PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Five dives over two days — deep, navigation, and three specialties of your choosing.
Price
$368per person
- Duration
- eLearning 6–8 hours, then 5 dives over 2 days
- Minimum age
- 12 years
- Certification required
- Open Water
Prerequisites
- 12 years minimum age
- PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver, or qualifying certification
The Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about advancing your skills. You'll practice navigation and buoyancy, try deep diving and make three specialty dives of your choosing. For every specialty dive you complete you can earn credit toward PADI specialty certifications.
Training structure
- 012 required dives: Deep Diver and Underwater Navigation
- 023 elective dives: Night, Fish ID, Multi-level, Wreck, Drift, Underwater Naturalist, Buoyancy, Equipment Specialist, or Boat Diver
What this unlocks
Rescue Diver
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