Description
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
advanceyour diving, so you can start right after earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification. The course helps build confidence
and expand your scuba skills throughdifferent Adventure Dives. You try out different specialties while gaining experience under the
supervision of your PADI Instructor.
You log dives and
develop capabilities as you find new ways to have fun scuba diving.
Get credit! Each Adventure Dive may credit toward the first dive of the corresponding PADI Specialty Diver Course. If you’ve already
taken a specialtydiver course, ask your instructor if you’ve earned credit for an Adventure Dive.
PADI (Junior) Open Water Divers who are at least 12 years old are ready to step up and enroll in an Advanced Open Water Diver course.
Young divers may only participate in certain Adventures Dives – check with your PADI Instructor.
If you’re already an Adventure Diver, you only need to complete two more Adventure Dives to earn the Advanced Open Water Diver certification.
Academic
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.
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.
The other knowledge and skills you get vary with your interest and the adventures you have – photography, buoyancy control, fish identification,
exploring wrecks and many more.
You may be able to get college credit for the Advanced Open Water Diver course.
Equipment
Beyond using basic scuba equipment, you’ll need a compass and dive knife or dive tool. You’ll also use specialized gear depending on the
Adventure Dives
you choose. For example, you’d obviously use a dry suitfor 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.
Visit your local PADI Dive Center or Resort to learn more about the gear you will need to start your adventures in the Advanced
Open Water Diver course.
Getting Started
Sign up for Advanced Open Water Diver Online – PADI’s eLearning option – to get started immediately. The web-based system lets
you learn about seven of the most popular Adventures Dives – including the required Deep and Underwater Navigation Adventure Dives,
plus Boat, Night, Peak PerformanceBuoyancy, Underwater Naturalist and Wreck Adventure Dives. You study at your own pace through
an easy to use, interactive program. You also have access to an online version of the Adventures in Diving manual and can complete
sections for other Adventure Dives as directed by your PADI Instructor.
You can also choose to read the Adventures in Diving manual and watch the Adventures in Diving video (a book and DVD package).
Stop by your local
PADI Dive Center and Resort to enroll in the course, get your materials and start learning. Your PADI Instructor will meet with you to
schedule knowledge
review sessions along with your Adventure Dives.
Cost:
11,200 THB
