Courses · PADI · Aqaba
PADI AWARE Fish Identification
Learn to tell the 21,000 or so fish species apart by group.
Price
US$ 180
Starting point
Age 10+
Duration
1 day, 2 dives
Included
Instructor, materials and certification fees are confirmed when you book.
Prerequisites
- PADI Open Water Diver (or Junior Open Water Diver, or equivalent) – see PADI Open Water Diver.
- Age 10 or older.
What you will gain
- How to break fish into groups for easy identification.
- How to make valid fish-count estimates for scientific data collection.
- How identification helps protect the marine environment.
How the course works
After this you will see far more on every dive. It pairs with PADI Underwater Naturalist and PADI Reef Diver, and links to the wider conservation work in Project AWARE Ocean Conservation.
Where you dive in Aqaba
Dives are done on Aqaba’s reefs and wrecks, from our boats or from the shore. Many specialties can be combined into a single trip.
Your path
Related courses
Project AWARE Ocean Conservation · PADI Underwater Naturalist
All courses: Diving specialties
What next? Your next steps
PADI Master Scuba Diver
The “black belt” of recreational diving, a rating that shows broad experience.
Project AWARE Ocean Conservation
Learn what is happening to the world’s aquatic resources and what you can do about it.
Why dive with Dive Aqaba
Aqaba’s original dive centre
Founded in 2002, Dive Aqaba is the mother of the diving industry in Aqaba. Many of our former students went on to build their own dive companies.
We dive every day of the year
Daily boat trips and shore diving all year round, holidays included.
Clean air, deep expertise
Top-quality air is the basis of our technical and deep diving, and our team has logged trimix dives beyond 100 m since 2007.
Our boats and beach club
Daily trips on our own and partner boats, and a private beach club with dive sites that only Dive Aqaba can dive.
Ask about dates for this course
Call or message us on WhatsApp: +962 79 001 5103. Tell us what you want to dive and when.
Scope, prerequisites and length are confirmed at enrolment, because PADI standards can change.