PADI
Advanced Open Water Diver
The Adventures in Diving program offers both the Adventure Diver
and Advanced Open Water Diver certifications. If you complete any
three adventure dives, you can earn your PADI Adventure Diver certification.
If you complete your Deep Adventure Dive, Underwater Navigation
Adventure Dive and three Adventure Dives for a total of five, you
can earn your Advanced Open Water Diver certification.
Why
Advanced Open Water Diver?
After your five dives, you'll be more experienced, feel more comfortable
in the water and simply enjoy diving more because you better understand
the underwater environment.
What
do I need to start?
PADI Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification
from another organization)
Minimum age: 15 (12 for PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)
What will I do?
This certification includes five Adventure Dives, including the
Deep Adventure dive, the Underwater Navigator
Adventure
Dive and three of the following:
Altitude
Diver Boat Diver
Drift Diver Deep Diver
Dry Suit Diver Dive Propulsion Vehicle
Multilevel Diver Night Diver
Peak Performance Buoyancy Search and Recovery
Underwater Naturalist Underwater Videographer
Underwater Photographer Underwater Navigator
AWARE Fish Identification Wreck Diver
How
long will it take?
Recommended
Course Hours: 15
Minimum Open Water Training: five dives over two days
Where can I go from here?
PADI
Advanced Open Water Divers at least 15 years of age can enroll in
PADI Wreck or Deep Diver Specialty courses and continue on to the
PADI Rescue Diver or Junior Rescue Diver course.
PADI
Adventure Dives can also credit towards the corresponding PADI Specialty
Diver certifications.
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