PADI Advanced Open Water
This two-day, five dive program is designed to increase your diving experience and knowledge under supervision; having fun and building confidence in a controlled and safe yet more challenging environment.
On this course you’re introduced to the knowledge development & practical application to participate in more adventurous diving.
There is a PADI study pack included in the course – but it isn’t anyway near as much work as the open water – it’s an interesting read in preparation to go diving. There’s no need for a classroom on this course – let’s focus on getting wet and exploring new adventures in diving.
Either at Wraysbury & Stoney Cove, or on one of the many great dive club holidays abroad, the Advanced Course is FANTASTIC FUN!
You’ll conduct two core dives (Deep & Navigation), and then three other dives from an extensive range (Peak buoyancy, Multi-level & Computer, Wreck, Night, Search & Recovery, Naturalist, Boat, Drift, Fish Identification and Digital Underwater Photography).
At Blue Ocean Diving we strongly recommend that students focus on learning skills which will improve your diving rather than peripheral subjects.
With this in mind, on day one of the program students normally complete the Peak Performance Buoyancy Dive – learning skills which improve weighting, streamlining and trim to reduce physical effort and air consumption. The Underwater Navigation Dive - builds confidence in compass work, distance estimation and natural referencing to improve dive planning and orientation. These dives are conducted on Sunday Afternoons each month to allow newly qualified open water graduates to get straight back in the water.
The following Friday has a great group divers in the quarry at Stoney Cove in Leicestershire, gaining experience on their first Deep dive - to 26-30m; followed by planning and completing a Multi-level Computer Dive - in this dive you’ll learn the benefit of a stepped ascending dive profile to gain longer dive times. Later in the day you’ll conduct a Wreck Dive - learning the safe diving techniques you’ll need when you join us on one of our many trips along the South Coast Wrecks!
An alternative option to this plan is to do a Night Dive, which opens up a new world of underwater adventures. – Great FUN if you’re scared of the dark!!!
Gaining the Adventure Diver qualification if three of these dives are completed, or the full Advanced Open Water qualification after doing five dives, this enables you to explore new depths and have more excitement in the Ocean.
