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Advanced Open Water Diver Course – All You Need to Know<\/h1>\n

If you are wondering whether to do the course or not or simply curious about it, you have come to the right spot, let’s dive into it!<\/p>\n

Is it worth getting the Advanced Open Water Diver certification?<\/h2>\n

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Yes. It’s totally worth it, this course will not just unlock deeper dives, wrecks, night diving, and so on, it will boost your confidence and comfort under and above the surface, it will give you a taste of some activities that you might want to pursue later on or maybe discover new ones as every adventure dive that you will be doing on this course will credit you towards the respective specialty course.<\/p>\n

About the Advanced Open Water Diver Course<\/h2>\n

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What is the difference between PADI open water and advanced open water?<\/h3>\n

During your Open water Course (OW) you focused on learning how to use scuba gear on your own, learned some skills like setting up and checking your equipment, being able to dive and to respond to certain situations, safely plan a dive, communicate with your buddy and enjoy the sport down to a maximum depth of 18m (60ft).
\nDuring your Advanced Open water Course (AOW) you will be extending your depth limits to 30m (100ft), use a compass to do some more complex navigation, enhance your photography skills, your knowledge about the reef, the fish, wrecks, you will get into more adventures such as night diving, caverns, and many more exciting things, the possibilities are endless!
\nBut (there’s always a but huh?) … To be able to execute most of these dives safely, you must progress on your buoyancy skills, awareness, and communication. In short, you must become a better diver and to do so you will be doing 5 adventure dives required for certification with an instructor that will refine your dive planning, breathing technique, and your kicking, among other things.<\/p>\n

Breakdown of the PADI Advanced Open Water course:<\/h2>\n

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The course consists of 5 different Adventure Dives<\/strong>. Each one has some theory to do before diving (6-8 hours total reading time). After each chapter, there\u2019s a knowledge review that you will go through with your instructor, just as in the Open Water Course, but this time there are no quizzes or exams to complete, so get that wetsuit ready!
\nYou are required to do Deep and Navigation dives, then the other 3 can be any of your choice with more than 25 to do so, it is important to agree with your instructor which ones beforehand as some will not be available due to location or conditions. Some popular ones are: digital underwater imaging, drift, fish ID, night, buoyancy, search and recovery, underwater naturalist, wreck diving, and Nitrox.<\/p>\n