PADI Advanced Open Water
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The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (AOWD) course is designed to enhance your diving skills and experience. Here’s what the course involves:
- Five Adventure Dives: The course includes a deep dive, an underwater navigation dive, and three specialty dives of your choice.
- Specialty Options: You can choose from specialties like Digital Underwater Photography, Night Diving, Peak Performance Buoyancy, and more.
- No Exams: Unlike the Open Water Diver course, there’s no final exam. It’s all about practical experience.
- Prerequisites: You must have an Open Water Diver/Junior Open Water Diver certification or equivalent.
- Age Requirement: The minimum age to enroll is 12 years.
- Depth: The maximum depth you’ll dive depends on your age, but it can be up to 30 meters/100 feet1.
- Duration: The course typically takes 2-3 days to complete.
- eLearning: PADI offers eLearning options that cover 13 popular specialty dives, which you can study before practical sessions.
Equipment requirements for Advanced Open Water course:
Students must provide: All basic scuba equipment required in Open water course, underwater slate, compass, computer surface signaling device (SMB/DSMB), dive knife or tool, Dive lights primary and backup, tank marker light.
Recommended: Regulator, octopus, computer, gauges, Buoyancy Controlled Device (BCD), Wet suit and tanks.
Rental Gear: Regulator and Alternate air source, Computer/gauges, Buoyancy Control Device (BCD), Wet Suit and tanks.
Students receive a 10% discount on all products in store when actively enrolled in a course with Space Coast Dive Center.
What Space Coast Dive Center provides for Advanced Open Water.
- All E learning and classroom instruction.
- All fees associated with the pool, dive sites, and boat fees
- 5 dives over two days. Core dives are Navigation and Deep.
- A temporary electronic certification card.
The AOWD course is about gaining more diving experience, practicing navigation, improving buoyancy, and sampling different types of diving. It’s a great way to explore new underwater activities and develop your diving skills further.