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The Course

Whether you’re planning on coastal diving here in the UK or on your holiday, having a Surface Marker Buoy (SMB) will increase your safety and comfort and will alert boat traffic and other divers to your location.

If you’re ever involved in drift diving from a boat then a delayed SMB will allow your boat skipper to follow your dive and pick you up promptly upon surfacing. They are also a great visual reference on your ascents too.

The PADI SMB specialty course will teach you the safest and easiest techniques to efficiently deploy a delayed SMB whilst static underwater and also whilst swimming.

Course Content

The course consists of a knowledge development presentation and 2 open water dives which will cover:

• Why use a DSMB / SMB?
• Tides and currents
• Types of Surface Marker Buoys
• Types of reels
• Methods of delayed SMB deployment
• Risks and hazards of SMB use
• Preparing the delayed SMB for use

Open Water Dives

Students must complete 2 Open Water dives to certify as a PADI SMB Diver. During these dives students will demonstrate the ability to deploy a surface marker buoy from both a stationary and hovering position, as well as using the SMB line as an ascent reference.

Course Prerequisites

Students must be certified as a PADI Open Water Diver, PADI Junior Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization.

Minimum age is 12.

All students must fill in a PADI Medical Questionnaire prior to participation.

Course Duration

1 Theory presentation
2 Dives

Price

£100

What’s Included?

• Equipment hire
• Tuition
• PADI certification fee

What’s Not Included?

• Travel expenses and entrance fees to the open water sites. Entrance fees are approximately £15 per day.

What Next?

Now that you have mastered the use of a SMB, why not put these skills to good use by enrolling on the PADI Drift Diver Specialty course. It is essential during drift dives that your boat skipper knows your location and can follow your dive for a speedy surface pick up.

If you have completed 5 PADI Specialties & the PADI Rescue Diver course and have 50 logged dives, you qualify to register as a PADI Master Scuba Diver, the highest non-professional diver rating within PADI.

Sub-mission also offers a Dive Club, where you can keep your dive skills up to date & make new buddies with people who share your passion for diving. Why not join the club on one of the many organised dive trips and social events, or one of our infamous Red Sea holidays.