Enjoy dives even more when you can recognize and identify fish families and their characteristics.
"What was that fish?" is a common question heard after a dive. If you want to be the scuba diver with the answers, instead of the one asking the questions, then take the Fish Identification Specialty course. You'll enjoy your dives even more when you recognize the creatures that you see and can identify the main fish families and their characteristics.
If you're at least 10 years old and a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or higher, you can enroll in the AWARE – Fish Identification course.
Once you learn to recognise what types of fish you see, you’ll find it easier to reference the exact species after a scuba dive. For example, a butterfly fish in the Caribbean has a similar shape to a butterfly fish in Southeast Asia, but colours and markings may be wildly different. If you know what fish family it belongs to, you can more easily look up the local name or at least be able to intelligently ask the local scuba instructor what you saw.
During two scuba dives, you will learn:
Get credit! The first dive of this PADI Specialty Diver Course may credit as an Adventure Dive toward your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.
Beyond using basic scuba equipment, you'll want a slate to record what you see and a fish identification card/book for the area you are diving.
The PADI Fish Identification speciality can be run on any of our dive trips throughout the year. Whether you join us on one of our Liveaboard trips abroad or a weekend trip to the Farnes, we can schedule your course into the trip.
COURSE |
PRICE |
Fish Identification Speciality |
£150 |
Price is for the course and qualification only, trip costs and equipment are not included.