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PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER Scuba deeper, explore night diving and learn to navigate!

Exploration, Excitement, Experiences. They're what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about.

And no, you don't have to be “advanced” to take it – it's designed so you can go straight into it after the PADI Open Water Diver course.

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 meters/ 60-100 feet)
  • An introduction to three more Adventure Dives of your choice

The Fun Part: Your Choice

One reason you'll love the Advanced Open Water Diver course is that you and your instructor choose from 15 types of Adventure Dives to complete your course. You can try your hand at Peak Performance Buoyancy, Wreck Diving, Night Diving, and much more.

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)

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

You use all the basic scuba gear including an underwater compass. Depending on which three adventure dives you pick, you may also be introduced to underwater photography equipment, a dive light, lift bags, a dive flag/float, or other specialty gear.

The Learning Materials You Need

PADI's Adventures in Diving Manual and DVD provide information on more than 15 types of specialty diving. You'll use them as a guidebook to improve your driving skills and prepare for new experiences and adventures.

If you can't attend the theory class(es) of the course, you can enroll in the Online Advanced Open Water Diver Self-Study Course which covers the theory component of the course.

For all your learning materials and equipment, contact SCUBAVERSITY.

Your Next Adventure

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

For more information about this or other PADI courses have a chat with one of the SCUBAVERSITY Team members.

Enroll in your advanced diving adventure now!

To View, the Schedule on the course listed below just click on the " + " icon on the left of each course, when you are ready to enroll in the course click on the "shopping trolley " icon on the right of the desired course and follow the online registration.

    Start Date Course Course Type End Date   Price    
18 Apr 2024 PADIAOWDI 2024/04/18 PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND 21 Apr 2024 R 5598.00

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND
(PADIAOWDI 2024/04/18)

Knowledge Development
Thu 18 Apr 2024
18:30
60 minutes
Scubaversity
Night Dive
Thu 18 Apr 2024
19:30
90 minutes
Scubaversity
Navigation
Sat 20 Apr 2024
09:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
PPB
Sat 20 Apr 2024
11:00
30 minutes
Bass Lake
Night Dive
Sat 20 Apr 2024
19:30
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Deep
Sun 21 Apr 2024
10:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Altitude
Sun 21 Apr 2024
11:30
30 minutes
Bass Lake

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16 May 2024 PADIAOWDI 2024/05/16 PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND 19 May 2024 R 5598.00

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND
(PADIAOWDI 2024/05/16)

Knowledge Development
Thu 16 May 2024
18:30
60 minutes
Scubaversity
Night Dive
Thu 16 May 2024
19:30
90 minutes
Scubaversity
Navigation
Sat 18 May 2024
09:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
PPB
Sat 18 May 2024
11:00
30 minutes
Bass Lake
Night Dive
Sat 18 May 2024
19:30
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Deep
Sun 19 May 2024
10:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Altitude
Sun 19 May 2024
11:30
30 minutes
Bass Lake

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13 Jun 2024 PADIAOWDI 2024/06/13 PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND 16 Jun 2024 R 5598.00

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND
(PADIAOWDI 2024/06/13)

Knowledge Development
Thu 13 Jun 2024
18:30
60 minutes
Scubaversity
Night Dive
Thu 13 Jun 2024
19:30
90 minutes
Scubaversity
Navigation
Sat 15 Jun 2024
09:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
PPB
Sat 15 Jun 2024
11:00
30 minutes
Bass Lake
Night Dive
Sat 15 Jun 2024
19:30
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Deep
Sun 16 Jun 2024
10:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Altitude
Sun 16 Jun 2024
11:30
30 minutes
Bass Lake

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11 Jul 2024 PADIAOWDI 2024/07/11 PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND 14 Jul 2024 R 5598.00

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND
(PADIAOWDI 2024/07/11)

