Advanced Open Water Diver is a course that will help you take your diving skills to the next step. This course will improve buoyancy, navigation, deep diving, and other skills. It also includes three specialty divers of your choice. When you complete the course, you'll be eligible for specialty certifications.
Adventure dives
You must take an adventure dive to become a fully certified diver. They increase your awareness and buoyancy as well as improve your communication skills. You need to have completed 5 adventures dives in order to become certified. Your instructor will guide you through the training and help you 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
In an Advanced Open Water Diver course, students learn about different techniques that help them be safer underwater. They learn how and when to breathe, how to adjust their weight, and how to position themselves properly. They learn to communicate with their buddy and use diving lights. They will have a lot of fun playing in shallow waters and practicing their skills.
Night diving is a wonderful way to discover new underwater worlds. It's a totally different experience than diving during daytime, and night dives offer more excitement than daytime. Even though night diving may seem intimidating, it is actually not that difficult. Instructors will help you learn proper techniques and get you through the challenges of night diving.
Underwater naturalist dive
PADI Underwater Naturalist is designed to give students the knowledge and skills necessary to interact with the aquatic environment. Students learn about basic organism groupings and identification, how these species live in different habitats and how to practice environmentally-friendly diving. They are also taught about the importance marine conservation, including biodiversity conservation.
For divers who have successfully completed the PADI Open Diver certification, and want to learn more about the marine environment. The course also teaches students about coral reefs, marine organisms, food chains, and the relationships between these different types of organisms. The course is one-day long and includes two open water dives.
Peak performance buoyancy diver
The most important skill to master when diving is to maintain buoyancy. Maintaining buoyancy at all times is crucial as decompression illness can be caused by falling into the sea. A lack of proper buoyancy control increases the likelihood of being injured by sharp rocks or other marine life. PADI Peak Performance Bulkancy Specialty was created to assist divers with proper buoyancy control so they can avoid 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 of 30 meters or 100 feet
PADI Advanced Open Water is a course that teaches you how to dive up to 100 feet. Diving deeper than this is extremely dangerous as you may experience nitrogen narcosis and impaired cognitive function. Additionally, mistakes made at this depth could prove fatal. Therefore, you should never dive deeper than this without proper training.
Most Advanced Open Water courses can be completed within one to two days. The instructor determines the length of the course. The course can either be completed online or at the beach. It is important to have instructor training in advance of taking the course.