🌊 Advanced Open Water Course

Build Confidence. Expand Your Diving. Dive More.

The Advanced Open Water Course is about getting more comfortable in the ocean through real dives—not sitting in a classroom.

You’ll learn by doing, with guidance from an instructor, while gaining experience in different diving environments.

Who This Is For

• Newly certified divers who want to build real ocean confidence
• Divers who feel unsure about buoyancy, depth, or navigation
• Anyone looking to get more experience before traveling or diving more independently
• Divers who want to improve, not just collect certifications

🎁 Special Offer: Free Advanced Course

We offer a FREE Advanced Open Water Course when you purchase your BCD + Regulator system in our shop.

This is gear you’ll grow into as a diver—and training with your own setup makes a noticeable difference in comfort, trim, and confidence.

📞 Call us at (323) 641-7416 to learn more.

What This Course Is

• No final exam
• No classroom-heavy structure
• Focused on real ocean diving experience

You’ll complete guided dives while building skills that make you a more capable and aware diver.

Why Take This Course

• Build confidence in depth, navigation, and conditions
• Improve buoyancy, trim, and air consumption
• Explore different types of diving before choosing specialties
• Dive more—this course is centered around time in the water
• Earn credit toward future PADI specialties

Course Structure

Prerequisites

• Open Water Diver (or equivalent)
• Minimum age: 12

Certification Requirements

• 5 Adventure Dives
• Completed over 2 ocean dive days (boat trips)

This is a hands-on course—most of your learning happens in the water.

Your 5 Adventure Dives

Required

• Deep Dive
• Underwater Navigation

Highly Recommended

• Peak Performance Buoyancy

Electives (based on conditions + instructor guidance)

• Fish Identification (great at Casino Point 🌿)
• Underwater Photography
• Wreck Diving (conditions permitting)
• Search & Recovery
• Night Diving (scheduled separately)

📍 Where You’ll Dive

Catalina Island (Casino Point)
Calm conditions, ideal for navigation and buoyancy work

Channel Islands Boat Trips
More dynamic conditions, ideal for depth and exploration

We’ll guide you based on your comfort level and goals.

💰 Pricing

Course Fee: $350
(Waived with BCD + Regulator purchase)

Boat Trips (Required)

• 2 ocean days
• ~$200–$249 per trip

Materials

• Manual: ~$94.80
• E-learning available (call for pricing)

🤿 Gear Requirements

Required for Training

• Compass
• Dive knife or cutting tool
• Dive light

Personal Gear (Required)

• Mask
• Snorkel
• Fins
• Boots
• Gloves

Shop Perks

• 15% off personal gear
• Free rental gear (BCD, regulator, wetsuit, weights, tank) when gear is purchased

Rental Option:
Up to ~$95 per boat day

💡 Why We Recommend Owning Your Gear

Advanced is where things start to click.

Training with your own setup helps you:

• Build consistent buoyancy and trim
• Feel more stable dive to dive
• Reduce task loading underwater

That’s why we offer the course free with gear—it sets you up long-term.

🧭 Specialty-Friendly Training

Your dives can count toward specialties like:

• Deep Diver
• Navigation
• Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Fish ID
• Underwater Photography

You can continue building at your own pace.

🚀 Getting Started

1. Call or visit the shop
2. Choose your dive dates on the Dive Calendar
3. Pick up materials and gear
4. Start diving

📞 (323) 641-7416
📍 3636 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles

Blue Holic Perspective 🌊

This course isn’t about checking boxes.

It’s about becoming:

• More comfortable in the ocean
• More aware underwater
• More confident in your decisions

You’ll leave with more dives, more clarity, and a better sense of the diver you’re becoming.