PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course can be taken after completing the PADI Open Water Diver certification. It’s titled PADI Advanced Open Water Diver because it advances your diving knowledge & skills.
The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver eLearning is designed to improve your underwater knowledge and skills. You can enrol immediately after earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification regardless of your skill level.
The course helps you build confidence in navigation, and fine-tune buoyancy skills and introduces you to different diving activities such as wreck diving, night diving or underwater imaging. After completing your eLearning, you’ll make five Adventure Dives: a deep dive (beyond 18m), a navigation dive, and three additional Adventure Dives of your choice to earn your certification.
Advanced Course Pre-Requisite:
Have completed the PADI Open Water Diver / Junior Open Water Diver or Equivalent Certification.
A valid Dive Medical if over the age of 40 years old
Course Details:
- PADI Online Theory
- In the PADI Advanced Open Water Dives, You will complete a total of five dives covering skills such as navigation, deep diving, boat diving, search and recovery, night diving, wreck diving, drift diving, and buoyancy.
- The PADI Advanced course runs over two weekends.
Day 1
- Today you will do three shore dives. One of these will be a navigation dive, where you will learn more compass skills as well as natural navigation, A Peak performance dive, and an awesome night dive.
Day 2
- You will do two boat dives today from Portsea. One will be a Deep Dive, where you get to see what it’s like when you go down to 30m. If the conditions are suitable, you will also do a wreck dive to a submarine. Otherwise, a drift dive where you relax as the current takes you along the dive site.
Course Includes:
- PADI Advanced Open Water online theory.
- Three shore dives.
- Two boat dives.
- Air fills.
- Certification Fees and Instruction.
What do I need?
You will need to supply your diving gear. Such as hardware which is a BCD, regulators, a dive computer, and scuba tanks.
You will also need all the essentials, which are a wetsuit or drysuit, mask, snorkel, boots, and fins.
As an advanced diver, you need to own a primary torch and a backup torch, dive slate, dive Knife and a surface marker buoy with a reel.
Hardware is available for Hire.
| Course Dates | November 24rd and the 30th, January 4th and 5th, February 1st and 8th, February 29th and March 7th |
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Due to the increased freight costs, some large items incur an extra shipping fee in addition to the Flat rate shipping cost.
Large Dive Bags: $30 Long Freediving Fins: $15 Long Spearguns: $ 20 Lead Weight over 5kg: We will contact you for extra shipping costs.Shipping Time Frame
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We understand that the product that you have purchased may not suit or fit you. For us to best assist you in preparing for a return or exchange, please read the following information carefully before returning a product. DGA Dive Gear Australia offers you a 30-day exchange policy on most products within Australia for all goods that are unused and in a saleable condition. This means: Eligibility Conditions- The product and packaging are undamaged, unworn, unmarked and where applicable with tags still attached.
- Must include all packing material, manuals, blank warranty cards, and accessories.
- If you believe your product is faulty, please refer to the faulty items section below.
- Dive Gear Australia is not responsible for misuse of products or poor treatment of goods including proper care and servicing or equipment on time.
- Claims for missing items or items damaged in transit must be received within 7 business days of receipt of merchandise.
Returns and Exchanges
For all returns and exchanges, please contact us at sales@divegearaustralia.com.au outlining what product you would like to return, the reason and your order number. We will do our very best to look after you from there as soon as possible.Return and Exchange Shipping
Unless an item is defective, If you need to exchange or return an incorrect product, please send the item back with a copy of your invoice and any instructions or information we might need. Our customer service team will contact you as soon as we receive the goods for any charges and the cost of the return freight. Return Address: Dive Gear Australia Phone Number 0397023694Clearance and Non-returnable Items
Special order merchandise or any item indicated on the website as non-returnable is as such. Clearance items are not refundable and may not be returned unless there is a clear warranty issue or fault with the product. We will exchange as long as stock is available of the same item.Refund and Credits
Please allow up to 14 days for a credit to appear on your account from the received date. We will issue your refund in the same way you made the original purchase, minus the original cost of shipping.
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