PADI Advanced Open Water

Continuing the adventure is one of the best moves you can make.

You will upgrade your depth rating with the Advanced course. There is no classroom content - just two days of diving.

The PADI Advanced Open Water program has some great benefits in helping you to develop your diving skills

By going beyond Open Water Diver, you will

• Learn additional skills specific to your interests
• Be more confident in and around the water
• Acquire a better understanding of the aquatic world
• Dive where only divers with advanced training can, to a maximum depth of 30 metres

Prerequisite qualifying courses

• PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)

Minimum age

• 12 years (see Junior Courses)

What the course covers

• 2 core dives – Deep and Navigation
• 3 elective dives – Peak Performance Buoyancy, Diver Propulsion Vehicle, Boat, Nitrox, Dry Suit, Search and Recovery, Wreck, Underwater Naturalist, Drift, Digital Underwater Photography, Multilevel.
  Please ask your instructor for suitability.

Note: You may be able to upgrade the dives towards specialty ratings and save money, eg, Dry Suit elective dive could be upgraded to PADI Dry Suit Specialty Diver for £50 + manual, thus saving you £49.

What it will cost and what you'll need

• Course Fee: £169.00
• Manual: £24.95
• Site entrance fee: There is an entrance fee for open water dives requiring entry to an inland site, payable daily by the student. Current fees: Horsea Island: £10.00, Stoney Cove £15.00. Boat fees, where applicable, start at £15.00 per dive.
• Mask, Snorkel, Boots and Fins (Gloves are also recommended for the winter months). Student discounts available on all these items in the Andark shop.
• Medical Declaration (details on Course Booking and Payment page)
• Proof of qualification and experience, (log book and cards), must be provided on day one of the course.

Course calendar

	Sat 26 Jul	-  Sun 27 Jul	2 Days
	Sat 9 Aug	-  Sun 10 Aug	2 Days
	Sat 23 Aug	-  Sun 24 Aug	2 Days
	Thu 28 Aug	-  Fri 29 Aug	2 Days
	Sat 30 Aug	-  Sun 31 Aug	2 Days
	Sat 6 Sep	-  Sun 7 Sep	2 Days
	Sat 13 Sep	-  Sun 14 Sep	2 Days
	Thu 25 Sep	-  Fri 26 Sep	2 Days
	Sat 27 Sep	-  Sun 28 Sep	2 Days
	Sat 4 Oct	-  Sun 5 Oct	2 Days
	Sat 18 Oct	-  Sun 19 Oct	2 Days
	Thu 23 Oct	-  Fri 24 Oct	2 Days
	Sat 25 Oct	-  Sun 26 Oct	2 Days
	Sat 8 Nov	-  Sun 9 Nov	2 Days
	Sat 22 Nov	-  Sun 23 Nov	2 Days
	Thu 27 Nov	-  Fri 28 Nov	2 Days
	Sat 29 Nov	-  Sun 30 Nov	2 Days
	Sat 6 Dec	-  Sun 7 Dec	2 Days
	Thu 11 Dec	-  Fri 12 Dec	2 Days
	Sat 20 Dec	-  Sun 21 Dec	2 Days

Notes

All courses run from 9am to 5:30pm (approximately) (the second day of the Advanced course has different times and your Instructor will advise you of times on day 1) and a minimum of 3 people is required for a course to run, unless otherwise stated.

Personal tuition may be available, ask for details and prices. Group booking discounts are also available. Andark supports equal opportunities – if you have any special requirements, please get in touch with us. The IAHD Course for the Disabled is now available – please contact us.

How to Book

Booking a course with Andark couldn't be more straight forward, there are three simple steps to follow:

1. Phone us to check the availibility of the course that you have chosen, and the dates you wish to attend.
2. Download and complete the booking form, and return to us by post.
3. Download and complete the medical declaration form, and return to us by post.

Please click on the icons on the right to download a PDF copy of our booking and medical declaration forms. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, click here to download a free copy.

Booking Form

Medical Declaration