operate a computer and what added features different computers have.

Dry Suit Diving

Many people in the Northeast feel that the diving season is July and August. Why not extend the season? The ability to dive in cold water opens up an entirely new spectrum of experiences and challenges for the scuba diver. No matter where you live or dive, this new capability will extend your diving season, as well as open up new bodies of water closer to home.

Cold water diving offers a glimpse at a variety of marine animals and bottom growth not found in tropical waters. In the winter months, the colder water will also offer better visibility than the warmer water of the summer months. Different seasons and different temperatures allow us to see many different creatures.

Dry suits provide divers with the ability to comfortably explore cold water. A diver can stay warm even in the coldest waters by keeping dry with neck and wrist seals and also by using dry suit underwear for thermal protection. Dry suits also allow people who get cold easily to enjoy diving!

Equipment Techniques

Equipment techniques is a class designed to teach divers how to properly care for and maintain their equipment. The primary objective Equipment Techniques is diver safety. Students will learn what repairs and preventative maintenance they can do to maintain their own equipment without voiding the warranty of that equipment. A properly maintained total diving system is natural more reliable. The class's secondary objective is on increased service life and field repairs. The class also focuses on how to troubleshoot equipment problems while at the dive site. It teaches what repairs a diver can do.

First Aid and CPR

Do you know what to do if you find a person passed out on the ground or come upon a car accident. First Aid and CPR training is designed for the average person to be able to help until trained professionals arrive. This basic class could save lives or help prevent further injury. This class is designed for the diver and non diver.

First Aid for Divers

Many people are certified in First Aid and CPR, but there are special considerations we need to think about when we spend a lot of time around the aquatic environment. In this class we talk about how we need to handle marine based injuries. We also talk about how to prevent them too.

Marine Identification

Have you ever been diving or snorkeling in the Caribbean and wondered what type of fish or coral you are looking at? Have you ever wanted to share with someone what you saw underwater but just don't know the proper names for the kind of fish you saw? In this class you will learn the proper names of fish, coral and other sea creatures. You will also learn where in the world you can find certain marine life species and interesting information about them. Do you know what marine life is in your area? Come find out. We offer both a tropical and local marine life class.

Mastery of Buoyancy Control

One of the toughest skills to master is buoyancy control. This class will provide you with more information on how to better maintain neutral buoyancy and stay in control of your buoyancy on dives.

Nitrox

Nitrox is one of the fastest growing specialties in diving. Different air mixtures can also add additional safety to the sport. By diving Nitrox, divers can be much safer and are at less risk of decompression sickness. Nitrox also helps prevent fatigue associated with diving. The use of Nitrox can also be used to extend bottom times and shorten surface intervals.

Physics and Physiology

This is an in depth study into the sciences which affect divers from breathing compressed air at depth. These classes give an advanced look at what happens to the diver in the water and why there are so many rules when diving.

Stress & Rescue

Do you know how to prevent an emergency? Learn how to prevent emergency situations and create emergency procedures for the area and the type of diving you do. This course is designed to teach the students how to recognize and prevent panic in other divers as well as in themselves. Learn how to get a disabled diver to shore safely, how to conduct a search and many other important skills for both the experienced and newly certified diver

Underwater Game Collection

Is it legal to lobster in New Hampshire? How do we safely spear fish? When is scallop season in New Hampshire? Many questions such as these will be answered. We will also cover safe collection techniques.

Underwater Photography

Are you interested in getting into underwater photography? Are you already involved in taking pictures, but are not quite happy with your results? Learn how to create and balance a photo, use strobes, and lenses to take your best pictures ever.

Underwater Video

Have you ever wanted to share a dive experience with someone who is not yet into diving? One way to do this is to learn how to use an underwater video camera so that you can videotape your dive and share them with friends and family.

Advanced and Technical Specialty Courses

Advanced Navigation

The Advanced Navigation program picks up where your advanced open water navigation class left off. The diver will increase their safety by being a more competent diver. In this course we will cover swimming rates and kick cycles versus distance. We will also cover different triangulation combination dives, and black out diving, air consumption methods and natural navigation.

Advanced Nitrox

This class will teach you what you need to know to dive with richer nitrox mixes and how to maintain equipment used with these mixes.

Cavern Diving

Learn how to dive in an overhead environment. This is the first step towards being cave dive certified.

Cave Diving

This class provides the information you need in order to dive caves safely. We teach you what equipment is needed and how to properly plan and execute a cave dive. With this class you can even do your certification dives in caves systems in exotic places like Aukumal, Mexico.

Ice Diving

Want to dive all year round? Ever wonder what the ice looks like from underneath? This is a great course to learn how to safely conduct an ice dive. You will learn everything from how to cut a safe hole, to what equipment and surface support is needed.

Rebreather Class

Want to get a little more technical with your diving? Want to have a longer bottom time? If so, then this rebreather course is for you. Learn how to operate and dive with a rebreather. Learn all the benefits involved with its use.

Relocation and Recovery

The lure of finding treasures crosses the mind of every diver more than once in their career. Most divers do not have the slightest idea of how to do an adequate search. This class is designed to train divers in how to relocate and recover lost items at various locations and under different circumstances. It also teaches the student search patterns as well as the use of marker buoys and lift bags. This class is a great skill builder and is one of our most popular classes.

Surf, Current & Drift Diving

Do you like ocean diving? Do you want to learn how to better master your abilities in the surf? Do you know how to best conduct yourself in a current so that you can expend as little energy as possible and let the ocean do the work for you? In this course you will learn all of that and more.

Wreck Diving

Wrecks have lured divers to their remains since the beginning of time. Experience the excitement of seeing a ship that sunk over a hundred years ago or just last week. How do we keep from getting lost? What do we do if there is a potential for silt-out? Learn techniques that can help make you a safe wreck diver

Wreck diving is a specialized area of scuba diving that can be enjoyed by all divers, in all areas of the world. It offers the diver a new outlet for adventure, a change from coral reefs and kelp forests. Wrecks also help satisfy the divers natural curiosity by allowing a glimpse at our past. Each wreck is a time capsule into history waiting to be explored.