PADI Advanced Open Water Course

Are you looking for new underwater experiences? Would new skills help expand your diving opportunities? Do you want a chance to pursue diving activities that really interest you?Whether you are newly certified or have logged many dives, if you answer, "yes" to any of these questions, you can look to Northeast Scuba's PADI Advanced Open Water course to fulfill your dreams. This course is the place to start gaining more experience and becoming a more competent diver. These programs will begin your progression toward the Master Scuba Diver rating, which is the most prestigious non-teaching rating awarded by PADI.

Course Highlights

One or more evening sessions will be held to cover academic material and dive planning, an optional pool session for orientation to dry suits if you select this as one of your dive options, and at least five open water dives. There are five open water dives required for the PADI Advanced Open Water certification. Two of these dives, U/W Navigation and Deep are required dives. The other three are electives dives and you might choose from the following list to satisfy your diving interests: Night, Wreck, Search and Light salvage, U/W Photo, U/W Video, Dry Suit, Drift, Peak Performance Buoyancy. Now you can see how this course lets you explore the areas that interest you the most. Not only do you have a chance to explore different types of diving but you may also be using additional pieces of dive equipment you have not been exposed to before this class.

Think about a night dive where you set up your surface lighting (for your return) and then enter the water with primary and back-up lights. Now you are ready to explore an underwater world that comes alive with different sea critters when the sun goes down. You may even find that night diving becomes your favorite type of diving, whether here in New England or in tropical waters.

Prerequisites: Jr. Open Water, Open Water or equivalent. (A Jr. Open Water diver will receive Jr. Advanced open water certification).

Required Equipment and Materials: Students are responsible for providing a complete SCUBA equipment package including mask, fins, snorkel, boots, appropriate exposure protection, (students wishing to use dry suits must show proof of dry suit certification or they may elect to use Northeast Scuba's dry suit option for the course), hood, mitts or gloves, BCD with LPI , regulator with octopus or alternate air source (not a "Spare air"), SPG, depth gauge, timer or watch, compass, weight system, two tanks, knife, whistle, RDP and log book. Note: some of the very basic equipment items may be available for rental, however items such as masks, fins, snorkels, timers, knives, and whistles must be purchased. A pony bottle and separate reg are required for the deep dive and can be rented for $20.00.

Tuition: $285.00 plus $95.00 for academic materials

Dry SUit Option: $100.00 (for use of a dry suit through the entire course)

Boat dives: Normally $75.00 for a two tank dive but prices may vary among charter operations.