Dive course
PADI Advanced Open Water
Advance your diving confidence, navigation, and scuba skills.
Overview
What this experience is about
The Advanced Open Water course is the next step in your scuba adventure. It includes five open-water adventure dives and matching lessons, with Deep and Navigation required, plus three electives such as night, wreck, buoyancy, Fish ID, Underwater Naturalist, and more.
Plan
What to expect
- Confirm current certification, recent dive history, and goals.
- Complete Deep, Navigation, and selected elective dives.
- Build confidence through structured dives and instructor debriefs.
Before you go
Requirements
- Open Water Diver, Junior Open Water Diver, or qualifying certification.
- Comfort completing multiple dives.
- Training schedule and materials confirmed after booking request.
- Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications, recent surgery, asthma, epilepsy, diabetes, or heart/lung conditions may require written physician approval before diving.
- The operator may cancel or adjust any activity because of weather, sea conditions, guest fitness, intoxication, age, safety concerns, or circumstances beyond reasonable control.
Important notes
Safety, weather, and booking fit come first.
Every water day is confirmed around real conditions, guest comfort, and the requirements for the selected activity or course.
- Booking requests are reviewed by the crew before the activity, course, or payment handoff is confirmed.
- Scuba guests may need certification proof, a completed medical form, physician clearance, referral paperwork, or eLearning/eRecord completion depending on the service.
- Weather, sea conditions, cruise traffic, and operational needs can require a time change, safer alternate plan, or reschedule.
- After scuba, plan enough time before flying or high-altitude travel; the team can advise based on your dive profile.
FAQ
Good to know before booking
Is the schedule guaranteed?
Timing depends on weather, water conditions, and availability. The team confirms the best plan when you book.
What should I bring?
Bring swimwear, towel, reef-safe sun protection, and certification proof if your service requires it.
Can mixed groups book together?
Yes. Share each guest comfort level and the team can suggest the right mix of scuba, snorkel, boat, or dry options.
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