Ready for the next adventure?
How does five adventures sound??
PADI's Advanced Open Water Diver program will introduce you to new experiences and adventures, under the guidance of a PADI instructor. With a range of different dives to choose from, the Advanced Open Water course has something for everyone. What are you waiting for?
Sounds great! But what's it going to cost?
You can complete your Advanced Open Water course either in the UK, or on one of our Divecrew Holidays. The course price includes all course materials and PADI registration, and hire of your kit (UK option).
UK Option
£295
Holiday Option
£195
Please also consider the following additional costs:
- Dive site entry
- Transport and accommodation
- Tank fills
When and Where does the Course Run?
UK Option
The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course runs on a regular basis in the UK, with up to six courses running every year. Please check our Diving Course Schedule page for the latest dates and availability.
We usually run the Advanced Course either at Vobster, Stoney Cove or Portland. The course is run over two days, with one or two nights in a local guest house.
Holiday Option
Take your Advanced Open Water course in the warm waters on one of our regular holiday trips, which almost every month. The most popular option is to join one of our Red Sea trips, led by one or more of our Instructors. Please see our Diving Holidays Page for the latest dates and availability.
What's involved?
To become a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, you will need to complete five dives. For each dive that you do, you will also need to read a chapter in the Adventures in Diving manual (included in the price of the course) and complete a short Knowledge Review.
Your instructor will go through your Knowledge Reviews with you before your dive, and talk about anything you're not sure on. We usually run a short evening session at the dive centre before the course for this, also giving you the chance to meet your Instructor and new dive buddies.
Our students have a lot of fun - as you can see from our video!
As part of the course, you must do the following dives:
Deep Dive
By descending deeper than 18m, you will begin to appreciate the differences involved in deep diving, and discover how you react with the safety of direct instructor supervision. We will also introduce you to the use of Pony and Stage Tanks, and give you a chance to try using the equipment yourself as an added extra.
Underwater Navigation
You already learned how to use a compass on your Open Water course, and now you can build on these skills by navigating with a buddy a straight line and reciprocal, as well as a square.
Additional Dives
Depending on the location of your course, you may be able to choose from a selection of dives to complete your Advanced Open Water course. You will need to complete three dives from the following list:
- Altitude Dive
- Boat Dive
- Drift Dive
- Dry Suit Dive
- Wreck Dive
- Multilevel & Computer Dive
- Night Dive
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- Search and Recovery Dive
- Underwater Naturalist
- AWARE Fish Identification
- Underwater Digital Photographer
Divecrew Added Extras
When you take your Advanced Open Water course with Divecrew, we will also throw in some added extras to maximise the value that you get from the course. These can include:
- Introduction to Rescue - learn basic Rescue skills that will make you a safer diver and a better buddy, and also provide a good grounding if you decide to progress to the PADI Rescue Diver course. We will practice tired diver tows, and see a demonstration of how to approach a panicked diver.
- Alternate Air Source Ascent - a chance to repeat a skill that is vital and lifesaving but rarely used or practiced. After completing your safety stop, ascend breathing from your buddy's alternate.
- Pony and Stage Tank Use - we will bring extra equipment to allow you to try using it for yourself.
- DSMB workshop - as Advanced Divers, this is a key skill, so we will help you to practice deploying your DSMB. Your own personal DSMB is included in your course materials (add a pocket reel as well for just £19.95 extra)
Options for Junior Divers
Junior Open Water Divers aged 12 - 14
If you're aged from 12-14 years old, you can do the five dives to become a Junior Advanced Open Water diver. This qualifies you to dive to a depth of up to 21m. Your Deep Dive will be no deeper than 21m.
Junior Open Water Divers aged 10 - 11
As a younger Junior Open Water Diver, you will only be able to participate in some of the dives, which will allow you to earn a Junior Adventure Diver certification. You can then progress on to completing your Junior Advanced Open Water diver by completing a Deep Dive and one other adventure dive when you are 12 years old.
Dives that you can do:
- Altitude Dive
- AWARE - Fish Identification Dive
- Boat Dive
- Digital Underwater Photography Dive
- Drysuit Dive
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- Underwater Naturalist
- Underwater Navigation
Interested?
Call us on 01344 454245 and we can find an Advanced Open Water course that suits you!
Once you've completed your Advanced Open Water course, you will be qualified to dive with a buddy to depths up to 30m. This means you can join even more of our UK pleasure dives as well as holidays abroad. The Adventure is just around the corner ...
Read about our Previous Adventures ...
Wednesday, November 24th, 2010 by divecrew
Congratulations to Simon, Rob and Cornel for completing their Advanced Open Water Course this weekend at Wraysbury and Vobster Hope to see you all at the Xmas Party on the 11th Dec to celebrate in style
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Thursday, October 28th, 2010 by Collin
We also had some fun and games whilst we were not diving – many of the group sampled the Water Bungalow Spa – awesome was the agreed reaction. Who says I am special needs – This is the latest Paris fashion for [...]
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Thursday, October 28th, 2010 by Collin
Well 20 very excited divers arrived at Heathrow Terminal 4 ready to embark on the adventure that was Borneo. Check in had been a rather stressed time as the online system crashed 48 hours before the departure and so we had no idea if the [...]
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Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 by Martin
Congratulations to brother, Jack and James Coffey as they celebrate their Advanced Open Water success with Martin’s signature “Inverted Hover” whilst on holiday in Taba.
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Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 by Martin
Congratulations to Cherry, Tony and Claire on completing their Advanced Course whilst on Holiday in Hurghada. Claire doing her impression of a star fish in the inverted hover. Tony shows his new learnt skills following a PPB course with [...]
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