Most scuba skills, after Open Water Certification, could be picked up over time by reading and watching more experienced divers manage special tasks or activities. Professional training will shorten the time required and cut the sometimes dangerous trial and era method.

Training actually saves money and time. When a skill need or opportunity comes up, you'll be ready.

Most classes will fall into our Specialty Course price. Give us a call or drop an email about your area of interest and we'll be glad to quote a price. Students must supply academic material and supply or rent any specialized equipment like an underwater light for Night Diving.

Specialty Course Descriptions

Boat Diving Specialty
The Force-E Boat Diving Specialty is perfect for divers who dive from private and commercial dive boats. You’ll learn how to set up a boat for drift diving and anchor or mooring dives. You’ll learn entry and exit skills. Know how to secure gear, when and where to set it up. Learn boat and diving etiquette.

Underwater Navigation
You'll learn how to use a compass to navigate from point to point and back again. You'll learn "natural navigation" using indicators like ripples in the sand, the reef formations and depth. Not being sure where you are or where the boat is adds stress to any dive. Relieve the stress. Take this specialty

Wreck Diving
Wreck diving is fun in South Florida. You could dive a different wreck every day for over a month. We have "artificial reefs" that were once prepared for recreational divers. Things change. Hurricanes tend to render what was once a benign wreck dive into a more serious venture. We have "natural wrecks" that still have cranes and line and other obstacles to be dealt with. Knowing how to dive and penetrate wrecks safely makes diving them much more fun.

Night Diving
As soon as you think you know what the reef is like, try night diving. It gives stark meaning to the phrase "different as night and day". The reef is totally different. The critters are different. Diving is different. Assents and descents can be disorientating until you know how to do it. Navigation can be daunting without the proper knowledge. You'll find fish asleep and lobsters walking on the reef. Night diving is the second most fun thing you can do in the dark. Try it. You'll like it.

Deep Diving
Deep diving adds a whole new dimension to the underwater experience. The water is bluer. The fish are bigger. I can't describe the feeling but you'll know what I mean when you get there. Take a look at a thirteen story building. Imagine scuba diving from the roof to the street. Knowing how to handle the descents, assents, stops and limitations depth imposes on the diver is critical. Knowing how to deal with the sometimes euphoric feeling that comes over the deep diver is knowledge needed. You can handle it. You will love it.

Nitrox Diver
Enriched air Nitrox diving is all about longer, sooner, and safer. Nitrox will allow you to stay at depth longer without coming close to the "no decompression limits". Nitrox will allow you to shorten the surface interval between dives and still remain in the safety zone. Florida is perfect for Nitrox. Most of our dives are between 45' and 130'. It's why you see the majority of locals diving "gas". Do it.

Photography
Photography underwater is absolutely the most frustrating thing to try to learn on your own. Walk into the home of a diving photographer and you'll see the amazing results that can be had. Photographers see more, do more and go to more exotic places. That's a pretty good result from taking a short class. Join the fun.

Videography
With modern equipment, shooting underwater video is easy. Shooting good entertaining video is all about technique. Understanding how distance affects your shots and learning how to time clips will help cut short the frustration curve. Did you know that scene direction changes can confuse the story. If you're going to do it, do it right.

Search and Recovery
Ok. You're a boater or know one, who lost an 80 pound anchor in 60 feet of water. You know about where it is. How do you find it and more importantly, how do you bring it up without loosing control. Take the course and we'll teach you. If you don't learn now, when you need to know, it'll be too late.

Hunting
Putting food on the table is a noble activity as old as man. Doing it underwater with thoughtful grace and consideration is a skill worth learning. Learn how to recognize game and determine its size before capturing or pulling the trigger. We'll teach you how to follow the law of the land and good conservation principles. The hunt is exhilarating. The satisfaction of serving your friends and family all the lobster and grouper they care to eat is priceless.

Decompression Procedures
Sadly, most divers have their first experience with decompression procedures by accident. Hopefully they were wearing a computer that got them through the process unscathed. If the diver is not wearing a computer, chances are the tables are on the boat. Take the guess work out. Know what to do and how to do it. Don't worry. If you think about it, every dive is a decompression dive. Take the course. Be prepared. Increase your margin of safety.

Solo Diver
Diving alone is against almost everything divers learn in dive courses. It's the number one rule of safe diving practices. "Never dive alone". Well often, especially among very experienced divers, the buddy plan is "same ocean - same day". Divers doing it without the proper equipment, techniques and contingency plans are asking for trouble. If you are going to do it, do it right. We'll train you.

Drift Diving
Flying lessons - No plane! Drift diving is the best diving. Once you learn and master the entries, exits, descents, assents, navigation and proper use of the line and float you'll see why it's the only way to go. Take the class and take flight.