PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER
PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER
Advanced Open Water course Diver offers you the opportunity to improve your underwater skills. During the course, you will hone navigation and buoyancy techniques, explore diving depth, and select three diving specialties from a wide range of available options. Each completed specialty earns you credits toward certifications. PADI specialized.
Areas of specialty include enriched air nitrox diving , deep dives, fish identification, night diving, buoyancy control, digital underwater photography, search and recovery, underwater natural studies, underwater navigation, underwater debris cleanup, dry suit use, and wreck exploration.
This course is ideal for those who wish to gain additional diving experience, practice navigation skills and experience various diving styles.
Take this course if you want
- Get more diving experience
- Practice Navigation
- Try different types of diving
Learn how
- Explore below 18m/60ft
- Improve your buoyancy
- Use a compass
Phase 1. PADI eLearning® (online classes)
The first phase involves studying through the PADI eLearning program, 6-8 hours, where the theoretical aspects of the course are covered and 13 diving specialties are studied such as altitude, boat, underwater digital imaging, currents, dry suit, fish identification, night, search and recovery, underwater naturalist and wreck diving.
To begin this phase, the student must purchase the theoretical course online through the PADI website: https://www.padi.com/es/cursos/advanced-open-water .
Phase 2. With your Instructor (training) in open water
The second phase takes place in open waters under the supervision of an instructor, where five dives are carried out, including a deep dive, a navigation dive and three chosen specialties.
- Prerequisites: Open Water Diver / Junior Open Water Diver (or qualification certification)
- Total commitment time: 2-3 days
- Minimum age: 12 years or older
- Depth: The maximum depth depends on your age, but the maximum depth is up to 21 meters/70 feet.
Equipment and logistics
Includes: Space on a specialized boat for diving instruction, transfer of diving equipment to the open water diving site, PADI instructor, tank, weights, vest, fins, mask, snorkel and wetsuit and regulator.
Training
It will take place in the marine sites of Santa Cruz Island, we designate for diving instruction: Caamaño, Punta Estrada, El Bajo and El Barranco. Seymour, Mosquera, Daphne, Floreana and Bartolomé.
The choice of location will depend on sea conditions and the decision of the diving instructor.
Price
$1100 Advanced Open Water Diver
$1195 Advanced Open Water Diver for a single passenger
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choose one of our courses
The PADI Open Water Diver, Advanced Open Water Diver, and Discover Scuba Diving courses include materials/eLearning and certification processing.
For the PADI Divemaster, Rescue Diver, and Emergency First Response (EFR) courses, students must purchase the official PADI materials and eLearning separately.
Some courses require prior certifications and a minimum number of logged dives.
PADI DISCOVER SCUBA DIVING
$300 Discover Scuba Diving
$370 Discover Scuba Diving for a single passenger
PADI OPEN WATER DIVER
$1150 Open Water
$1220 Open Water for a single passenger
$900 Open Water Referido1
$1020 Open Water Referido1 for a single passenger
$600 Open Water Referido2
$650 Open Water Referido2 for a single passenger
$850 Scuba Diver
$900 Scuba Diver for a single passenger
PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER
$1100 Advanced Open Water Diver
$1195 Advanced Open Water Diver for a single passenger
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Explore the underwater wonders of the Galapagos Islands with our diving experts. Live a unique experience that combines safety, excitement and the impressive marine environment.
Phone
+593 96 759 5993
Location
Juan Leon Mera #693 e Isla Duncan
galapagosdivingschool@gmail.com
Opening Hours
Mon – Sun : 8:00 am – 17:00 pm
We are Galapagos Scuba Diving School S.A.S., experts in offering safe and memorable diving experiences in the Galapagos Islands, with a team of certified and passionate instructors.
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