PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course STEP 2 DIVE 1-3

Step 1

PADI eLearning®

Advanced Open Water Diver eLearning includes interactive lessons on 13 popular specialty dives: altitude, boat, digital underwater imaging, drift, dry suit, fish ID, night, buoyancy, search and recovery, underwater naturalist, and wreck diving. You'll study deep and navigation diving plus three specialties of your choosing.

• eLearning time commitment: 6-8 hours

Step 2

With Your Instructor

ADDITIONAL COST: Your Dive Shop will charge fees for training and gear rental.

The course includes five dives: a deep dive below 18m/60f, a navigation dive, and three specialty dives. Gain experience, build confidence, and discover your diving abilities.

• Total time commitment: 2-3 days

About the Course

The Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about advancing your skills. You will practice navigation and buoyancy, try deep diving and make three specialty dives of your choosing (it's like a specialty sampler platter). For every specialty dive you complete, you can earn credit toward PADI® specialty certifications.

Here are a few of the many options: Deep, Digital Underwater Photography, Dive Against Debris, Dry Suit, Enriched Air Nitrox, Fish Identification, Night, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Search & Recovery, Underwater Naturalist, Underwater Navigation, and Wreck Diver.

What You will Learn

Explore below 18m/60ft

Improve your buoyancy

Use a compass

Certification Requirements

Prerequisites

Open Water Diver/Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification)

Time

PADI eLearning: 6-8 hours Entire course: 2-3 days

Age

12 years or older

Depth

The maximum depth depends on your age, but maximum depth is up to 30 metres/100 feet

Health

Good physical health

Medical Requirements

Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications, and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.
Avoid disappointment—download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters, and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.
If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).

After this course

During the Advanced Open Water course, you’ll try different types of specialty diving and discover your diving aptitude and interests. As an added bonus, each dive you take can count toward the related specialty certification.
For example, if you try wreck diving during your Advanced Open Water course and
enjoy it, you can credit that dive toward your Wreck Diver certification.
Here are some other courses you might want to consider:

If

• you enjoy taking multiple dives in a day or multi-day dive trips, earning the Enriched Air Nitrox certification will allow you to take longer, deeper dives and have shorter surface intervals.
• Want to improve your confidence and become a better dive buddy? Enroll in the PADI Rescue Diver course.
• With each certification you earn, you'll be one step closer to achieving the prestigious Master Scuba Diver™ rating.