SDI RESEARCH DIVER
This course is for the certified diver looking to learn research techniques used during diving, and to learn more about the underwater world including the environment and aquatic life. The purpose of this specialty course is to acquaint the open water diver with the fascinating topic of research diving. After the course, a diver will be better able to discover, explore, and appreciate the underwater environment by using research techniques, and be better able to preserve and protect the underwater environment.
Amongst other things, you’ll learn about:
• Fresh- and saltwater environments
• Ecology, food chains, habitats
• Basic oceanography
• Marine animals and identification
• Diving and survey methodologies,
data collection and recording
• Detailed mapping techniques
• Conservation
• Planning dives, testing and
checking equipment