PADI & BSAC Diver Training

PADI Diver Training

PADI Diver training is available for the majority of our land based and liveaboard tours, individual prices can be found on each tours webpage. Whether you're already a qualified diver looking to enhance your skills or a someone new to sport PADI offer a range of courses that would suit you. Below are just some of the courses that are available with a brief description and information on course duration, if the course you're looking for is not listed please do give us a call.

Bubblemaker course

This is a great way for your children from 8-10 years old to have safe underwater experience with one of our instructors. The involvement of a parent or guardian is compulsory and the maximum depth is 2 metres.

Introductory Discover Scuba Diving

If you want to experience the underwater world to see if diving is for you, or you do not have enough time to complete your full PADI course, then this is for you. In very safe conditions your instructor will brief you thoroughly and accompany you on your underwater dive to a maximum depth 12 metres.

Scuba Diver

This 2 day entry level course is for those who want to get their first diving qualification but do not want to commit to the 4/5 days necessary for the full Open-Water course. Upon completion you will be certified to dive to 12 metres accompanied by a diving professional. This is a perfect course for a family holiday as you can become qualified within 2 days, and still have the opportunity to upgrade to the full PADI Open Water at a later date.

Open Water course

This is the highly recommended entry level qualification. Upon completion you will be certified to dive to 18 metres with another qualified diver. It takes 4/5 days during which you will learn some diving theory and complete some training dives in shallow water before moving into slightly deeper open water.

Advanced Open Water course

Takes 2 days and includes 5 dives such as deep, night, navigation, drift. The prerequisite is an Open Water qualification.

Emergency First Response course

Takes 1 day and includes all medical first aid practices and CPR.

Rescue course

This important course teaches you self-rescue and how to recognise and help others in difficulty. It takes 3 days and with some theory and several practical sessions you learn how to manage diving incidents and self-rescue. The requirement for this course is a recently (within 6 months) completed PADI Emergency First Response qualification (or equivalent) with CPR.

Divemaster course

This is the first step in becoming a professional diver. The course takes a minimum of 2 weeks but if you would like to work within the dive industry then you should take at least the 4 week course which will teach you specifically how to become a dive professional.

Underwater Digital Photography course

1-day course with two dives.

BSAC Diver Training

The following BSAC courses are available at Calypso Divers - Gozo

BSAC Ocean Diver

This course is the entry level within the British Sub Aqua Club. Between classroom sessions and pool/confined water training, students will be taught how to safely use the scuba gear and perform certain skills to prepare them for the thrills of diving in the open water. Once these sessions are finished, they will be taken for five open water dives in safe and current free locations.
All sessions are under the direct supervision of a highly skilled, patient and qualified BSAC instructor. Duration of course: 5/6 days

BSAC Sports Diver

This course is the follow up of the Ocean Diver course. Again classroom sessions will be conducted to further the academic part of the course combined with six open water sessions where students will be taught further skills including compass navigation, use of surface marker buoy and further rescue techniques. During these sessions, when the skills have been done, the dive continues with an underwater tour of the locality. Again, all these sessions are supervised all the time by a qualified BSAC qualified instructor. Duration of course: 4/5 days