Advanced Open Water Diver
ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER
Diving is not just an adventure, but a life style. If you are already certified as an Open Water Diver and feel unsatisfied – the Advanced Adventure Open Water Diver course is the next step that will allow you to dive deeper, longer and with more confidence.
The Advanced Adventure Open Water Diver course is an excellent investment for anyone who wants something more than standard diving. It’s not just a step into the deep – it’s a step into a new passion, new places and amazing experiences. If diving turns you on, don’t wait – sign up and discover what’s hidden deeper!
Advanced Open Water Diver - Introduction:
Advanced Open Water Diver Course - what is it?
This course is a training program for divers who want to expand their skills and explore new types of diving. During the course, you will perform five themed dives (“adventure dives”) that give you insight into different specialties.
Who is it intended for?
For anyone who:
Has completed the OWD course,
wants to improve his diving skills,
plans more challenging diving expeditions,
is considering further development, such as a Rescue Diver course.
Requisites:
You must have an OWD (Open Water Diver) certificate or its equivalent from another federation.
Minimum age 12 (there are restrictions on diving depth for younger ones).
Why it it worth to do an Advanced Adventurer OWD course?
New skills and experiences – You learn about new environments, such as wrecks, deeper underwater life and the underwater world at night.
Access to deeper dives – You gain authorization to dive up to 30 meters.
Preparation for the next stages of training – This is a bridge to the next courses – Rescue Diver, Divemaster, Instructor.
Advanced Open Water Diver in Tenerife - what it looks like:
How long is the AOWD course?
The course lasts 2 days + 1 night dive, for a total of 5 dives.
Structure of theoretical and practical classes:
E-learning – theory and exam of the theoretical part online. We recommend that you purchase training materials online before you arrive at the course, so that you can have the theory part completed without rushing and without wasting precious time on vacation.
Five thematic dives.
Choice of diving specialties:
During the course you choose 5 diving specialties. Of course, we are here to help you choose the most interesting, practical and necessary for later development.
The most frequently selected diving specialties on the course:
Deep Diving
It allows to descend to a maximum depth of 30 m.
Navigation Diving (underwater navigation)
It teaches how to navigate with a compass and use natural landmarks.
Night Diving
A unique opportunity to observe the nocturnal inhabitants of the underwater world.
Perfect Buoyancy
Improve buoyancy control, reduce air consumption and protect the environment.
Wreck Diving
You will learn the basic techniques used in wreck diving
Advanced Open Water Diver -Cost and location of the course in Tenerife.
345 euros, price includes:
– Full and high quality diving equipment including a dive computer ( you do not need to have your own equipment),
– Diving insurance for the duration of the course,
– online training materials ( e-learning)
– international certificate, which entitles you to dive all over the world
Location:
– 2 dive days – you will learn about 2 different dive sites,
– TABAIBA – a sensational opportunity to visit the wreck of a tugboat sunk in Tenerife, it is here that we will conduct 2 dives (deep and wreck)
– LAS ERAS or MONTANA AMARILLA – both dives are characterized by underwater rock formations shaped by lava. This is science combined with unforgettable dives.
Advanced Open Water Diver - what's next?
RESCUE DIVER COURSE – The next step in your adventure – learning how to rescue other divers.
FULL DIVING SPECIALTIES – Nitrox, wrecks, deep diving to 40m, night diving, instructor courses.
PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE – partner diving, by diving you gain experience, get to know different bodies of water, your confidence grows, you get to know the world, the variety of flora fauna, meet new people, and maybe it becomes your professional direction and idea for life
SSI ADVANCED ADVENTURER is equivalent to the Advanced Open Water Diver course of other diving federations, including PADI.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
In order to be certified as an Advanced Open Water Diver in the SSI organization, one must complete any 4 full diving specialties and have logged 24 dives.
AOWD certification is discretionary and completely free of charge. In the SSI application, your Advanced Adventurer certification will automatically be upgraded to Advanced Open Water Diver once you have achieved the above requirements. This does not change the fact that completion of the Advanced Adventurer course in the SSI organization entitles you to dive deeper, up to 30m around the world, of course, if you did the DEEP DIVER specialization during the course.
The philosophy of the advanced course in the SSI federation is very clever. Imagine a combined Open Water Diver course along with the advanced course which takes us a total of 5 days. We receive certificates authorizing us to dive deeper, but could we call ourselves advanced divers considering only the certificate. Basically, we will only gain experience by diving and extending the knowledge gained during the specialties done in the advanced course to full specialty courses. That’s why SSI calls its advanced course ADVANCED ADVENTURER, and after you’ve done 24 dives in your life and supplemented that with 4 specializations, it awards the title ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER in the system.
To summarize:
If you want to do the Advanced Open Water Diver course in the SSI federation, it will be called ADVANCED ADVENTURER and will be programmatically equivalent to the Advanced course in the PADI and other federations.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
No, we offer a full rental along with a dive computer, but if you have purchased your own equipment that you want to use during the course then of course you can bring it with you 🙂
Of course it’s not difficult, but it does require the basic knowledge, commitment, and skills acquired during the first Open Water Diver course.
Of course! Many people combine the course with a vacation. Tenerife is an ideal destination to do such a course 365 days a year. In the south of the island, the Atlantic Ocean is calm and safe. Conditions for diving are ideal all year round, with water temperatures ranging from 19 to 25 degrees.
In partnership with another certified diver – yes, up to a depth of 30 m if your dive partner is also certified as such and if you have chosen the DEEP DIVING specialty on the course
The Advanced Open Water diver course costs 345 euros and lasts 2 days + 1 night. The course in Tenerife is much cheaper than in Poland, so many people combine it with a vacation in the tropics.
Initially, there is a theoretical exam, which takes place online and is the end of the e-learning you receive. Practical exercises are passed by the instructor, after which he certifies you on the diving organization’s platform and you receive an international certificate.