See you at the bottom of the sea!
This course can be taken after completing the PADI Open Water Diver certification. It’s titled PADI Advanced Open Water Diver because it advances your diving knowledge & skills.
The course helps you build confidence in navigation, fine-tune buoyancy skills and introduces you to different diving activities such as Search and Recovery Diver, Wreck diving, Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) or Peak performance buoyancy.
After completing the theory, you’ll make five Adventure Dives: a deep dive (beyond 18m/60F), a navigation dive, and three additional Adventure Dives of your choice to earn your certification.
There are two required dives:
–Deep and
–Underwater Navigation
and you choose the other three, for a total of five dives.
Prerequisites & Requirements
Age Requirement: 12 years or older
Course Prerequisites : Open Water Diver/Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification)
Time Commitment:
-5 Theoretical sessions
-5 Dives
Equipment
Deep Blue Diving club as an official Scubapro dealer will provide all the basic scuba gear you’ll use including a mask, snorkel, fins, regulator, buoyancy control device, dive gauges and a tank.
Beyond using basic scuba equipment, you’ll need a compass and dive knife or dive tool. You’ll also use specialized gear depending on the Adventure Dives you choose.
Your PADI Instructor will explain the equipment that you need and may suggest additional gear, such as dive light for night diving or lift bag for search and recovery diving.