The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is designed to build upon the skills you learned in the Open Water Diver course and introduce you to new and exciting diving experiences.
Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll learn:
Key Objectives:
- Gain Experience and Confidence:
- The course focuses on practical, real-world diving experience under the supervision of a PADI instructor
- It’s about expanding your comfort zone and becoming a more versatile diver
- Explore Different Diving Specialties:
- You’ll get a “sampler platter” of various diving specialties, giving you a taste of what advanced diving has to offer
- Improve Your Diving Skills:
- You’ll refine your buoyancy control, navigation skills, and other essential diving abilities
Course Structure:
- Required Dives:
- Deep Dive: You’ll learn how to plan and execute dives to deeper depths (typically up to 30 meters/100 feet), understanding the physiological effects of deeper diving
- Underwater Navigation Dive: You’ll enhance your compass navigation skills and learn to use natural navigation techniques
- Elective Dives (Adventure Dives):
- You’ll choose three additional Adventure Dives from a variety of specialties, such as:
- Key Learning Points:
- Advanced navigation techniques
- Deep diving procedures and safety
- Specialty diving skills based on your chosen Adventure Dives
- Improved buoyancy control
- Enhanced awareness of the underwater environment
Important Considerations:
- The Advanced Open Water Diver course emphasises practical application, with minimal classroom time
- There is no final exam
- It is about furthering your diving education, and gaining more experience
In essence, the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you become a more skilled, confident, and versatile diver, ready to explore a wider range of underwater environments.
Your Next Steps
Courses start regularly so contact Debbie: debbie@diveodyssea.net or 01702 542759.
Better still, please come and visit us at 1 South Street, Rochford, Essex, SS4 1BL. It’s always best to phone us first on 01702 542759 to make sure we aren’t out diving!