Get a taste of new adventures and enjoy scuba diving more than ever. Over 2 diving days you will build your scuba skills and gain more confidence underwater.

To earn your Advanced Open Water certification, there are 2 mandatory dives: a Deep dive to earn your 30 metre depth rating, and an Underwater Navigation dive to improve your compass skills and help ensure you don't get lost on your dives.

The remaining dives can be chosen from a large list of optional Adventure Dives, providing a range of choices that allows us to plan the course to reflect the best of what Victorian diving can offer.

What sets our AOW program apart from our competitors is that we complete 6 adventure dives, rather than the normal 5, and we also provide an extra piece of eLearning material to help you progress following your AOW course:  the Dive Against Debris eLearning.

Prerequisites:

• Minimum age for this course is 10 years old (please note Junior AOW divers are depth restricted to 21 metres)
• Minimum level of certification of Open Water (or equivalent) is required to enrol in this course.

3-Stage Process:

THEORY & EQUIPMENT - PADI's eLearning Online program is designed so that you can learn the academics at your own pace when it is convenient for you. You complete the academic section of your course online, however your Instructor will be happy to help you with any theory based questions you may have.

SHORE DIVES - The first dives of your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course will take place off the shore. Included in all AOW courses run by Aquatic Adventures is a short skill review session which will be part of the first dive. This is to ensure that both you and your Instructor are aware of where amongst your basic skills there is a room for improvement. Your Underwater Navigation dive will be included in your Shore Dives.

BOAT DIVES- Your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver will also comprise Boat dives. These will include your Deep dive, to 30m, and at least one other dive to make the best of the conditions at the time.

Pre-requisites:

• Minimum age to take the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course in Australia is 12 years old.
• A PADI Open Water Diver certification (or equivalent) is required to enrol in this course.
• Review the PADI Medical Statement, which can be found here and if required, get a Diving Medical to ensure you are safe to dive.
• For the Standard Advanced Open Water Diver course, hire of standard Scuba Equipment is not included in the cost of the course - if needed this will be an additional $90/day. You must have your own personal snorkeling equipment: mask, snorkel, fins, boots, as these items are not included in gear rental on either course option.
• A cutting device, underwater torch and an SMB with reel are also required to complete the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver coursen (Purchase these items in-store when you book on to your course a receive a minimum 10% discount)