Advanced Open Water Diver

Purpose

The Advanced Diver's course is a certification and acknowledgement of divers who have went through 5 topics of interest in "Adventures in Diving", with 2 compulsory elements: Deep Dive and Underwater Navigation.

Prerequisites

• Be certified as a PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or have a qualifying certification from another training organization. (This is defined as proof of an entry-level scuba certification with a minimum of four open water training dives.)
• Be at least 10 years of age to participate in the following Adventure Dives:
  AWARE - Fish Identification, Boat Diver, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Underwater Naturalist, Underwater Navigation and Underwater Photography.
• Be 12 years of age or older to participate in all other Adventure Dives except the Enriched Air Adventure Dive.
• Be at 15 years of age to participate in the Enriched Air Adventure Dive.

Duration

1 pool session (for Peak Performance Buoyancy) and 5 open water scuba adventure dives

Course Limits

Student to Instructor Ratio ( Living Seas ) not to exceed 6 to 1 during any in-water training and should be adjusted downward to account for bad conditions.

Course Content

The Advanced Diver course is normally conducted over 2 evenings and a weekend trip, with student self preparatory time in advance. Combining lecture and practical (in-water) sessions, this course focuses on the student exploring new possibilities of adventure underwater.

Required Training Materials

• PADI Adventures in Diving Manual
• RDP, The Wheel

Academic Topics

Living Seas will present the following academic topics and specific Adventure programs:

• Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Underwater Navigation
• Deep Dive
• Night Dive
• Enriched Air / Drift Dive / Boat Dive / Computer and Multilevel Diving

Land Drills & Topics

• Compass Navigation
• Propulsion Technique
• Trim
• Light Signals

Required Dive Skills & Drills

• Hovering in Trim
• Propulsion: Frog Kick
• Underwater Compass Navigation / Natural Navigation
• SMB Deployment

Equipment Requirements

• Buoyancy Control Device
• Regulator with 1 main and 1 backup 2 nd Stage, 1 1 st Stage
• Exposure suit suitable for local open water conditions
• Mask
• Fins
• Weight belt if needed
• One cutting tool
• Surface Marker Buoy with Finger Spool with at least 20 metres of line.
• Dive Computer / Wrist Mounted Depth Gauge
• Amphibious Notebook