Courses · PADI · Aqaba
PADI Self-Reliant Diver
For experienced divers who sometimes need to be able to dive independently.
Starting point
Advanced Open Water + 100 dives
Duration
2 days, 3 dives
Included
Instructor, materials and certification fees are confirmed when you book.
Prerequisites
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (or equivalent) – see PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.
- At least 100 logged dives with a buddy.
What you will gain
- Dive planning and life-support readiness for self-reliant diving.
- Adaptive training and equipment preparedness.
- How to dive responsibly to compensate for situations when diving alone.
How the course works
PADI supports diving with a buddy. Self-reliant training prepares experienced divers, photographers and budding technical divers for the times when that is not possible. A good stepping stone toward technical diving: see PADI Tec Basics.
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 Sidemount Diver · PADI Digital Underwater Photographer
All courses: Diving specialties
What next? Your next steps
PADI Tec Basics
Start your technical adventure within recreational limits in just two days.
PADI Master Scuba Diver
The “black belt” of recreational diving, a rating that shows broad experience.
PADI Sidemount Diver
Mount one or two cylinders at your sides for a streamlined, low-strain configuration.
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.