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ADVANCED OPEN WATER
This course can be taken after completing the PADI Open Water Diver certification. It's titled PADI Advanced Open Water Diver because it advances your diving knowledge & skills.
That’s what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about. You don’t have to be “advanced” to take it – it’s designed to advance your diving, so you can start right after earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification. The course helps build confidence and expand your scuba skills through different Adventure Dives.
You’ll plan your learning path with your instructor by choosing from a long list of Adventure Dives. There are two required dives (Deep and Underwater Navigation) and you choose the other three, for a total of five dives. You log dives and develop capabilities as you find new ways to have fun scuba diving.
During the Deep Adventure Dive, you learn how to plan dives to deal with the physiological effects and challenges of deeper scuba diving. The Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive refines your compass navigation skills and helps you better navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time.
Beyond using basic scuba equipment you’ll need a compass, a DSMB, a finger reel, dive knife and a dive slate or underwater notebook.
You’ll also use specialized gear depending on the Adventure Dives you choose. For example, you’d obviously use a dry suit for the Dry Suit Adventure Dive or a sidemount configuration during the Sidemount Adventure Dive.
Your PADI Instructor will explain the equipment that you need and may suggest additional gear, such as dive light for night diving or lift bag for search and recovery diving.
COURSE STRUCTURE
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E-learning (Home study) [5-6 hours]; Theory Review - (Via Zoom or Skype) [2 hours]
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Dive 1 - Peak Performance Buoyancy (Shore) [1 hour in water. 2 hours overall]; Dive 2 - UW Navigator (Shore) [1 hour in water: 2 hours overall]: Dive 3 - Adventure Dive* (Shore) [1 hour in water: 2 hours overall]
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Dive 3 - Adventure Dive* (Boat) [45 mins in water: 2 hours overall]; Dive 4 - Deep Dive 30M (Boat) [45 mins in water: 2 hours overall]
*select from a wide range of Elective Adventure Dive choices:
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Advanced Boat Diver (Boat)
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Advanced Drift Diving (Boat)
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Advanced Underwater Naturalist (Shore)
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Advanced Search and Recovery (Shore)
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Advanced Fish ID (Shore)
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Advanced Shark Conservation (Shore)
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Advanced Night Dive (Shore)
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Advanced Wreck Dive (Boat)
- 899 Australian dollars
- 699 Australian dollars