Knowledge Development
Thu 11 Jul 2024
18:30
60 minutes
Scubaversity
Night Dive
Thu 11 Jul 2024
19:30
90 minutes
Scubaversity
Navigation
Sat 13 Jul 2024
09:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
PPB
Sat 13 Jul 2024
11:00
30 minutes
Bass Lake
Night Dive
Sat 13 Jul 2024
19:30
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Deep
Sun 14 Jul 2024
10:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Altitude
Sun 14 Jul 2024
11:30
30 minutes
Bass Lake

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15 Aug 2024 PADIAOWDI 2024/08/15 PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND 18 Aug 2024 R 5598.00

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND
(PADIAOWDI 2024/08/15)

Knowledge Development
Thu 15 Aug 2024
18:30
60 minutes
Scubaversity
Night Dive
Thu 15 Aug 2024
19:30
90 minutes
Scubaversity
Navigation
Sat 17 Aug 2024
09:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
PPB
Sat 17 Aug 2024
11:00
30 minutes
Bass Lake
Night Dive
Sat 17 Aug 2024
19:30
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Deep
Sun 18 Aug 2024
10:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Altitude
Sun 18 Aug 2024
11:30
30 minutes
Bass Lake

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19 Sep 2024 PADIAOWDI 2024/09/19 PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND 22 Sep 2024 R 5598.00

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND
(PADIAOWDI 2024/09/19)

Knowledge Development
Thu 19 Sep 2024
18:30
60 minutes
Scubaversity
Night Dive
Thu 19 Sep 2024
19:30
90 minutes
Scubaversity
Navigation
Sat 21 Sep 2024
09:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
PPB
Sat 21 Sep 2024
11:00
30 minutes
Bass Lake
Night Dive
Sat 21 Sep 2024
19:30
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Deep
Sun 22 Sep 2024
10:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Altitude
Sun 22 Sep 2024
11:30
30 minutes
Bass Lake

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10 Oct 2024 PADIAOWDI 2024/10/10 PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND 13 Oct 2024 R 5598.00

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND
(PADIAOWDI 2024/10/10)

Knowledge Development
Thu 10 Oct 2024
18:30
60 minutes
Scubaversity
Night Dive
Thu 10 Oct 2024
19:30
90 minutes
Scubaversity
Navigation
Sat 12 Oct 2024
09:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
PPB
Sat 12 Oct 2024
11:00
30 minutes
Bass Lake
Night Dive
Sat 12 Oct 2024
19:30
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Deep
Sun 13 Oct 2024
10:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Altitude
Sun 13 Oct 2024
11:30
30 minutes
Bass Lake

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14 Nov 2024 PADIAOWDI 2024/11/14 PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND 17 Nov 2024 R 5598.00

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND
(PADIAOWDI 2024/11/14)

Knowledge Development
Thu 14 Nov 2024
18:30
60 minutes
Scubaversity
Night Dive
Thu 14 Nov 2024
19:30
90 minutes
Scubaversity
Navigation
Sat 16 Nov 2024
09:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
PPB
Sat 16 Nov 2024
11:00
30 minutes
Bass Lake
Night Dive
Sat 16 Nov 2024
19:30
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Deep
Sun 17 Nov 2024
10:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Altitude
Sun 17 Nov 2024
11:30
30 minutes
Bass Lake

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12 Dec 2024 PADIAOWDI 2024/12/12 PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND 15 Dec 2024 R 5598.00

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver INLAND
(PADIAOWDI 2024/12/12)

Knowledge Development
Thu 12 Dec 2024
18:30
60 minutes
Scubaversity
Night Dive
Thu 12 Dec 2024
19:30
90 minutes
Scubaversity
Navigation
Sat 14 Dec 2024
09:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
PPB
Sat 14 Dec 2024
11:00
30 minutes
Bass Lake
Night Dive
Sat 14 Dec 2024
19:30
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Deep
Sun 15 Dec 2024
10:00
60 minutes
Bass Lake
Altitude
Sun 15 Dec 2024
11:30
30 minutes
Bass Lake

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