PADI Advanced Open Water Course
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PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
 

 

The PADI Advanced Open Water Course

 

Description

Welcome to the "Adventures in diving" program, your first step beyond Open Water diver certification!

Diving is a vehicle to a wide range of activities and inter-related skills that create adventure, fun and recreation, no matter how varied your interest.

The PADI "Adventures in diving" program consists of specific Adventure Dives.
These are to name a few. Ideally we advise you to do the dives that you are interested in. makes sense !

 

 

Prerequisites
  • Open Water Diver (or proof of equivalent rating from another recreational diver training organization with at least 4 Open Water dives)
  • 12 yrs old - Jnr Adv Open Water
  • 15 yrs + Adv Open Water diver

 

Course Outline

During your Advanced Qualifying you will do the following:

  • Complete all relevant Knowledge Reviews in your “Adventures in diving” manual
  • Mark the Knowledge Reviews before you do the dives
  • Your Instructor will brief you on the skills & task to be performed during the dive
  • After the dive your Instructor will de-brief you and sign off your logbook

You can do your "Advanced" course with different trips over a period of 12 months. You can do for example 2 dives at one local dive site and 3 at the Phi Phi Islands or around Phuket Island.

 

What's next

Rescue Diver of course!

PADI Rescue Diver course teaches you emergency prevention, intervention and management. This course is one of the most challenging and rewarding courses you can complete as a diver.

You will improve your skills and confidence as a diver in order to prepare you to move to Master Scuba diver and/or Dive Master.

 

Notes

  • An Adventure diver is a person who has completed 3 Adventure dives. This can count towards your Advanced Open Water rating.
  • Once you've obtained 5 Adventure dives, of which Deep and Navigation must be 2, you qualify for Advanced Open Water diver.
  • To be come a Specialist Diver you need to complete 2 - 3 of the same Adventure dives (depending on which Specialty you choose)

Once you've obtained 5 Specialties and Rescue Diver, you can apply for Master Diver rating the highest non-professional dive rating in PADI!

Need a refresher after not being in the water for a while?

price: 12 000 Baht

 

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