PADI Night Diver Specialty

See a whole different reef after the sun goes down. On the PADI Night Diver course you learn to plan, organize and make dives in the dark, and to handle a dive light confidently. Once you're certified, night diving can be part of every dive trip.

What you'll learn

• Planning and organizing a night dive
• Dive light handling and light signals
• Communicating with your buddy in the dark
• Entries, exits and staying oriented at night
• Navigating after dark and staying with your buddy
• Spotting and identifying the night-time creatures that come out

What you get

• 3 open water night dives with a PADI Instructor
• An in-person classroom session, included in the course price
• Rental dive light included for the course
• PADI Night Diver certification once you finish

Why night dive?

After dark, coral reefs change shifts. Octopus come out to hunt, along with crabs, lobster, eels and other creatures that hide during the day, and you see behavior and colors you'll never see on a daytime dive. It's not scary. Night diving feels a lot like day diving, with a different cast of creatures.

An easy add-on certification

Night Diver is one of the easiest specialty certifications to earn. It's a natural add-on to your Advanced Open Water Diver course or other certified-diver courses; just add a set of night dives on another weekend or during a trip.

How we run it

Our standard format, included in the course price, is an in-person classroom session followed immediately by your night dive. Online PADI eLearning is optional, not required, and costs extra if you choose it. Rental lights are included, so you don't need to buy one to take the course, though we do recommend owning your own light.

Counts toward Master Scuba Diver

Night Diver is one of the 5 specialties toward PADI Master Scuba Diver, which also requires PADI Rescue Diver and 50 logged dives. With SDI, it can count toward SDI Master Scuba Diver: 4 specialties (SDI/TDI/ERDI or equivalent), SDI Rescue Diver and 50 logged dives.

Why Midwest Scuba Center

• Small classes, so every student gets real attention from the instructor
• In-person teaching and night dives led by our own experienced instructors, including dives on our trips
• Lights included and flexible scheduling that fits around your other courses and trips
• A local team that keeps diving with you long after you're certified

Prerequisite: PADI Open Water Diver certification (or equivalent), minimum age 12.

Questions? Call or text Midwest Scuba Center at 217-917-4992.