Advanced Open Water Certification
Your confidence and skill as a diver will increase while you experience the excitement of learning more about the underwater world. A fantastic course to take immediately after your SCUBA Diver course.
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Enroll in an Advacned Diver Course to explore new dive sites and undertake exclusive activities under the supervision of a Certified Instructor. This course allows individuals to learn about specialties and diving activities of particular interest.
During training, students complete a minimum of six open-water dives, including three separate dives for navigation, night or low visibility diving, and deep diving (130 feet/40 meters of maximum depth), plus three additional dives based on your individual preferences and instructor discretion.
Available Options include:
- Advanced Bouyancy Control
- Altitude Diver
- Boat diving
- Computer Nitrox Diver
- Hunting and collecting
- Exploration and underwater mapping
- Wreck diving (non-penetration)
- Observation and data collecting
- Diving in surf or currents
- Altitude diving
- Marine Ecosystem Awareness
- Shore diving
- Diving for photos and videos
- and many more
This course is intended to introduce you to each of the five specialties selected; not complete comprehension of the chosen specialty. One dive from each of the chosen specialties may apply towards the completion of a specialty certification.
The Advanced Scuba Diver Course is for certified divers who desire additional training or orientation to a variety of diving sites and conditions. Divers must be a minimum of 10 years of age(under 18 required parental consent) in good health and must be previously certified as a Scuba Diver or equivalent.. Just ask your Louisville Dive Center Instructor how to sign up.