advanced open water certification

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adventure diver rating

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once you have your PADI Open Water Certification you'll probably want to continue your training to develop greater skill and confidence in the water. PADI Adventure Dives do just that. There are many different adventure dives to choose from. You can do as many of the adventure dives as you like. Once you have completed three adventure dives, you'll be rated as a PADI Adventure Diver. And this rating is available to divers as young as 10.

In order to get Advanced Open Water Certification, you must complete five adventure dives, two of which must be Underwater Navigation and Deep Diving.*  The other three, you choose.

* Because of the deep dive requirement, Advanced Open Water Certification isn't available to divers under 12.

** Available only to divers who are at least 15 years old.

*** Mandatory for PADI Advanced Open Water Certification

Features of the Advanced Open Water Class

introduce yourself to five new diving specialties while boosting your confidence and skill

gain more diving experience in a structured, supervised setting

learn the basics of underwater navigation

skills you'll learn are required by many shops in order to do some of the most interesting dives

Prerequisites: Be at least 12 years old at start of Advanced Open Water Course; be at least 10 years old at the start of the Adventure Diver Course; and have PADI Open Water or Junior Open Water Certification** or equivalent.

**Divers between 12 and 15 years old will be certified as PADI Junior Advance Open Water divers.
Upon attaining 15 years of age, this certification is convertible to a standard Advanced Open Water certification with no further training required

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