The Adventures in Diving
program offers both the Adventure Diver and Advanced
Open Water Diver certifications. If you complete any
three adventure dives, you can earn your PADI Adventure
Diver certification. If you complete your Deep Adventure
Dive, Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive and three
Adventure Dives for a total of five, you can earn your
Advanced Open Water Diver certification.

Why Advanced Open Water
Diver?
After your five dives,
you'll be more experienced, feel more comfortable in
the water and simply enjoy diving more because you better
understand the underwater environment.
What do I need to start?
- PADI Open Water Diver certification
(or qualifying certification from another organization)
- Minimum age: 15 (12 for PADI
Junior Advanced Open Water Diver)
What will I do?
This certification includes
five Adventure Dives, including the Deep Adventure Dive,
the Underwater Navigator Adventure Dive and three of
the following:
- Altitude Diver
- Boat Diver
- Drift Diver
- Deep Diver
- Dry Suit Diver
- Diver Propulsion Vehicle
- Multilevel Diver
- Night Diver
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- Search and Recovery Diver
- Underwater Naturalist
- Underwater Videographer
- Underwater Photographer
- Underwater Navigator
- AWARE Fish Identification
- Wreck Diver
How long will it take?
- Recommended Course Hours: 15
- Minimum Open Water Training:
five dives over two days
What will I need?
- Adventures in Diving Crew-Pak
- Adventures in Diving Video
- Log Book
Where can I go from here?
PADI Advanced Open Water
Divers at least 15 years of age can enroll in PADI Wreck
or Deep Diver Specialty courses and continue on to the
PADI Rescue Diver or Junior Rescue Diver course.
PADI Adventure Dives can also credit towards the corresponding
PADI Specialty Diver certifications. Stop by your PADI
Dive Center or Resort for more information on the PADI
Adventures In Diving program.
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