PADI Advanced Diver Course
PADI Advanced Diver Course
PADI Advanced Diver Course
PADI Advanced Diver Course

PADI Advanced Diver Course

Regular price $350.00 USD
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We will offer a FREE Advanced Course to whoever buys their BCD and Regulator in our shop. Please call us for more details at (323) 641-7416.

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 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. Additionally, if you would like to invest in your own BCD and Reg, you will learn how to use them in the ocean with the help of your instructor before going off on your own diving adventures! 

Get credit! Each Adventure Dive may credit toward the first dive of the corresponding PADI Specialty Diver Course. If you’ve already taken a specialty diver 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.

To pass this course you will need to do 5 Specialty Dives in the ocean within two Ocean Trips (boat fee not included).

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 suit for the Dry Suit Adventure Dive or a Fish Identification Card during the Fish Identification Adventure Dive. Your Blue Holic 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.

Come visit us at the Blue Holic Scuba Shop to learn more about the gear you will need to start your adventures in the Advanced Open Water Diver course.

Getting Started

Call us now (323) 641-7416 or stop by the shop to get started! You will need to purchase the Adventures in Diving manual and watch the Adventures in Diving video.

Once enrolled in the course, you will get your materials and start learning! Your Blue Holic Instructor will meet with you to schedule knowledge review sessions along with your specialty dives.