Padi Advanced Open Water Diver Course - Costa Rica
Advanced Open Water Diver
Exploration, Excitement, Experiences.
They’re what the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about. And no, you don’t have to be “advanced” to take it – it’s designed so you can go straight into it after the PADI Open Water Diver course. The Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you increase your confidence and build your scuba skills so you can become more comfortable in the water.
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The knowledge and skills you get in the Advanced Open Water Diver course vary with your interest and the adventures you have, but include:
» Practical aspects of deep diving
» Physiological effects of deeper scuba diving
» More ways to use your underwater compass
» How to navigate using kick-cycles, visual landmarks and time
And much, much more, depending on the Adventure Dives you choose
This course consists of a total of 5 dives which will include a deep dive between 60ft (18m) and 100ft (30m) and a navigation dive. This course takes a minimum of 2 days.
The selection of the remaining three dives is up to you and include: AWARE-fish identification, boat diving, drift diving, multilevel and computer diving, night diving, nitrox, peak performance buoyancy, search and recovery, underwater photography (only with own camera), wreck divingTo take this course, you must be:
A PADI Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization)
Minimum age: 15 years old (12 years for Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)
Price: $ 320.00
Adventure Diver
The PADI Adventure Diver course helps you get more out of diving by introducing you to new types of scuba diving adventures. It’s a great opportunity to work with your instructor to build your scuba diving skills and gain more confidence. You can choose what you’re most interested in learning. Need to work on your buoyancy skills? Try the Peak Performance Buoyancy Adventure Dive. Want to know what you’re looking at down there? Try the AWARE-Fish Identification Adventure Dive.Choose any three of the following Adventure Dives:
Minimum age: 10 years old
AWARE-Fish Identification, boat diving, peak performance buoyancy, underwater n
avigation and underwater photography (only with own camera).
Minimum age: 12 years old
Deep diving, drift diving, multilevel and computer diving, night diving, search and recovery and wreck diving