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PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER

5 OPEN WATER DIVES

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PADI Advanced Open Water Certification $550

Learn about Underwater Navigation, Deep, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Boat and Underwater Naturalist. After some skill practice with your instructor, you'll make five open water dives. There's no exam because this course is truly about having fun and gaining experience.

This course allows you to further your fundamental dive skills that you learned in the beginning class and expand your comfort level. This course consists of e-learning and (5) five open water dives

You'll practice navigation and buoyancy, try deep diving and make three other specialty dives (it's like a specialty sampler platter). The other three dives might consist of a Night Dive, Boat Dive, AWARE, Underwater Recovery Dive, or a Fish Identification Dive. 


Independent Study - PADI eLearning®

Advanced Open Water Diver eLearning includes interactive lessons on 13 popular specialty dives: altitude, boat, digital underwater imaging, drift, dry suit, fish ID, night, buoyancy, search and recovery, underwater naturalist and wreck diving.

You'll study deep and navigation diving plus three specialties of your choosing.

  • eLearning time commitment: 6-8 hours


At The Dive Shop - With Your Instructor

The course includes five dives: a deep dive below 18m/60f, a navigation dive, and three specialty dives. Gain experience, build confidence and discover your diving abilities.

  • Price: $550
  • Prerequisites: Open Water Diver/Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification). Must have proof of 20 or more logged dives. Completed PADI Diver Medical Participant Questionnaire
  • Total time commitment: 2-3 days
  • Minimum age: 12 years or older
  • Depth: The maximum depth depends on your age, but maximum depth is up to 30 metres/100 feet


Open Water Dates

  • 2025 - February 22 & 23
  • 2025 - May 24 & 25

2025 - August 24 & 25