PADI Advanced Open Water Diver
Age 12+
What Is PADI Advanced Open Water Diver?
Open Water taught you the core skills that make you a scuba diver. Advanced gives you five adventure dives to develop them in new situations and unlocks more diving opportunities. Deep Diver and Underwater Navigation are required, then you choose three more adventure dives with your instructor.
How the Advanced Open Water Course Works
Complete PADI eLearning
Finish the short knowledge section for each adventure dive before the course.
Select Your Focus Dives
Choose three adventure dives to add to the required Deep and Navigation dives.
Complete Five Adventure Dives
Complete all five advanced adventure dives on the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef in Roatan.
Get Your PADI Certification
Finish the requirements successfully and receive your PADI Advanced Open Water certification.
Skills You Will Learn
Deeper Dive Planning
Plan and manage a deeper dive, including air, depth and no-stop time.
Underwater Navigation
Use a compass and natural references to hold a course and find your way back.
Better Buoyancy Control
Stay controlled while adding navigation, depth or another task to the dive.
Three Chosen Diver Skills
Try three more adventure dives based on the diving you want to do next.
Course and Certification Details
Five dives. Deep and Navigation are fixed; the other three are chosen with your instructor. Each completed adventure dive can credit toward its matching specialty.
What Is Included
- PADI digital learning materials
- All equipment and fees
- Instructor planning and training
- 5 open water adventure dives
- PADI certification processing
Key Takeaways
- Five adventure dives, no final exam
- Deep and Navigation are required
- Choose three additional adventure dives
- Each dive can count toward a specialty
- Must be 12+ with Open Water certification
Advanced Course FAQ
Do I need to take a written exam for the Advanced course?
Is there a final exam?
No. You complete a short knowledge review before each adventure dive with your instructor.
Can I take Advanced right after getting Open Water certified?
Can I take Advanced right after Open Water?
Yes. Many students schedule them back to back.
How deep can I dive with Advanced certification?
How deep can I dive afterward?
Adult Advanced Open Water Divers may train to 30 meters / 100 feet.
What are the required Adventure Dives?
Which dives are required?
Deep and Underwater Navigation are required. You choose three more adventure dives.
How deep can Junior Advanced divers go?
Are there junior depth limits?
Divers aged 12 to 14 are limited to 21 meters / 70 feet.
What Is Advanced Diving in Roatan Like?
Your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification extends your depth limit to 30 meters / 100 feet. That opens up wall dives, deeper wrecks, drift diving and night diving on the Mesoamerican Reef in Roatan.
Ready to Dive Deeper?
Send our dive crew a message and we will get you scheduled to take your Advanced Open Water Diver course with us in Roatan.
What Comes After Advanced Open Water?
Advanced opens the morning two-tank schedule, deeper sites and the next training level. Rescue is the usual next course, while Nitrox and specialty training let you focus on a specific kind of diving.
PADI Rescue Diver
The course divers talk about most. It changes how you think underwater.
Enriched Air Nitrox
More bottom time on every dive. One day, no dives required.
PADI Wreck Diver
Build the skills and knowledge needed to explore wrecks responsibly.
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Diver Experiences
My daughter and I were here last week doing some advanced certifications. We did our Rescue Diver, Advanced Open Water and buoyancy certification, and then fun dives the rest of the week. We have been here many times and will never dive with anyone else on the island.
