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 PADI Adventure Diver?
Have you always wanted
to try underwater photography? How about wreck diving?
Here's your chance because you can sample three dives
of your choice, get a taste of what you like, and feel
more comfortable in the water, strengthening your underwater
skills and letting you enjoy diving more than ever.
What do I need to start?
- PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open
Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification
from another organization
- Minimum age: 15 years old (10
for PADI Junior Adventure Diver)
What will I do?
This certification includes
three of the following Adventure Dives:
Adventure Dives available
to divers 10 years old and older:
- AWARE-Fish Identification
- Underwater Naturalist
- Boat Diver
- Underwater Navigator
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- Underwater Photography
Additional Adventure
Dives available to divers 12 years old and older:
- Altitude Diver
- Multilevel Diver
- Deep Diver
- Night Diver
- Diver Propulsion Vehicle
- Search and Recovery Diver
- Drift Diver
- Underwater Videography
- Dry Suit Diver
- Wreck Diver
How long will it take?
- Recommended Course Hours: nine
- Maximum Open Water Training:
three dives over one day
What will I need?
- Adventures in Diving Crew-Pak
- Adventures in Diving Video
- Log Book
Where can I go from here?
After your PADI Adventure
Diver certification you can take the next step by completing
two more adventure dives. If you've completed five total
adventure dives that include deep and navigation, you're
an PADI Advanced Open Water Diver.
PADI Adventure Dives can
also count towards PADI Specialty Diver certifications.
If you liked your Night Adventure Dive so much that
you wanted to take a complete PADI Night Diver Specialty
course, your Night Adventure Dive can count as the first
dive of that specialty.
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