The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course
The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course will help 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 Oceandivers PADI Instructor. This course builds on what you've learned and develops new capabilities by introducing you to new activities and new ways to have fun scuba diving.
You'll hone your skills by completing five adventure dives that introduce you to:
Underwater navigation
Deeper water diving (typically anywhere from 18-30 metres/ 60-100 feet)
An introduction to three more Adventure Dives of your choice
The Fun Part: Your Choice
One reason you'll love the Advanced Open Water Diver course is that you and your instructor choose from about 10 types of Adventure Dives to complete your course. You can try your hand at Digital Underwater Photography, Wreck Diving, Night Diving, Search and Recovery and much more.
What You Learn
The knowledge and skills you will learn with Oceandivers during the Advanced Open Water Diver course will vary with your interest and the adventures you have, but include:
Practical aspects of deep diving
Physiological effects of deeper scuba diving.
More ways to use your underwater compass
How to navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time
How to better use your dive computer and electronic Recreational Dive Planner
And much, much more, depending on the Adventure Dives you choose
Prerequisites
To take this course, you must be:
A PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
15 years old (12 for Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)
The Scuba Gear You Use
Oceandivers can supply you with all the basic scuba gear including an underwater compass. Depending on which three adventure dives you pick, you may also be introduced to underwater photography equipment, a dive light, lift bags, a dive flag/float or other specialty gear.
The Learning Materials You Need
PADI's Adventures in Diving Manual and DVD provide information on more than 15 types of specialty diving. You'll use them as a guidebook to improve your diving skills and prepare for new experiences and adventures.
For all your learning materials and equipment, contact Oceandivers.
Your Next Adventure
After you've tried a specialty in the Advanced Open Water Diver course, you'll probably want to take the Specialty Course and learn more!
If you would like more information about this or other PADI courses, an Oceandivers team member would be very happy to have a chat with you
Got a Question?
Do feel free to give us a call or drop us an email, but you will also find the answers to many common questions about learning to dive on our FAQs page here.
