PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
R 8199,00
Expanding your skills, exploring new diving specialities. Dive Deeper with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course!
About The Course
Five adventure dives: You’ll complete five dives, including two mandatory ones and three of your choice from a wide range of exciting specialities.
- Unlock new dive sites
- Become a more skilled and confident diver
- See things you've never seen before
- Discover your diving passions
- Earn internationally recognized certification
- Explore depths beyond your Open Water course
- Control your buoyancy
- Navigate underwater
- Streamlining your movements and conserve energy
- Specialized knowledge and skills
How to Earn your Scuba Diving Certification
It is the first step beyond Open Water Diver certification and offers training options that range from simple introductions to underwater activities to more challenging experiences.
The Advanced Open Water Course qualifies you to dive up to 30 metres (21m for junior qualification).
You will have your PADI Instructor by your side. Fine-tune your buoyancy skills, build confidence in your navigation abilities, and try new activities like wreck diving, night diving or underwater videography.
Including five dives: a deep dive below 18m, a navigation dive, and three specialty dives, this course will help you to gain experience, build confidence and discover your diving abilities.
Included
- All required equipment for duration of course
- Five open water sea dives
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification online upon completion
5 Dive Adventures
There are two core (compulsory) dives
- Deep dive (Gain experience up to 30 metres)
- Underwater navigation (Make your way on a dive by using a compass or natural features)
Adventure dives options
- AWARE – Fish Identification
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- Boat Adventure Dive
- Search & Recovery Dive
- Drift Adventure Dive
- Underwater Naturalist
- Multi-level Dive
Course Structure
The advanced course is divided into Knowledge Development and Practical Application.
The Knowledge Development section consists of independent study of the relevant chapter and completing five Knowledge Reviews (one for each of the chosen dives). There is no written exam, your instructor will review this with you and answer any questions you may have.
The Practical Application section consists of five dives that were completed in the knowledge development section. These dives are conducted under the supervision of a PADI Instructor and allow for the best possible experience on the reefs.
This course allows you to explore different reefs that would normally not have been accessible to you as an Open Water Diver because of the depth restriction.
Your deep dive will be conducted to 30m provided you are older than 15 years; children aged 12—14 years will dive to a maximum depth of 21 meters.
Course Prerequisites
To qualify for acceptance into the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Program, you must meet the following requirements:
Be certified as a PADI (junior) Open Water Diver or have equivalent rating. “Equivalent” is defined as proof of an entry – level scuba certification with a minimum of four scuba – training dives.
Be 12 years of age or older. Students under the age of 15 may obtain a PADI Junior Advanced Open Water certification. Anyone aged under 18 will require a parent/guardian to complete and sign some paperwork.
Answer all the questions on the PADI Medical Statement and if you answer “yes” to any of the questions acquire a clearance for diving signed by a physician attesting to fitness to dive. The medical clearance must be current within the previous 12 months.
Indemnities
Indemnity forms need to be filled in and given to us the morning you begin your course with us. In the event of a minor attending the course (Under 21Yrs) a legal guardian must sign the indemnities. If an original indemnity is not received, then we will not permit the participant to dive. We have a Non-Negotiable – No indemnity – No dive rule.
Indemnities & Medical Forms
A medical form will be sent to you after your registration. If you answer “Yes” to any of the medical questions, you will need to go see your family doctor to get a letter clearing you to dive before we start the course.
