Advanced Open Water Diver Course

Advanced course is designed to improve your diving skills and allows you to dive to 30 meters. Successful completion of the course will award you with the worldwide recognized PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (AOWD) certification. Minimum age for participation is 12 years old.

We strongly recommend that you go through the Advanced Open Water Diver Manual and complete knowledge reviews at the end of each chapter before you start the course. Being prepared will allow you to understand better each adventure dive. Also, do you really want to start reading your book when everyone else is relaxing on the sun deck?

Advanced Open Water Diver Course on a Liveaboard – Night Dive Experience

The best way to enjoy your Advanced Course is on a Liveaboard, as it will give you the opportunity to experience a Night Dive. Night Dive is only possible on a Similan Liveaboard, as day trip boats do not stay in the Similans Islands long enough to dive at night.

Advanced Open Water Diver Course on a day trip boat – 5 Adventure Dives

If you are short on time or just want to spend your evenings on the land in your hotel, our day trip boat is the way to go.

Each Wednesday and Friday we have a day trip to the Similan Islands with 3 dives from a slow boat. The remaining 2 dives usually take place either at Koh Bon / Koh Tachai or Richelieu Rock.

Adventure Dives – within Advanced Course or as single adventure dive

The Advanced Course consists of 5 Adventure Dives. You can choose your set of adventure dives and even sign up for only one you are interested in! The most popular single adventure dive is Deep Adventure Dive. If you don’t have the time to complete the Advanced Course but still want to dive deeper than 18 meters, the Adventure Deep will allow you to dive to 30 meters.

Complete list of Adventure Dives:

Advanced Course in the Similan Islands

• Underwater Navigation  (mandatory)
• Deep Dive (mandatory)
• Peak Performance Buoyancy
• Night Dive
• Search and Recovery Dive
• Underwater Naturalist
• Digital Underwater Imaging
• Altitude Dive
• Fish Identification
• Drift Dive
• Dry Suit Dive
• Wreck Dive
• Boat Dive

5 Adventure Dives we recommend:

• Deep Dive – mandatory for the course;
• Underwater Navigation – mandatory for the course;
• Peak Performance Buoyancy – better understanding of buoyancy techniques;
• Night Dive – completely different, diving in the dark;
• Fish Identification – you will learn about marine life and it is fun.

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