PADI Continuing Education Courses

Corsair Diving Malta courses start every day, and our prices include all training materials needed for the course (excluding pro courses).

If you are already a certified diver with another organisation please contact us to confirm which course you will be able to enroll on.

PADI Adventure Diver
PADI Advanced Open Water
PADI E-Learning Advanced Open Water
PADI Rescue Diver
PADI E-learning Rescue Diver
Emergency First Response Primary & Secondary Care with AED
PADI Specialties
PADI Master Scuba Diver

PADI ADVENTURE DIVER

Pre-requisites - PADI Open Water or equivalent

Minimum age - 10 years old - see below for minimum ages on specific dives Information on PADI junior divers

Adventure Diver is an experience program.  It consists of three dives which you can choose.  You will need to complete a knowledge review for each dive you do which can be done in your own time before the end of the course.  There is very little classroom time involved in this course and there are no exams or quizzes. 

10 and 11 year olds can choose from Underwater Naturalist, Underwater Navigator, Fish Identification, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Boat, Underwater Photography*.  

In addition to these, 12 year olds and above can choose from Deep Diver, Wreck Diver, Multilevel, Search & Recovery, Night, Diver Propulsion Vehicle, Drysuit**. 

15 year olds and above may also participate in the Enriched Air Nitrox dive.

There will be an additional charge of €12 for a night dive (excluding torch), €70 for Diver Propulsion Vehicle, €25 for a boat dive and €45 for a Nitrox dive (Nitrox crew pack included).

* Must bring own camera ~ **Must bring own Drysuit

Duration - One and a half days

What does this enable me to do? If you complete the deep dive you will be able to dive to 30m.

Price -  €170

Price includes instructor, manual which can also be used for Advanced Open Water, certification and all equipment and transport to and from dive site and hotel pick up and drop off.  

Where next? Advanced Open Water  

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PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER

Pre-requisites - Open Water Diver or equivalent

Minimum age - 12 years old (15 for Nitrox dive) Information on PADI junior divers

Advanced Open Water is an experience program, which consists of five dives.  Deep Diver and Underwater Navigation dives are compulsory, you can then choose which other three dives you would like to participate in.  You will need to complete a knowledge review for all five dives, this can be done in your own time before the end of the course.  There is very little classroom time involved in this course and there are no exams or quizzes. 

Your three optional dives can be chosen from Wreck Diver, Multilevel, Search & Recovery, Night, Diver Propulsion Vehicle, Underwater Naturalist, Fish Identification, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Boat, Underwater Photography*, Drysuit**, Enriched Air Nitrox***  . 

There will be an additional charge of €12 for a Night dive (excluding torch), €70 for Diver Propulsion Vehicle,  €25 for a Boat dive and €45 for a Nitrox dive (Nitrox crew pack included).

* Must bring own camera ~ **Must bring own Drysuit ~ ***Minimum age for Nitrox is 15 years 

Duration - Two and a half days

What does this enable me to do? Dive to 30m

Price - €250

Price includes instructor, manual, certification, all equipment and transport to and from dive site and hotel pick up and drop off.  

Where next? Rescue Diver or Specialties

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PADI E-LEARNING ADVANCED OPEN WATER

Pre-requisites - Open Water Diver or equivalent

Minimum age - 12 years old (15 for Nitrox dive) Information on PADI junior divers

You are now able to do 7 theory sections through PADI e-learning

Completing the short theory sections before you come to Malta gives you more time for your holiday.

Advanced Open Water is an experience program, which consists of five dives.  Deep Diver and Underwater Navigation dives are compulsory, you can then choose which other three dives you would like to participate in.  You will need to complete a knowledge review for all five dives, this can be done in your own time before the end of the course.  There is very little classroom time involved in this course and there are no exams or quizzes. 

Your three optional dives can be chosen from Wreck Diver, Multilevel, Search & Recovery, Night, Diver Propulsion Vehicle, Underwater Naturalist, Underwater Navigator, Fish Identification, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Boat, Underwater Photography*, Drysuit**, Enriched Air Nitrox***  . 

There will be an additional charge of €12 for a Night dive (excluding torch), €70 for Diver Propulsion Vehicle,  €25 for a Boat dive and €45 for a Nitrox dive (Nitrox crew pack included).

