Advanced Open Water Diver
About the Course
The Advanced Open Water Diver course is designed to enhance your diving skills. You’ll practice underwater navigation and buoyancy control, experience deep diving, and complete three specialty dives of your choice. These specialty dives can count towards PADI® specialty certifications.
Independent Study
PADI eLearning®
The eLearning module includes interactive lessons on 13 popular specialty dives, such as altitude, boat, digital underwater imaging, drift, dry suit, fish ID, night, buoyancy, search and recovery, underwater naturalist, and wreck diving. You’ll focus on deep and navigation dives and select three additional specialties to study.
At The Dive Center
With Your Instructor
The course involves five dives: a deep dive beyond 18 meters/60 feet, a navigation dive, and three specialty dives. You’ll gain experience, build confidence, and discover new diving abilities. Prerequisites include an Open Water Diver/Junior Open Water Diver certification, and participants must be at least 12 years old. The course typically takes 2-3 days, and the maximum depth is up to 30 meters/100 feet, depending on your age.