Mermaid Specialties
Dive Against Debris (Mermaid/Freedive)
Student: $180
Instructor: $350
Make a difference on every dive by activating your inner citizen scientist.
During the Dive Against Debris® Diver Specialty course, you’ll learn how ocean plastic and trash cleanups not only keep your local dive sites healthier, but also how to contribute to a global database that documents our planet’s marine debris problem. Under the guidance of your instructor, you’ll participate in a Dive Against Debris survey and turn your passion for the underwater world into real action.
Take This Course If You Want to
✅ Become a citizen scientist for marine conservation
✅ Learn how you can truly make a difference for our oceans
✅ Keep your local dive sites clean from ocean plastic and debris
Emergency Oxygen Provider
Student: $180
Instructor: $350
Knowing how and when to administer emergency oxygen is a valuable skill to have in a dive emergency.
PADI® Emergency Oxygen Provider prepares you to offer aid and teaches you to recognize scuba diving injuries and illnesses requiring emergency oxygen.
This is an excellent course for scuba divers, boat crew, lifeguards, freedivers, mermaids, or anyone who spends time in and around water. No age restrictions or water sessions are required.
Take This Course If You Want to
✅ Learn to administer emergency oxygen
✅ Be prepared to offer aid to divers and any recreational water user
✅ Gain experience handling oxygen equipment
Emergency First Response (EFR)
Primary and Secondary Care
Student: $180
Instructor: $950
Emergency First Response® primary and secondary care training teaches you what to do in the critical moments between when a life-threatening emergency occurs and when emergency medical services arrive.
Learn how to perform CPR, provide first aid that eases pain, assess a variety of injuries and illnesses and practice bandaging and splinting.
Take This Course If You Want to
✅ Learn CPR
✅ Improve your first-aid skills
✅ Be prepared in an emergency
Fish Identification
Certificate of completion: $150
Fish ID course (requires 2 scuba dives): $235
“What was that fish?” is a common question heard after being in open water.
If you want to be the mermaid with the answers, instead of the one asking the questions, then take the Fish Identification Specialty course. You'll enjoy your mermaid/freedive/scuba dives even more when you recognize the creatures that you see and can identify the main fish families and their characteristics. Continue your citizen science journey and submit fish surveys to help The Reef Foundation track fish populations and density.
Take This Course If You Want to
✅ Become a citizen scientist for marine conservation
✅ Help track fish populations, diversity, and reef health
✅ Learn how to identify the most common species and the process of how to fish families to help identify fish you've never seen before