Courses · PADI · Aqaba
PADI Drift Diver
Fly with the current: use less energy and cover more ground.
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
- Procedures and safety considerations for drift diving.
- How to dive in strong current or tide.
- Techniques you can use anywhere the current is stronger.
How the course works
Drift diving saves energy, so you stay down longer, and you never have to find your way back. Learn it with PADI Boat Diver for the full boat-diving skill set.
Where you dive in Aqaba
Dives are done on Aqaba’s reefs and wrecks, from Laila 1 or from the shore. Many specialties can be combined into a single trip.
Your path
Related courses
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy · PADI Underwater Navigator
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.
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy
A must for all divers: everyone can improve their buoyancy control.
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 own boat and beach club
Laila 1 for daily trips, 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 79 669 9008. Tell us what you want to dive and when.
Scope, prerequisites and length are confirmed at enrolment, because PADI standards can change.