PADI Confined Water Dive 4

PADI Confined Water Dive 4 is one of the last Confined Water Dives, your are almost there! During PADI Confined Water Dive 4 you will focus on finishing the last scuba diving skills before you are ready to learn how to plan a dive in confined dive 5.

PADI Confined Water Dive 4

Mostly deep water skills in PADI Confined Water Dive 4

As you are almost finished with your confined water dives you will be focussing on mostly doing skills in deeper water. Don't worry it is still confined so you can reach the surface easily if needed. 

This deeper water during confined dive 4 will make it even easier to do skills like No Mask Swim, Free Flowing Regulator and learning how to swim with proper trim as you have much more space.

Great buoyancy and Trim is important in Scuba Diving

During PADI Confined Water Dive 4 you will learn how to fine tune your buoyancy, trim and swimming style for scuba diving.

Especially during the skill Swimming over a Sensitive Bottom your will learn to control this to improve your diving and stay off the bottom. On your real open water dives you will probably swim over delicate aquatic life and we need to make sure we don't accidentally touch that.

Some tips for a good diving position: First of all make sure you are in a horizontal position. Put some air into your BCD and establish neutral buoyancy. Streamline all your diving equipment and your arms. Use and effective fin kick to move forward. Swim at least a few rounds in confined water to get the hang of it. It is a really good feeling when you glide through the water like a professional scuba diver!

All PADI Confined Water Dive 4 Skills

• Dive Equipment Assembly
• Buoyancy Check at the Surface (with a buddy)
• Tired Diver Tow 25 Meters
• Scuba Unit Removal & Replacement at the Surface
• 5 Point Descent Over Sensitive Bottom
• Swim Over Sensitive Bottom
• Hover Orally Inflate for 1 Minute
• Free-flowing Regulator for 30 Seconds
• No Mask Swim
• Air Check
• 5 Point Ascent Over Sensitive Bottom
• Emergency Weight Belt Drop
• Dive Equipment Disassembly

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Learning how to properly use the right fin strokes in PADI Confined Dive 4 is important. having the right fins will make this even easier. Check out our 3 recommendations of fins to have as a scuba diver:

Mares Avanti Quattro Fins

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Scuba Pro Jet Sport Fins

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Scuba Pro Seawing Fins

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