Advanced Open Water Diver
The Advanced Open Water Diver course more than doubles the number of instructor-supervised dives you made in your beginning certification course. It makes you more confident in your basic skills and more comfortable and relaxed in the water.
Equally important, it provides you with an introduction to deeper diving, compass navigation and three other specialties of your choice. You can sign up in person, over the phone or online by clicking the button below. If you sign up online, you will still need to call to schedule your class.
This program generally takes two to three days and five or more dives. With sufficient notice, we can usually offer this course when it’s most convenient for you.
We do have courses already scheduled. These take place:
- February 1, 2 and 9
- March 15, 16 and 22
- May 17, 18 and 24
- Be at least 10 years old. Students ages 10-14 may qualify for special Junior certification. Learn more.
- Be certified to at least the Open Water Diver level.
- Be able to answer No to all the questions on the medical questionnaire or obtain a physician’s approval for diving.
The cost is $658.95 per person. This includes:
- All instruction
- eLearning
- Tigertail Lake admission
- Dive boat fee
- Certification processing when earned
You supply:
- Mask and snorkel
- Adjustable scuba fins and wetsuit boots
- Adequate exposure protection
- Cylinder (one per dive)
- Regulator system with alternate air source
- BC with integrated weight system or weight belt
- Weights
- Dive computer
- Underwater compass
- Dive knife/cutting tool
- Dive light
- SMB
Items you don’t already own are generally available for rent. Students are also responsible for gas fills and boat fees or dive site admission.
The Advanced Open Water Diver course more than doubles the number of instructor-supervised dives you made in your beginning certification course. It makes you more confident in your basic skills and more comfortable and relaxed in the water.
Equally important, it provides you with an introduction to deeper diving, compass navigation and three other specialties of your choice./p>
In this course, the skills we cover include:
- Core diving skills review/assessment
- Measure kick cycles for a distance of 30 m/100 ft
- Swim 30 m/100 ft and return within 5m /15 ft of start
- Swim 30 m/100 ft in three directions return within 5 m/15 ft of start
- Plan deep dive using the correct minimum gas reserve
- Simulate an emergency five minute decompression stop
- Make three distinct entries and exits
- Make at least one dive to 20 m/65 ft
- Out and back using natural navigation 100 m/330 ft
- Out and back using compass 30 m/100 ft
- Compass navigate 10 m/35 ft square/rectangle
- Limited visibility dive/flash light use
- Complete beach entry and exit
- Deployment of surface marker buoy (SMB)
Optional dives (not included in course)
- Nitrox dive
- Night dive
- Naturalist dive
- Digital imaging dive
Most importantly, we don’t practice these skills until you finally get them right. We have you repeat them until you can’t do them wrong.
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