Advanced Open Water Course
The Advanced Open Water Course gives a taste of diving unlike you have experienced before as an Open Water Diver and opens the door to thousands of dive sites that were beyond the limitations that a basic Open Water certification imposes. This offers you a relaxed course with no more than two dives per day during which you gain additional experience and skills.
| Start Date | End Date | Notes | Cost | Availability | Course Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26 | Feb 11 | * See below for equipment requirements. | $389.95 | Add to Cart | Curriculum |
| Feb 23 | Mar 10 | * See below for equipment requirements. | $389.95 | Add to Cart | Curriculum |
| Mar 15 | Mar 31 | * See below for equipment requirements. | $389.95 | Add to Cart | Curriculum |
Advanced Course including a Drysuit with five adventure dives $389.95
Advanced Course including a wetsuit or if you own your own drysuit and do not require any pool work with five adventure dives $319.95
PADI Adventures in Diving Manual and Data Planner included with this course.
PADI's Advanced Open Water Course program fine tunes your dive skills and allows you to explore five new diving environments. In this course, you will explore new aspects of diving such as Drysuit, Wreck, Enriched Air (Nitrox), Peak Performance Buoyancy, Night, Deep and Underwater Navigation.
International Diving Centre's Advanced Open Water Course includes one evening of orientation and a pool session where skills are refreshed and/or drysuit skills can be learned and two Saturdays and a Wednesady evening of diving (five dives). The PADI Advanced course curriculum can be tailored to experienced divers seeking new challenges or to divers who have just completed the basic Open Water course and are looking to improve and expand upon all that they learned in basic training.
Unlike the Open Water course that is heavily academic and emphasizes pool training the Advanced Course is almost all diving and is where many divers truly achieve a greater level of comfort and confidence in the water.
Required Equipment / Minimum Age Requirements:
All equipment is included, except:-mask, snorkel, fins, boots and gloves (personal boots are not required if you choose the drysuit option)
-primary light
-back-up light
-whistle/signaling device
- knife
-bottom timer (waterproof watch or dive computer)
Minimum Age: 15 years old for a full Advanced Certification
Minimum Age: 12 - 14 years old for a Jr. Advanced Certification - Some restrictions apply.
Orientation
- On the first night we will fill out the necessary paper work. You are also required to fill out a PADI Medical statement prior to the course starting. Please ask staff for details if you are unsure on this form. We will also go over a quiz which is located in your advanced book, it is advised to have this complete prior to the first night as well. Please bring you PADI RDP dive tables on every scheduled course.
Knowledge Development
- Read the five required chapters from your PADI Adventures In Diving manual and complete the Knowledge Reviews at the end of the chapters that correspond to the dives you will be completing.
- Knowledge Reviews will be completed and submitted to the instructor on Saturday morning, prior to any dives.
- Each Knowledge Review will be reviewed prior to its corresponding dive.
Pool Dive
- You will need mask, snorkel, boots, fins, gloves and swimsuit for the pool session. Other equipment will be supplied.
Ocean Dives
- Prior to the first evening of your course you will need to be fitted for equipment. You will also need to bring your personal equipment to the first pool session on night one. Other than the Wednesday night dive you will need to pick up your gear from the store on the Friday afternoon before your ocean dives.
Learning Outcome:
- Dive to a depth of no greater than 100 feet/30 meters
- Dive at night
- Dive safely around wrecks
- Dive in a drysuit - or - hone your buoyancy in a wetsuit
- Take your navigation skills to the next level
