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PADI Advanced Open Water Course

PADI Advanced Open Water Course
PADI Advanced Open Water Course
In your Open Water Course you learned the basic skills to become a scuba diver. The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Program builds upon the skills you learned in your Open Water Course and allows you to increase your comfort and enjoyment levels under the guidance of a PADI professional. This course is ideal for divers who just completed their Open Water Course or divers who want to further their scuba education. This course consists of one classroom session and 6 dives.
 
The first day consists of two shore dives - Peak Performance Buoyancy and Underwater Navigation. During the Peak Performance Buoyancy dive, students will have the opportunity to achieve proper weighting, improve their proper buoyancy skills underwater, develop good breathing skills and improve their overall comfort level in the water. On dive two, students will learn both natural and compass navigation. On day two, dives three and four will be conducted from a boat. Students will have the opportunity to experience Deep diving between 60 and 80 feet and the last dive of the day will be Underwater Naturalist. On day three, the Advanced Open Water course will conclude with and afternoon Search and Recovery and one Night dive from the shore.
 
Prerequisites: PADI Open Water certification (or equivalent). Students must have dove in New England within two months prior to class start date. This course is not an introduction or a  refresher course to New England diving.
 
Home Study Requirements: Students are required to complete the Scuba Review session in the Adventure Diver manual, read the appropriate chapters and complete the knowledge reviews before the orientation night. The Peak Performance Buoyancy, Navigation, Boat, Deep, Underwater Naturalist, Search and Recovery and Night Diver sections must be completed for our Advanced Open Water Diver Program.
 
Classroom Sessions: The Scuba Review, Buoyancy, Navigation, Night, Boat, Deep, Search and Recovery, and Underwater Naturalist and will be discussed the night of class at MASS Diving.
 
Equipment Required: Full SCUBA equipment including a regulator with an octopus or redundant air, dive computer, and compass. Advanced Diver Course equipment rental discount is 15% off. Other equipment needed: an audible device (whistle or dive alert), primary dive light, back up light, tank light, underwater slate, and a log book. (PADI encyclopedia is not required, but is highly recommended.)
 
Tuition: See below (Includes instruction and certification card.)
 
Student Kit: $44.95 (Price includes PADI Adventure manual & slate, and student folder. (see below in related products to purchase the manual) Or $130.00 for online eLearning.
 
Boat Fee: $80.00 (Contact our store to purchase)
 
Registration: Students can register at MASS Diving, Inc. or purchase here. Pre-registration required. Students between the ages of 12-14 will receive a Jr. Advanced certification.
 
PADI eLearning for Advanced Open Water is now online. Now you can choose to either purchase the PADI Adventures in Diving Manual, read the chapters and complete the knowledge reviews or compete all the academics online. Click here  and then click on the  Get Started button for more information, to demo the product, or register for Advanced eLearning.
 
Format:
Thursday Night 6pm - Orlentation and Classroom Session at MASS Diving
Saturday Morning 7am - Shore Dives - Peak Performance Buoyancy and Underwater Navigation
Sunday 7:15am - Boat Dives - Deep Diver and Underwater Naturalist (Ledge-N-Dowski & Halfway Rock)
Saturday 5pm - Search and Recovery and Night 
*Location will be in the Cape Ann area. Sites may change due to weather conditions.
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SKU AOW-062013
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Our price: $299.95
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