The next step for Open Water divers!
The Advanced Open Water Diver Course is an experience oriented course designed to give
you practical experience in a number of specialty diving areas. Unlike the Open Water Course, the Advanced Course involves little
written testing and very little academic preparation. You will begin by reading the requisite academic materials at home on
your own time. The material will then be reviewed with your instructor prior to your water training sessions. The
objective of the course is to give you as much in water time as possible in which to perfect your diving skills.
Dive Requirements;
Advanced certification requires a minimum of five dives to be done in as few as two days.
One of those 5 dives will be a dive focused solely on increasing your Underwater Navigation skills. Another dive will be the
Deep Dive, a dive intended to give you a chance to experience a dive between 60' - 100' feet, under the supervision
of an instructor. The focus of the other 3 dives will depend on the local options, but may include a Night Dive, a Peak Performance
Buoyancy Dive, a Search and Recovery Dive, a Drift Dive, or a Fish Identification or Underwater Naturalist Dive.
Day One will be shore diving while Day Two will be conducted aboard one
of our Puget Sound boat diving excursions. In the Seattle area use of all rental gear is included in the tuition for the Advanced
class.
