PADI Specialty courses allow you to practice your hobbies, if you have any, and/or discover new diving specialties or specialties relating to diving. Numerous sectors are available to you depending on your level of certification (see the list below) and offer you the possibility of continuing your diving education through short and qualitative training. Thanks to the Specialty courses, you will develop real expertise in a variety of areas, a better general knowledge of diving and more comprehensive adaptation to the underwater world.A PADI Specialty course generally lasts one or two days and emphasizes the techniques and procedures specific to the chosen specialty, the necessary special material and equipment, diver behavior, safety, the protection of the aquatic ecosystems, familiarity with the fauna and flora... Each specialty acquired allows for continuous progress in your training as a diver, whether it is in the direction of other specialties or giving you credits for other future courses. With five specialties, you may, under certain conditions, become a PADI Master Scuba Diver, the highest qualification for a recreational diver.The following are the specialties you will find in the PADI programs: