Advanced Open Water Diver training is recommended if you're looking to enhance your diving skills. This course will enhance your buoyancy, navigation, as well as deep diving skills. It also includes three specialty divers of your choice. You'll earn credit toward specialty certifications when you complete the course.
Adventure dives
You must take an adventure dive to become a fully certified diver. They improve your buoyancy and awareness, as well as your communication skills. Normally, you must complete 5 adventure dives before you can be certified. During the training, your instructor will help you refine your breathing and kicking techniques, and teach you how to plan your dives.
Adventure dives are the first dives in each specialty course, and they count towards the specialty you are working towards. You'll be able choose dives that you will use in the future. PADI recommends that you choose dives with a wide variety of objectives, from deep exploration to exploring wrecks and wildlife.
Night dive
Students learn different techniques to make it safer underwater in an Advanced Open Water Diver course. They learn to control their breathing and adjust their body positions. They also learn how to use diving lights and communicate with their buddy. Playing games in shallowwater will allow students to practice their skills.
Night diving is an excellent way to explore new underwater worlds. It is a completely new experience, and night diving is more exciting than regular daytime diving. Although night diving can be a bit scary, night dives are not as difficult as you might think. You will learn the proper techniques and overcome any difficulties associated with night diving.
Underwater naturalist dive
PADI Underwater Naturalist Course aims to equip students with the skills and knowledge to interact with aquatic ecosystems. Students learn about basic organism groupings and identification, how these species live in different habitats and how to practice environmentally-friendly diving. They also learn about the importance of marine conservation, including conservation of biodiversity.
PADI Underwater Naturalist Course is for those divers who have obtained their PADI Open Diver Certification and are looking to gain a deeper understanding of the marine environment. Students learn about coral reefs, marine species, food chains, and relationships between them. The course is one-day long and includes two open water dives.
Peak performance buoyancy dive
It is important to know how to keep your buoyancy when diving. Proper buoyancy is vital as you can fall into the water and get decompression illnesses. Poor buoyancy control can increase your risk of injury from marine life or sharp rocks. PADI Peak Performance buoyancy specialty helps divers to develop proper buoyancy control.
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy specialty is a class that lasts one week and includes classroom, pool, and optional open water dives. The class also teaches students buoyancy control, which helps them glide through the water better. This PPB program aims to make diving more fun, easier, and more efficient.
Maximum depth 30m/100ft
You will be able to dive down to 100 feet with the PADI Advanced Open Water course. It is dangerous to dive deeper than 100 feet. You could experience impaired cognitive function and nitrogen narcosis. This depth is also dangerous for making mistakes that can prove to be fatal. You should not dive any deeper than this depth without training.
The Advanced Open Water course can usually be completed in a period of 1.5 to 2 days. The instructor will determine how long the course takes. The instructor can instruct the course online, or at a beach near you. Instructor training is required before taking the course.