* Must bring own camera ~ **Must bring own Drysuit ~ ***Minimum age for Nitrox is 15 years 

Duration - Two and a half days

What does this enable me to do? Dive to 30m

Price - €220 not including the theory section which is payable direct to PADI

Price includes instructor, certification, all equipment and transport to and from dive site and hotel pick up and drop off.  

Where next? Rescue Diver or Specialties

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PADI RESCUE DIVER

Pre-requisites - PADI Advanced Open Water or equivalent & completed a sanctioned CPR & First Aid course, such as Emergency First Response Primary & Secondary Care within the last two years.

Minimum age - 12 years old Information on PADI junior divers

Completing the short theory sections before you come to Malta gives you more time for your holiday.

The Rescue course comprises of 10 rescue exercises and 2 open water rescue scenarios.  In this course you will learn the psychology of rescue, being prepared for diver emergency, accident management and responding to diver emergencies.  5 Knowledge reviews will need to be completed, and a final exam.

Duration - 3 days

What does this enable me to do? Be proficient in self rescue, diver rescue and emergency procedures.

Price - €300

Price includes instructor, manual, certification and all equipment and transport to and from dive site and hotel pick up and drop off.

€390 for both Rescue and Emergency First Response Primary & Secondary Care with AED if completed together. A saving of €30

 Where next? GO PRO Packages, Specialties, Master Scuba Diver or Divemaster  

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PADI E-LEARNING RESCUE DIVER

Pre-requisites - PADI Advanced Open Water or equivalent & completed a sanctioned CPR & First Aid course, such as Emergency First Response Primary & Secondary Care within the last two years.

Minimum age - 12 years old Information on PADI junior divers

You are now able to do all the theory sections through PADI E-learning

The Rescue course comprises of 10 rescue exercises and 2 open water rescue scenarios.  In this course you will learn the psychology of rescue, being prepared for diver emergency, accident management and responding to diver emergencies.  

Duration - 3 days

What does this enable me to do? Be proficient in self rescue, diver rescue and emergency procedures.

Price -  €250 not including the theory section which is payable direct to PADI

Price includes instructor, certification and all equipment and transport to and from dive site and hotel pick up and drop off.

Where next? GO PRO Packages, Specialties, Master Scuba Diver or Divemaster  

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EMERGENCY FIRST RESPONSE PRIMARY & SECONDARY CARE WITH AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATION

Pre-requisites - None ~ you don't even need to be a diver  Minimum age - None Duration - Half a day

The primary care section of the course deals with CPR, barrier use, bleeding, shock and spinal injury management.  The secondary care section goes through injury and illness assessment, bandaging and splinting.

We also provide training on AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATION which helps to start the heart by an electric shock.  AED's are now found in a lot of public areas, and are an invaluable piece of equipment during CPR. 

Both primary and secondary care courses are needed for the Rescue Diver certification. 

What does this enable me to do? Be better equipped in a medical emergency.

Price - €120

Price includes instructor, manual, certification and hotel pick up and drop off.

€390 For Rescue Diver and EFR. A saving of €30

Where next? Depends on your current certification

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PADI SPECIALTIES

There are many different specialties which have different durations and pre-requisites.  Please look at the table below for more information.

Information on PADI junior divers

* Must bring own drysuit ~ **Must bring own camera

Price -  Price includes instructor, manuals (where available) certification, transportation to dive sites and hotel pick up and drop off.

If you complete your Nitrox course with us, you will receive a discount off the Nitrox supplement bringing it down to €7 per dive for the remainder of your holiday.

Where next? Master Scuba Diver ~ depends on current certification  

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PADI MASTER SCUBA DIVER

Pre-requisites - Rescue Diver or equivalent with 5 PADI Specialties and 50 logged dives

Minimum age - 12 years old Information on PADI junior divers

Once you have completed your Rescue diver and 5 PADI specialties and have also  logged 50 dives you can apply to PADI for your Master Scuba Diver, which is the highest non professional PADI qualification.  Please look at the Specialties we can offer.  

The current application price for the Master Scuba Diver is £28.20 GBP which is paid directly to PADI. 

If you do 3 or more specialties with us and are then eligible to apply for your Master Scuba Diver we will pay your application fee!

Duration - Varies depending on which specialties you do.

What does this enable me to do? - Be awarded the highest recreational certification from PADI.

Where next? GO PRO Packages, Divemaster

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