The Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you increase your confidence and build your scuba skills so you can become more comfortable in the water. This is a great way to get more dives under your belt while continuing to learn under the supervision of your PADI Instructor. This course builds on what you've learned and develops new capabilities by introducing you to new activities and new ways to have fun scuba diving.

You'll hone your skills by completing five adventure dives that introduce you to:

•     Underwater navigation
•     Deeper water diving (typically anywhere from 18-30 metres/ 60-100 feet)
•     Search and Recovery
•     Night Diving
•     Boat Diving (on the HMCS Saguney in Lunnenburg)

 
Prerequisites

To take this course, you must be:

•     A PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
•     15 years old (12 for Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)
•     Competed PADI Medical Questionaire

What You Learn

The knowledge and skills you get in the Advanced Open Water Diver course vary with your interest and the adventures you have, but include:

•     Practical aspects of deep diving
•     Physiological effects of deeper scuba diving.
•     More ways to use your underwater compass
•     How to navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time
•     How to better use your dive computer and electronic Recreational Dive PlannerTM (eRDPTM)
•     And much, much more, depending on the Adventure Dives you choose

The Scuba Gear You Use

•     Full Scuba Kit with Compass and Dive Computer(Rented or Owned)
•     Dive Knife
•     Underwater Flash Light
•     Dive Slate

 
The Learning Materials You Need

PADI's Adventures in Diving Manual.  You'll use it as a guidebook to improve your diving skills and prepare for new experiences and adventures.

 
Your Next Adventure

After you've tried a specialty in the Advanced Open Water Diver course, you'll probably want to take the Specialty Course and learn more.

IMPORTANT:

Please note that all course fees are non-refundable.  Students can switch course dates at no charge with a minimum of 7 days notice.  Within 7 days of your course start date the fee to change dates is $150.  No date changes are allowed within 24hrs of your start date.  Students who do not show up for their course without prior notice will have to pay a $300 rescheduling fee.

You MUST have a PADI medical form completed to start your course.  We advise all students to fill this form out and submit it ASAP.  if you have answered "yes" to any questions on the medical form a doctor will need to sign the medical.  If all answers are "no" the student just has to sign the form, no doctor required.