The Fun Part

You’ll find you enjoy your dives even more when you recognize the creatures that you see. The fun part about this course is you can use the skills you learn on every scuba diving vacation because once you learn the main fish families and characteristics it will help you decipher the species you see all over the world.

For example, a butterfly fish in the Caribbean has a similar shape to a butterfly fish in Southeast Asia, but their colors and markings maybe wildly different. If you know what fish family it belongs to, it becomes much easier to look up the local name or at least be able to intelligently ask the local scuba instructor what you saw. That works better than asking about a “yellow thingy with a funny tail fin.”

What You Learn

During two dives you gain hands-on (okay, eyes-on) experience in looking for and identifying the fascinating fish you see underwater. You’ll learn :

• How to identify characteristics of local fish families and species
• Fish survey techniques and strategies
• How to practice fish identification dive planning, organization and procedures

Prerequisites

To enroll in the PADI Fish Identification Diver course, you must be:

• 10 years or older
• Have a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver certification

Your Next Adventure

As you learn about fish survey techniques with The SCUBA Shack you may also want to ask the team about brushing up on your underwater photography skills withe the PADI Digital Underwater Photographer course so that you can document and capture images of the species you’re encountering.

For more information about this or other PADI courses have a chat with one of The SCUBA Shack Team members.