Are You an Open Water Diver?
The next step after PADI Open Water Diver is PADI Advanced Open Water Diver. This
in-water, performance-based program allows you to fine-tune your dive skills while
sampling action-packed and rewarding underwater activities like deep diving and
night diving. You and your instructor will decide which activities to try based
on your interests and those available in the local dive environment.
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
What it takes:
- Enhance dive skills and explore specialized dive activities with the PADI
Adventures
in Diving Manual and video at home and your PADI Instructor.
- Open Water Dives – Five dives (Two required dives: deep and navigation, plus any
three from the many special activities available) Up to three training dives per
day.
Prerequisites:
PADI Open Water Diver certification or qualifying certification from a training
organization other than PADI (see your
local PADI Dive Center or Resort about nonPADI
certifications that may qualify).