Mission Statement
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about building your skills to expand your experiences. You don’t have to be “advanced” to take it – it’s designed to advance your diving, so you can start right after earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification. The course helps build confidence and expand your scuba skills through different Adventure Dives. You try out different specialties while gaining experience under the supervision of your Instructor. You log dives and develop capabilities as you find new ways to have fun scuba diving.
Divers hone theirs skills by completing five adventure dives in underwater navigation, deeper water diving (typically anywhere from 18-30 metres) and 3 more Adventure Dives of choice. Each Adventure Dive in the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course may credit toward the first dive of the corresponding PADI Specialty Diver Courses. Building on what you’ve learned and introducing you to new activities, you will keen returning to have new ways to have fun scuba diving.
To complete your Advanced Open Water Diver Course (AOW) you will hone your skills by completing five adventure dives as well as developing skills and knowledge in a variety of ancillary modules. You’ll plan your learning path with your instructor by choosing from a long list of Adventure Dives. There are two required dives – Deep and Underwater Navigation – and you choose the other three, for a total of five dives.
