Exploration, Excitement, Experiences.
They’re what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about. And no, you don’t have to be “advanced” to take it – it’s designed so you can go straight into it after the PADI Open Water Diver course. The Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you increase your confidence and build your scuba skills so you can become more comfortable in the water. This is a great way to get more dives under your belt while continuing to learn under the supervision of your PADI instructor.
What do I need to start?
- PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another organisation)
- Be of 15 years of age or above (12 years of age for PADI Junior Advanced Open Water)
What will I do?
The PADI Advanced Open Water course consists of 5 adventure dives. These dives are designed to develop a divers abilities by introducing them to a number of exciting different diving experiences. The aim of the program is to have loads of fun underwater while learning new skills which will be used during many of your future dives. The PADI Advanced Open Water must include both the Deep Dive* and the Navigation Dives*. The complete list of PADI Adventure Dives is as follows:
- AWARE Fish Id
- Boat Diver
- Deep Diver*
- Drift Diver
- Dry Suit Diver
- Multilevel & Computer
- Night Diver
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- Search & Recovery
- Underwater Naturalist
- Underwater Navigation*
- Underwater Photography
- Wreck Diver
Each of the Adventure dives completed during the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver program can be counted as the first dive of each corresponding PADI Specialty. For example, if you choose to complete the PADI Dry Suit Adventure dive during the course, you will only need to complete one more training dive to have earned yourself the PADI Dry Suit Specialty Certification. Its that easy.... Click the links above to give you more information about each of the PADI Specialty Diver programs.
The course fee includes your Adventures in Diving manual, slate, equipment hire (drysuit only included for Drysuit Adventure dives) and certification fee. A suggested PADI Advanced Open Water course conducted in the UK could contain the following Adventure Dives:-
Day 1 (full day, starts 8.45am) - Blue Lagoon or Capernwray
- Peak Performance Buoyancy or Dry Suit Diver
- Underwater Navigation
- Multi-Level and Computer Diver
- Day 2 (full day, starts 8.45am) - Stoney Cove or Capernwray
What's included in the course fee?
-
PADI Advanced Open Water Manual and Slate
- Equipment Hire
- Air Fills
- Training
Please note, transportation and dive site entry (where applicable) are not included
What's next?
After you’ve tried a specialty in the Advanced Open Water Diver course, you’ll probably want to take the whole Specialty course, you may also want to further your diving skills with the PADI Rescue Diver course.