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PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Certification

Ever wonder what it's like to dive deep, or hunt for lobsters at night?  As part of the PADI Adventures in diving program, the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification allows you to try five new specialty areas of diving.

Complete the Deep and Underwater Navigation dives, plus any three adventure dives and you can earn your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification. 

PADI Adventure Dives can also count towards PADI Specialty Diver certifications. If you liked your Night Adventure Dive so much that you wanted to take a complete PADI Night Diver Specialty course, your Night Adventure Dive can count as the first dive of that specialty!

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
    • Deep Diver
    • Dry Suit Diver
    • Multilevel Diver
    • Night Diver
    • Peak Performance Buoyancy
    • Search and Recovery Diver
    • Underwater Naturalist
    • 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

Training Sessions

You will participate in one class session prior to doing you Adventure dives.  The dives will take place in Connecticut or Rhode Island.  You will also need to fill out and sign the required forms.  Prior to class you will watch the video and read the modules and complete the knowledge reviews for the dives you will be doing.  

What will I need?

Course materials required are listed below and can be purchased online along with your course.  We also accept checks.

Adventures in Diving Crew-Pak  
Adventures in Diving Video (DVD)
Log Book

 

What if I only need to do some of the dives to get my certification?

If you've completed dives somewhere else or you just want to jump in on one of our dives you can pay individually for each dive.  You will still need to complete your knowledge reviews for the dives you will be doing. You will also have to fill out the appropriate paperwork and provide proof that you completed the other dive(s).  Cost of individual dives is $65.  Just add as many dives as you need to the shopping cart.

 

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver in Connecticut