Advanced Open Water

Take your diving to the next level with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course, improve your skills and gain experience with 5 adventure dives.

Learn How To:

  • Explore below 18m/60ft, maximum depth of 30m/100ft

  • Improve your buoyancy control

  • Use a compass and navigate around dive sites.

What Scuba Gear Will I Use?

During your dives you will use basic scuba gear including a dive computer. You may also use a compass, a dive slate, Fish ID slates, lift bags, an SMB or other specialty gear.

Description

The Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about advancing your skills. You'll practice navigation, try deep diving and make three specialty dives. For every specialty dive you complete, you can earn credit towards PADI® specialty certifications.

On completion, not only will you have experienced different aspects of diving, your certification depth limit will increase from 18 meters to 30 meters.

Our Standard Advanced Open Water course includes the following Adventure Dives: Navigation, Deep, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Fish Identification plus a choice of Night Diver, Drift or Search & Recovery.
Time commitment: 2-3 Days (5 Dives)
Course Price: £399.00

Our Enhanced Advanced Open Water course includes the following Adventure Dives: Navigation, Deep, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Fish Identification plus a choice of Night Diver, Drift or Search & Recovery. Plus an additional dive before the course as a refresher dive or after the course as an additional guided dive.
Time commitment: 3 Days (6 Dives)
Course Price: £449.00

Our Photographer* Advanced Open Water course includes the following Adventure Dives: Navigation, Deep, Underwater Photographer, Peak Performance Buoyancy and Fish Identification. This package also includes an underwater photography workshop covering tips of settings, framing and subject selection.
Time commitment: 2 Days (5 Dives + Classroom Session)
Course Price: £449.00

Our Deluxe Advanced Open Water course includes the following Adventure Dives: Navigation, Deep, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Fish Identification plus a choice of Night Diver, Drift or Search & Recovery. Plus the Enriched Air Nitrox Specialty.
Time commitment: 2 Days (5 Dives + Classroom Session)
Course Price: £499.00

*To book the Photographer Advanced Open water you must have your own underwater camera, please speak to the team if you would like advice on camera systems.

More Info.

  • Please have a look at the PADI Diver Medical before booking any courses.

    Click here for PADI Diver Medical

    If you answer YES to any of the questions on the PADI Diver Medical, you will need to get a medical physician to sign the form to confirm fitness to dive prior to any in-water activities.

    You will not be able to participate in any pool or open water sessions without confirming your fitness to dive.

  • To enrol on the Advanced Open Water course you must have an existing PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent) certification.

    Minimum age: 12

    Divers certified between the ages of 12-14 will earn a Junior Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

    Junior Advanced Open Water Divers automatically become Advanced Open Water Divers at the age of 15.

  • PADI eLearning: 6-8 Hours

    Course Duration: 2-3 Days