Why You Should Take The PADI Advanced Open Water Course?

If you have already completed the PADI Open Water Diver course, you know the basics of safe recreational diving. However, it’s the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course that will truly allow you to explore deeper and more challenging underwater worlds. While you’ve learned how to handle basic problems and prepare your gear, there is still so much more to learn and experience!

Here are five reasons why you should take the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course:

1. Greater Depth

With the Advanced Open Water Diver certification, you can dive up to 30 meters (compared to the 18 meters allowed with the Open Water Diver course). This extra experience underwater will help you reduce your air consumption and safely dive to greater depths.

2. Specialty Dives

The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course requires 5 dives to obtain certification. One of them will be a deep dive, where you’ll reach 30 meters, and another will be a navigation dive. For the remaining three dives, you’ll have the chance to choose from specialties like wreck exploration, improving buoyancy, learning underwater photography basics, or diving in currents, among others. This gives you the opportunity to discover your favorite activities and pursue additional PADI specialty certifications in the future.

3. New Environments

With the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course, you’ll gain more knowledge and skills, enabling you to explore new environments with fewer depth restrictions. You’ll feel safer and more confident while enjoying thrilling dives, such as night dives or drift dives.

4. New Dive Buddies

Each time you sign up for a PADI program, you’ll meet new dive buddies to share the course and dive experiences with. Your PADI instructor will be your go-to person, someone you can ask anything. Remember, there are no silly questions!

5. PADI Rescue Diver Preparation

Completing the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course also fulfills one of the prerequisites for the PADI Rescue Diver course, the most rewarding certification of all, bringing you closer to becoming a PADI Divemaster. If you’re interested in the Rescue Diver course, be sure to check out our dedicated section for more information.

If you’ve already completed the Open Water Diver course and are ready for the next step, See you Diving offers the PADI Advanced Open Water course in Tenerife Sur. We also provide other PADI courses such as Scuba Refresher, PADI Open Water Diver, and more.

We hope this information helps you as you move on to the next phase of your diving journey!