Advanced Open Water Diver is a course that will help you take your diving skills to the next step. This course will improve your buoyancy and navigation skills, as well deep diving skills. It also offers three specialty diving options. When you complete the course, you'll be eligible for specialty certifications.
Adventure dives
For a full certification as a scuba diver, adventure diving is essential. They can improve your buoyancy and awareness as well your communication skills. You must normally complete five dives of adventure before you are certified. Your instructor will help improve your breathing and kick techniques as well teach you how you can plan your dives.
Adventure dives are required for all specialty courses. They count towards the specialty that you are working towards. By doing this, you can choose dives which will prove useful for the future. PADI recommends that you choose dives with a wide variety of objectives, from deep exploration to exploring wrecks and wildlife.
Night dive
Advanced Open Water Diver Course teaches students about safe diving techniques. They learn how to breathe properly and manage their weight and body positioning. They will also learn how to communicate with their buddy by using diving lights. Students will have fun as they practice their skills by playing games in shallow water.
Night diving offers a unique way to see new underwater worlds. Night diving offers a different experience to daytime diving, making it more interesting than daytime. Even though night diving can seem scary, they aren't as difficult as you might imagine. An instructor can help you master the techniques and assist you in overcoming any problems that may arise from night diving.
Underwater naturalist dive
PADI Underwater Naturalist is designed to give students the knowledge and skills necessary to interact with the aquatic environment. Students learn about basic organism groupings and identification, how these species live in different habitats and how to practice environmentally-friendly diving. They learn about the importance conservation of biodiversity and marine conservation.
For divers who have successfully completed the PADI Open Diver certification, and want to learn more about the marine environment. Students learn about coral reefs, marine species, food chains, and relationships between them. The course is one-day long and includes two open water dives.
Peak performance buoyancy dive
Staying buoyant is one of the most important skills you can learn while diving. Maintaining buoyancy at all times is crucial as decompression illness can be caused by falling into the sea. Bad buoyancy control can also increase injury to marine life and sharp rocks. PADI Peak Performance buoyancy specialty helps divers to develop proper buoyancy control.
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy specialty is a class that lasts one week and includes classroom, pool, and optional open water dives. The course teaches students to control buoyancy and aids them in moving through the water with ease. The PPB program is all about making diving more enjoyable, fun, and efficient.
Maximum depth 30m/100ft
You will be able to dive down to 100 feet with the PADI Advanced Open Water course. This is dangerous because you could get nitrogen narcosis or impaired cognitive function. It is possible to make mistakes at this level, which can lead to serious consequences. It is best to not go any deeper than this level without proper training.
The Advanced Open Water course can usually be completed in a period of 1.5 to 2 days. The duration of the course is dependent on the instructor. The instructor can instruct the course online, or at a beach near you. Instructor training is essential before you take the course.