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 What's
the Advanced Open Water Diver certification all about?
Have you
always wanted to try underwater photography? How about
wreck diving? Here's your chance because you can sample
three dives of your choice, get a taste of what you
like, and feel more comfortable in the water,
strengthening your underwater skills and letting you
enjoy diving more than ever. During your Open Water
Diver training you learned how to scuba dive, now you
will learn what you can do as a scuba diver.
What will I
do during the Advanced Open Water Diver course and how long
will it take?
During the
course, you will learn the skills and knowledge
necessary to safety plan and conduct scuba dives in the
specialty areas of your choice. It only takes one
evening at Divers Training Center and then five open
water dives with your instructor.
Essentially the Advanced Open Water Diver course is
broken down into three easy steps:
Step 1 - Independent Study: This is where you
will learn the bulk of your advanced diving
knowledge. With today's fast paced lifestyle, you
can learn at your own pace and when time allows.
Plan on spending about 5 - 6 hours developing your
advanced diving knowledge using the Advanced Diver
Manual and DVD. This can be done whenever and
wherever is comfortable for you.
Step 2 - Knowledge Review and Confined Water Dive with Instructor:
One of our professional instructors will guide you
through a review of the material you learned during
independent study and answer your questions. You
will even jump in the
pool to practice some new diving skills.
Class will meet at Divers Training Center
on Wednesday, September 10, from 6:00pm to
10:00pm.
Step 3 - Adventure Dives: With a professional
instructor, you will complete five open water
adventure dives at scenic Lake Travis. You
will have the opportunity to practice the knowledge
and skills you learned during independent study and
your class session. That's it! You're a
certified Advanced Open Water Diver!
Adventure Dives will be at
Lake Travis
on Saturday and Sunday, September 20-21.
What types
of adventure dives can I pick from for the course?
Choose
your own adventure! Your Advanced Open Water adventure
dives will consist of a deep dive to between 60 and 100
feet, and an underwater navigation dive. You choose
which of the other three dives you want to do from the
list below.
AWARE Fish
Identification - Underwater Naturalist - Boat Diving -
Underwater
Navigation* - Peak Performance Buoyancy - Underwater
Photography - Altitude Diving - Multilevel
Diving - Deep Diving* - Night Diving - Diver Propulsion
Vehicle - Search and Recovery Diving - Drift Diving -
Underwater Videography - Dry Suit Diving - Wreck Diving
- Nitrox Diving
* Required
for Advanced Open Water Diver certification.
Dives marked in bold print are included in
this course.
What are
the requirements for Advanced Open Water Diver
certification?
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Be certified as an Open Water Diver or
Junior Open Water Diver.
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Minimum age: 12 years old. Students
younger than 15 who successfully complete the course
qualify for the Junior Advanced Open Water Diver
certification, which they may upgrade to Advanced Open
Water Diver certification upon reaching 15.
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Be reasonably fit and in good health.
Some individuals may require a physician's release.
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A desire to become a certified adventure
diver and to learn more about and explore the underwater
world.
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A completed and signed Medical Statement
form. (Provided when you enroll.)
 What
materials and equipment are required for the Advanced Open
Water Diver course?
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A sense of adventure.
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A completed and signed Medical Statement
form. (Provided when you enroll.)
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If necessary, a physician's release. We
will advise you if this is needed when you enroll.
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Swimsuit and towel.
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Proof of Open Water Diver certification.
(C-card)
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Log book.
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Advanced Diver Manual. (Included with
your tuition.)
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Training DVD. (Loaned to you with a small
deposit.)
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Basic diving equipment.
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Wetsuit.
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Underwater writing slate.
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Primary, backup, and marker lights for
night dive.
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Underwater compass.
How much is
the Advanced Open Water Diver course?
Standard Course Tuition: $150 per diver + $40
refundable DVD deposit
Equipment Inclusive Course Tuition: $250 per diver +
$40 refundable DVD deposit
Use our regulators, alternate air
sources, dive gauges, BCDs, weight systems, and air
tanks during the course.
What's
next?
Adventure
dives can also count towards Specialty Diver
certifications. For example, if you liked your Night
Adventure Dive so much that you wanted to take a
complete Night Diver Specialty course, your Night
Adventure Dive can count as the first dive of that
specialty.
Now that
you've expanded you scuba diving skill and knowledge,
it's time to enhance your abilities further and to learn
how to help other scuba divers. The
Rescue Diver course
is your next step!
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