Dry Suit Diver

The PADI Dry Suit Diver specialty at Buceo Pichicuy is directly relevant to diving in Chile. The center specifically mentions that winter visibility in Chilean waters can reach 25 meters — conditions that are genuinely worth diving, but cold enough that a wetsuit stops being comfortable. A dry suit changes that calculation entirely.

The course teaches you how to manage buoyancy with a suit that traps air rather than water, which handles differently from a wetsuit in ways that take real practice to get right. Inflation and deflation technique, managing suit squeeze at depth, and understanding how temperature changes affect the air inside the suit are all covered.

eLearning is available for the knowledge development portion. The course costs CLP $200,000.

For divers who want to extend their season at Pichicuy — or plan to dive Chilean waters through winter — this is the practical certification that makes it viable.