Advanced Open Water Diver
So you’ve learnt the basics? Now is the time for the fun to really begin. Advanced Open Water at The College will open up a whole new world of diving at your fingertips!

So you’ve learnt the basics? Now is the time for the fun to really begin. Advanced Open Water at The College will open up a whole new world of diving at your fingertips!
The Advanced Open Water Course introduces you to five ‘Adventure Dives’. Each dive explores a different aspect of diving that broadens your education and varies experience. Extend your limits and let our instructors open up the world of diving for you! How does pressure affect objects at 30m/100ft? Which techniques do seasoned divers apply when navigating back to exit points? How can you fine tune your buoyancy and positioning in the water to ensure you can observe even the smallest of critters? You’ll discover all of these and more when you take the plunge and become and Advanced Diver with The College!
In order to begin your Advanced Open Water course you will need the following:
The Advanced Open Water Course can be completed in as little as two days! With knowledge development integrated into the dive schedule the Advanced Course can be split into a three dive and a two dive day! Perfect for a short trip or to add on to your Open Water Package!
Advanced Open Water Course:
Why stop here? Continue your education by adding the following courses and further your skills and confidence!
Prices above reflect bundling with the Advanced Open Water Course.
Ever wondered what the Ocean looks like at 30m/100ft? Our Instructors will show you just that on the Deep Adventure Dive! Amazed how your dive guides seem to effortlessly navigate to the boat? On the Underwater Navigation adventure dive, your instructor will teach you how Advanced Open Water divers always find their way back!
After these two dives, the choice is yours! Dive through the past on Utila’s Halliburton with the Wreck Adventure Dive. Discover the life that teems our sites after sunset on a Night Adventure Dive. Improve your air consumption and in water positioning to allow you to observe even the smallest of critters or perfect negative entries and DSMB deployment with the Peak Performance Buoyancy and Drift Adventure Dives!
And there is more! Every Adventure dive in the Advanced Open Water Course, credits towards the corresponding PADI Specialty Course! That means if you include the Wreck Adventure Dive in your Advanced Course you’re already one dive into the Wreck Specialty!
Required dives are Deep and Underwater Navigation, the rest is up to your interest! Due to our local conditions and what we know to be the most beneficial for your overall dive skills our recommended bundle is as follows:
The following dives are also optional however, due to equipment and time considerations some incur an added cost:
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