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PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

Take your diving skills to new depths with the PADI Advanced Open Water Course.

Dive deeper, explore wrecks, and master underwater navigation under the guidance of certified instructors. Gain confidence and experience while discovering diverse dive sites and encountering exciting marine life.

Elevate your diving journey with the PADI Advanced Open Water Course.

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver - Course Overview

Dive deeper into adventure with the PADI Advanced Open Water Course – five adventure dives, no exam!

Why Choose This Course

  • Gain more diving experience
  • Improve underwater skills such as buoyancy
  • Dive down to 30m / 100ft
  • Sample different types of diving

What You Learn

  • Safely explore down to 30m / 100ft
  • Better control your buoyancy
  • Navigate underwater with a dive compass
  • Plus your specialty choices, such as diving in current (drift), fish identification, night diving, wreck diving or enriched air (nitrox) diving

PADI Course Requirements

  • PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent certification)
  • 12+ years old
  • Competent swimmer
  • Good physical health

PADI Course Overview

  • Two or three day course
  • Online learning option
  • Lifetime certification
  • Maximum depth 30m / 100ft (15+ years old)

PADI Course Content

  • Knowledge Development (online option); extending your learning, based on the specialties you choose
  • Open Water Adventure Dives; interactive lessons on five specialties; deep diving and underwater navigation plus three of your choosing, from boat, digital underwater imaging, drift, fish ID, night, buoyancy, search and recovery, underwater naturalist and wreck diving*

*Options vary by location, areas with strong currents may not offer night dives

PADI Course Structure

Two Day Course:

  • Day 1: Adventure Dives 1 & 2
  • Day 2: Adventure Dives 3, 4 & 5

Three Day Course:

  • Day 1: Adventure Dives 1 & 2
  • Day 2: Adventure Dives 3 & 4
  • Day 3: Adventure Dive 5 & Fun Dive*

*Surcharge applies

Course Inclusions

  • PADI Advanced Open Water Diver manual
  • PADI Advanced Open Water certification
  • PADI Professional Instructor
  • Standard equipment rental, including dive computer
  • Refreshments and lunch on boat days
  • All taxes and fees
PADI Advanced Open Water

What's Next?

Select the preferred location for your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course and contact us for availability.

Loved one of the dives that you did on the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course and want to learn more? Check out our list of PADI Specialties.