PADI Advanced Open Water Course - San Diego SCUBA Lessons
Exploration, Excitement, Experiences, is what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about. And no, you don’t have to be “advanced” to take the course – it’s designed so you can go straight into it after the PADI Open Water Diver course. The Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you increase your confidence and build your scuba skills so you can become more comfortable in the water. This is a great way to get more dives under your belt while continuing to learn under the supervision of your PADI instructor. This PADI Advanced San Diego scuba instruction course builds on what you’ve learned and develops new capabilities by introducing you to new activities and new ways to have fun scuba diving. Enjoy new experiences with San Diego scuba lessons and strengthen your underwater skills. We strive to ensure your experience is as convenient, laid back and fun as is possible, call today.
You’ll hone your skills by completing five adventure dives that introduce you to:
Underwater navigation
Deeper water diving (typically anywhere from 18-30 metres/ 60-100 feet)
A sample of three more Adventure Dives of your choice
The Fun Part: Your Choice
One reason you’ll love the Advanced Open Water Diver course is that you and your instructor will choose from 15 types of Adventure Dives to complete your course. You can try your hand at digital underwater photography, wreck diving, night diving, diving with underwater scooters, peak performance buoyancy and much more.
Get credit! Each Adventure Dive in the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course may credit toward the first dive of the corresponding PADI Specialty Diver course. There is no limit to the scuba knowledge you can develop with additional education in San Diego scuba courses.
Prerequisites
To take this course, you must be:
A PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
15 years old (12 for Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)
Start the Advanced Open Water Diver Course Online - San Diego Scuba Courses
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is part of PADI eLearning®. The Advanced Open Water Course Online gets you started right now with the background information you need for seven of the most popular Adventure Dives (though you and your instructor can still choose any of the Adventure Dives.) Call San Diego scuba lessons today to get started.
What You Learn
The knowledge and skills you get in the Advanced Open Water Diver vary with your interest and the adventures you have, but include:
Practical aspects of deep diving
Physiological effects of deeper scuba diving
More ways to use your underwater compass
How to navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time
How to better use your dive computer and electronic Recreational Dive PlannerTM (eRDPTM)
And much, much more, depending on the Adventure Dives you choose
Get College Credit
You may be able to earn college credit for the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course.
Purchase your PADI Advanced Open Water Course HERE