Advanced Open Water Diver

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PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course

 

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 PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about open water diving and developing the skills you learnt on your entry level scuba course. There are no more pool skills and no exams to take, simply fun open water dives learning new skills and increasing your confidence and experience through five additional instructor-led open water dives.

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 You Will Learn

The knowledge and skills you get in the Advanced Open Water Diver course 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 to plan and execute dives
  • And much, much more, depending on the Adventure Dives you choose

 

The Fun Part

One reason you’ll love the Advanced Open Water Diver course is that you and your instructor choose from a variety of Adventure Dives to complete your course. You can try your hand at wreck diving, drift diving, night diving, peak performance buoyancy dives and many more. Recent additions to the Advanced Open Water course also include Digital Underwater Imaging using photography and videography to record memories of your dives, the Delayed Surface Marker Buoy dive and the Self-Reliant Diver Adventure dive.

Each Adventure Dive in the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course may also credit toward the first dive of the corresponding PADI Specialty Diver course. If you’re aiming for the Master Scuba Diver rating this can really help you in that journey!

 

PrerequisitesDivers at Vobster Quay

To take this course, you must be:

  • A PADI Open Water Diver, or equivalent 
  • 15 years old (12 for Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)
  • Aged 10 or 11? You can earn the Junior Adventure Diver rating instead
  • There may be additional prerequisites depending on the Adventure Dives you choose

 

The Learning Materials You Need

You can complete your course theory using the PADI eLearning for Advanced Open Water, or the Advanced Open Water course pack. Both of these manuals include information about all the adventure dives for your course, plus many more too. It's an excellent resource to add to your own dive library.


Your Next Adventure

Building up your dive experience is exactly what the Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about! Once you've earned this rating, your next step is all about going diving. Join us on club trips around the UK and abroad, and make use of your skills. You can also earn more speciality ratings in the diving subjects that interest you most, and when you're ready, consider becoming a better dive buddy through the PADI Rescue Diver course.

 

Ready To Book?

Simply choose from one of our available course dates below. A £100 deposit will secure your chosen course start date, and the balance can be paid any time before the end of your training. If you don’t see any suitable dates, please get in touch and we can try to accommodate your request.

    Start Date Course Type Location Places Available   Price    
06 Apr 2024 Advanced Open Water Diver Vobster Quay 0 £ 350.00

Three Adventure Dives
Sat 06 Apr 2024
08:00 AM
08 hours 00 minutes
Vobster Quay
Navigation Adventure Dive
Sun 07 Apr 2024
08:00 AM
04 hours 00 minutes
Vobster Quay
Deep Adventure Dive
Sun 07 Apr 2024
12:00 PM
04 hours 00 minutes
Vobster Quay

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27 Jul 2024 Advanced Open Water Diver Portland Harbour 4 £ 350.00

Three Adventure Dives
Sat 27 Jul 2024
08:00 AM
08 hours 00 minutes
Portland Harbour
Navigation Adventure Dive
Sun 28 Jul 2024
08:00 AM
04 hours 00 minutes
Portland Harbour
Deep Adventure Dive
Sun 28 Jul 2024
12:00 PM
04 hours 00 minutes
Portland Harbour

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