The Advanced Open Water Diver course helps you enhance your skills through navigation, buoyancy practice, deep diving, and three specialty dives of your choice, with credits toward PADI specialty certifications.
The Advanced Open Water Diver course is all about advancing your skills. You’ll practice navigation and buoyancy, try deep diving and make three specialty dives of your choosing (it’s like a specialty sampler platter). For every specialty dive you complete, you can earn credit toward PADI® specialty certifications.
Here are a few of the many options: Deep, Digital Underwater Photography, Dive Against Debris, Dry Suit, Enriched Air Nitrox, Fish Identification, Night, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Search & Recovery, Underwater Naturalist, Underwater Navigation, and Wreck Diver.
Prerequisite: Open water diver Certification from any diving organization
Minimum age: 12 years old
Maximum depth: 21-30 meters, depending on your age
Duration: 2-3 days
Departure Point
Athena Pallas – Akti Elia, Sithonia
Return Details
Returns to original departure point
It’s the foundational scuba diving certification course, teaching essential diving skills and knowledge. Upon completion, you’re certified to dive independently with a buddy to a depth of 18 meters.
No prior diving experience is required. Our instructors guide you through each step, ensuring a comfortable and enjoyable learning experience.
After certification, you can pursue courses like Advanced Open Water Diver, Rescue Diver, and various specialty courses to enhance your diving skills and knowledge.
The Open Water Diver course typically takes 3 to 4 days, combining knowledge development, confined water dives, and open water dives.
Yes, PADI is the world’s leading scuba diving training organization, and its certifications are recognized globally.
As a 5-Star PADI IDC Center, we offer top-quality training with experienced instructors, ensuring safety and personalized attention in all our courses.