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Ormond Beach SDI Specialty Classes: Two Days to Expand Your Open‑Water Skillset
A focused, 2‑day SDI specialty program (six hours per day) that lets certified open‑water divers explore modules from underwater photography to deep diving and navigation.
Ormond Beach SDI Specialty Classes: Two Days to Expand Your Open‑Water Skillset.
Elevate your diving skills with this immersive 2‑day specialty course designed for open water divers. Across two days and six hours per day, participants explore diverse topics—underwater photography, deep diving, navigation and many more—building a foundation in areas beyond basic open‑water training.
Highlights
Outing Highlights
Underwater Photography
One of the most popular specialty options, underwater photography focuses on techniques for composing, exposing and handling camera equipment beneath the surface—an ideal module for divers wanting to document their dives and improve image quality.
Deep Diving
The deep specialty expands a diver’s comfort and procedures for working at greater depths, helping to broaden the range of environments a certified open‑water diver can safely explore.
Underwater Navigation
Navigation training strengthens a diver’s ability to read bearings, plan routes and manage time underwater—skills that underpin safe, confident diving across many specialty areas.
What the day feels like
What the two days feel like
The SDI specialty offering is an immersive, skill‑forward course spread over two days (six hours per day). Participants move through focused modules that mix theory and practical application, leaving with both knowledge and hands‑on experience in the specialty areas they select.
Suitability
Who it's for
Who this course suits — and who should look elsewhere.
Practical planner
Details to review before reserving
The course is conducted over 2 days, with approximately 6 hours of instruction per day.
Requires SDI Open Water Scuba Diver, SDI Junior Open Water Scuba Diver, or an equivalent certification before enrollment.
Minimum age is 15; juniors as young as 10 may participate with parental consent.
Available modules include Photography, Deep, Dry Suit, Limited visibility/Night, Peak Advanced Buoyancy, Search & Recovery, Full face mask, Side‑mount, Solo, Underwater Navigation, Equipment Specialist, Boat, Drift, Hunter Gatherer and Wreck Diver.
Offered in Ormond Beach and run by Elite Scuba.
Review cancellation policies before reserving.
Frequently asked questions
Planning Your Outing
How long does the SDI Specialty course take?
The program runs across 2 days, with about 6 hours of instruction each day.
Who can enroll in these specialty classes?
Open water scuba divers who wish to expand their diver knowledge and skill set and who want to advance their dive training are the intended participants.
What are the certification prerequisites?
You must hold SDI Open Water Scuba Diver, SDI Junior Open Water Scuba Diver, or an equivalent certification before taking the specialty classes.
What is the minimum age to participate?
Minimum age is 15; participants as young as 10 may join with parental consent.
Which specialty topics can I choose from?
Options include underwater photography, deep diving, underwater navigation and many more modules such as dry suit, limited visibility/night, search & recovery, side‑mount and wreck diving.
Where is the course offered and who operates it?
The specialty classes are offered in Ormond Beach and are operated by Elite Scuba.