| The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course can | | | | reading skills. A deep dive is also mandatory. You will |
| be taken back to back with the PADI Open Water | | | | be be required to plan and execute a dive, to |
| Diver course. Indeed, many students take this route in | | | | maximum depth of approximately 30 m. |
| order to complete both course is during their diving | | | | You are then free to choose three further dives from |
| holiday. The Advanced Open Water Diving course | | | | the following Adventure Dives: |
| usually takes two or three days to complete. The | | | | · search and recovery |
| course is designed to widen your skills by introducing | | | | · underwater naturalist |
| you to new activities and is a great confidence | | | | · drift dive |
| booster. The advanced open water diver course is | | | | · peak performance buoyancy |
| made up of five PADI Adventure Dives followed by | | | | · multilevel dive |
| knowledge reviews on each dive. You will need a | | | | · night dive |
| PADI Adventures in Diving Crew Pack which costs | | | | · boat dive |
| around £75, and if purchased from your training | | | | · digital underwater photography |
| provider should include your certification fee of | | | | To undertake the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver |
| approximately £30. | | | | course you will need to have already achieved the |
| There are two compulsory dives required in the PADI | | | | PADI Open Water Diver qualification and be at least 12 |
| Advanced Open Water course. The first is the under | | | | years old. You will need to be in good health and |
| water navigation dive. This builds on your compass | | | | complete a medical questionnaire prior to diving. |