When you're ready to take your diving skills to the next level, you should consider completing an Advanced Open Water Diver course. This course will improve your navigation, buoyancy, and deep diving skills. It also offers three specialty diving options. When you complete the course, you'll be eligible for specialty certifications.
Adventure dives
It is essential to take adventure dives in order to be a certified scuba diver. They increase your awareness and buoyancy as well as improve your communication skills. You must normally complete five dives of adventure before you are certified. Your instructor will assist you in improving your breathing and kicking skills, as well as teaching you how to plan your dives.
Adventure dives are the first in any specialty course and count towards the specialty you're working towards. You'll be able choose dives that you will use in the future. PADI recommends that divers have a variety of objectives. They can be deep exploration or wildlife exploration.
Night dive
Advanced Open Water Divers course teaches students how to be safer underwater. They also learn how to properly breathe and how to manage their body position and weight. They will also learn how to communicate with their buddy by using diving lights. Students will have fun as they practice their skills by playing games in shallow water.
Night diving offers a unique way to see new underwater worlds. Night diving is an entirely different experience from daytime diving. Also, night dives can be more thrilling than daytime dives. Even though night diving is scary, it's not difficult. Instructors will help you learn proper techniques and get you through the challenges of night diving.
Underwater naturalist dive
PADI's Underwater Naturalist course is designed to teach students how to interact in the aquatic ecosystem. Students learn about basic organism groupings and identification, how these species live in different habitats and how to practice environmentally-friendly diving. Students also learn about marine conservation and 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. It lasts for one full day and involves two open water diving.
Peak performance buoyancy diver
Staying buoyant is one of the most important skills you can learn while diving. It's crucial to stay buoyant at all times, since falling into the water without correct buoyancy can lead to decompression illness. Improper buoyancy control also increases the risk of injury from sharp rocks or marine life. This specialty, the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty, is designed to assist divers in developing proper buoyancy control and avoiding these problems.
PADI Peak Performance is a one-week course that includes both classroom and pool sessions as scuba diving, with the option of two open water dives. It teaches students about buoyancy control and allows them to glide more easily through the water. PPB is about making diving safer, more fun and more efficient.
Maximum depth: 30 m or 100 ft
You will be able to dive down to 100 feet with the PADI Advanced Open Water course. Dive deeper than this can be dangerous. You may get impaired cognitive function or nitrogen narcosis. Mistakes at this depth can lead to disaster. You should not dive any deeper than this depth without training.
The Advanced Open Water course usually takes between 1.5 and 2 days to complete. The instructor determines the length of the course. The instructor can instruct the course online, or at a beach near you. Instructor training is necessary before the course can be taken.