When you're ready to take your diving skills to the next level, you should consider completing an Advanced Open Water Diver course. This course will enhance your buoyancy, navigation, as well as deep diving skills. You can also choose three specialty dives. When you complete this course, you can earn credit towards specialty certifications.
Adventure dives
It is essential to take adventure dives in order to be a certified scuba diver. They improve your buoyancy and awareness, as well as your communication skills. You will need to complete five adventure dives before being certified. Your instructor will teach you planning and breathing techniques and how to improve your breathing.
Adventure dives are the first in any specialty course and count towards the specialty you're working towards. By doing this, you can choose dives which will prove useful for the future. PADI recommends that you choose dives with a wide variety of objectives, from deep exploration to exploring wrecks and wildlife.
Night dive
Advanced Open Water Divers course teaches students how to be safer underwater. They learn to control their breathing and adjust their body positions. They also learn how to use diving lights and communicate with their buddy. They will have a lot of fun playing in shallow waters and practicing their skills.
Night diving can be a great way of discovering new underwater worlds. It is a completely new experience, and night diving is more exciting than regular daytime diving. Even though night diving may seem intimidating, it is actually not that difficult. Your instructor will teach you the correct techniques and help with any difficulties you might face when diving at night.
Underwater naturalist dive
The PADI Underwater Naturalist course aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills to interact with the aquatic ecosystem. Students learn about basic organism groupings and identification, how these species live in different habitats and how to practice environmentally-friendly diving. They are also taught about the importance marine conservation, including biodiversity conservation.
PADI Underwater Naturalists is for divers who are certified as PADI Open Divers and want to dive deeper into the ocean. This course teaches divers about coral reefs and marine organisms as well as food chains and the relationships among these organisms. The course is one-day long and includes two open water dives.
Peak performance buoyancy dive
Staying buoyant is one of the most important skills you can learn while diving. Proper buoyancy is vital as you can fall into the water and get decompression illnesses. Bad buoyancy control can also increase injury to marine life and sharp rocks. This specialty, the PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty, is designed to assist divers in developing proper buoyancy control and avoiding these problems.
PADI Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialistty is a 1-week course that includes classroom and pool sessions as well as two open water dives. It also teaches students the importance of buoyancy control and helps them move through the water more smoothly. PPB is about making diving safer, more fun and more efficient.
Maximum depth is 30m/100ft
You will be able to dive down to 100 feet with the PADI Advanced Open Water course. This is dangerous because you could get nitrogen narcosis or impaired cognitive function. This depth is also dangerous for making mistakes that can prove to be fatal. Therefore, you should never dive deeper than this without proper training.
The Advanced Open Water course is typically completed within 1.5 to 2 days. The duration of the course is dependent on the instructor. The course can either be completed online or at the beach. It is important to have instructor training in advance of taking the course.