Advanced Open Water Diver

Course Overview

The Advanced Open Water Diver course is designed to enhance the skills and knowledge of divers who have completed their Open Water Diver certification. This mid-level continuing education program aims to extend divers' proficiency in the water and provide more supervised practical experience. The course qualifies divers to dive to a maximum depth of 100 feet (30 meters).

• 6 Dives
• Carebean Sea / Atlantic ocean
• International Certification IANTD
• Duration: 3 Day

Purpose

The primary goal of the Advanced Open Water Diver course is to enable divers to:

• Extend their underwater skills.
• Gain more supervised practical experience.
• Improve their ability to plan and execute dives safely.

Prerequisites

To enroll in the Advanced Open Water Diver course, participants must:

• Be a certified Open Water Diver or equivalent.
• Be at least 15 years old with parental or guardian consent, or 18 years old without it.
• For Junior Diver qualification, participants must be at least 12 years old.

Program Content

The program includes:

• A minimum of 120 minutes of open water bottom time completed over 4 to 7 dives.
• At least one dive must be conducted to a depth between 82 and 100 feet (25 and 30 meters).
• Completion of all lectures with IANTD course-specific slides pertaining to the theory in the IANTD Advanced Open Water Diver Student Kit.

Equipment Requirements

Participants are required to have or will be rovided by us:

• The IANTD Advanced Open Water Diver Student Kit.
• For rebreather divers, access to the IANTD CCR Diver "S" Drill chart C-3401 and the necessary rebreather equipment.

Program Limits

• The instructor-to-student ratio should not exceed 8 students per instructor. This can be increased to a maximum of 12 students with the assistance of two IANTD Dive Masters.
• Dives are limited to a maximum depth of 100 feet (30 meters).