PADI Fish Identification Specialty Course in the Cayman Islands

Help boost your Fish IQ and get on a first name basis with your fishy friends.  This new class from Ocean Frontiers will help you name what you are looking at and uncover the divemasters secret in finding fish - "You just need to know where they live".

Fish ID Course schedule

1 day course, with 1/2 day classroom session and a 2-tank boat dive. The Fish ID course is normally conducted with the classroom session in the afternoon and the 2-tank dive the following day. This course can be conducted most days of the week. 

Highlights
Through hands-on training during two boat dives and guidance from your PADI Instructor, you will learn:

• Fish family groupings and common characteristics of fish species found in the Caribbean. 
• Fish habitats within the different reef zones in the Cayman Islands
• Fish behaviour characteristics on the coral reef
• Fish survey planning, strategies and techniques
• Project Aware philosophy about protecting worldwide aquatic ecosystems

  Dive 1 includes:  Practice basic fish identification techniques
  Dive 2 includes:  Practice fish ID data collection

What's Included
Instruction, certification, classroom lesson, fish ID slate, air tanks, belts, lead weights, towels and drinking water

What's Not Included
Cost of boat dives, Nitrox, rental gear (BCD, Regs, Wetsuit), dive computer, camera. There is no eLearning option for this specialty certification. 

Prerequisities

Minimum 10 years of age
Minimum certification as a PADI Open Water, Junior Open Water Diver or similar from other training agency

Medically fit to scuba dive (review Medical Questionnaire here)

Specialty certifications with Ocean Frontiers are listed as instruction fees only and do not include the cost of the boat dives, cameras or nitrox, where applicable. The prices are structured to be 'add-on' classes to existing dives you have already booked with Ocean Frontiers.

How to Get Started
Book your dives with Ocean Frontiers and then 'Add-On' this specialty class. You can add it on via the shopping cart online, call or email to complete your reservation. 

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