PADI SMB Diver

Ever wondered how boat skippers can keep in contact with their divers or have you been on a dive spent most of it worrying about being picked up at the end? Then the Surface Marker Buoy (SMB) course is for you.

You will learn about the different types of buoys and reels and during the 2 qualifying dives you will practice bottom and mid water deployment of a Delayed Surface Marker Buoy (DSMB) and their use during a dive and on ascent.

Course Prerequisites 

• PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization.

• Be medically fit to dive, please carefully read the medical declaration below

• Pre-study course manual and fill in review sections before start of the course

Minimum age

• 12 years.

What the course covers

• Safe use of Surface Marker Buoys
• Safe use of Delayed Surface Marker Buoys

How is the course run?

• 1 day open water

What it will cost and what you'll need

Course Fee: £115.00

What’s included?

• Life time certification
• Use of all the expensive scuba equipment (suit, weights, cylinders, BCD and regulator)

What’s not included?

• Transport to dive sites
• Dive site fees, typically start at £16 per day at Vobster Quay, Frome
• Basic equipment for open water dives: mask, snorkel, fins and boots (gloves from October to May)

All Open Water days start from Andark at 8am and finish 6pm (approximately). A minimum of 3 people is required for a course to run, unless otherwise stated.

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