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Dry Suit Diver
This specialty course qualifies IANTD Open Water Divers to safely operate and maintain dry suit equipment for diving in cold water environments. You'll learn thermal protection strategies, buoyancy control techniques, and dry-suit-specific emergency procedures including proper inflation/deflation, weighting, and modified ascent protocols. The course is essential for comfortable year-round diving in temperate and arctic regions where thermal exposure protection is critical, and it bridges recreational and technical diving by introducing diver-dependent equipment management beyond open-water basics.
Prerequisites
IANTD Open Water Diver (or equivalent). No minimum age specification beyond Open Water requirement; no specific minimum logged dives.
Standards
What a diver must demonstrate to pass this course — not always published by the certifying agency.
Upon completion, divers must demonstrate competency in dry suit operation including proper entry procedures, underwater buoyancy compensation, emergency procedures adapted for dry suit use, and skilled weighting calculations for different undergarments.
Instructors Teaching This Course
Dive Centres Offering This Course
We're still building out the directory country by country, so this list isn't every instructor or dive centre teaching it in the world — more locations are coming soon.
Common questions about IANTD Dry Suit Diver
What are the prerequisites for IANTD Dry Suit Diver?
IANTD's standards require: IANTD Open Water Diver (or equivalent). No minimum age specification beyond Open Water requirement; no specific minimum logged dives.
What does IANTD Dry Suit Diver training involve?
According to IANTD's published standards: Upon completion, divers must demonstrate competency in dry suit operation including proper entry procedures, underwater buoyancy compensation, emergency procedures adapted for dry suit use, and skilled weighting calculations for different undergarments.
Where can I take IANTD Dry Suit Diver?
4 dive centres and 9 instructors in the TecDiveTools directory teach IANTD Dry Suit Diver, in Mexico. Each is listed further up this page.