Advanced Open Water
Looking for the ultimate adventure? You've found it!
The PADI Advanced Open Water (AOW) programme fine-tunes your dive skills and at the same time, lets you explore all that diving has to offer.
Our PADI AOW programme offers a structured learning track where you gain additional experience and skills during 8 supervised dives under the guidance of a dive professional.
This in-water, performance-based program includes 4 Specialties consisting of 2 dives each, drawn from these areas, which are the skills we use most often in our day to day diving, Wreck - Deep - drift - night - boat - navigation.
In order to provide the most valuable training experiences for you, Happy Divers Den structures the AOW course to reflect the style of diving you'll most often encounter.
Once completed, and including your Open Water qualification dives, you'll have logged 12 career dives. Then, complete 12 more experience dives to total 24 career dives and PRESTO! ... you qualify as PADI AOW diver, meaning you're truly qualified as an ADVANCED open water diver.
AND ISN'T SAFETY WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT?
At only $450.00 (vs. $600. for 4 specialties @ $150. each) including student materials but exclusive of any gear required, this is one of the BEST courses to ensure your personal comfort and safety underwater.
Please note that the quoted course does not include dive charter vessel costs when one is used to facilitate the deep, wreck or other portions of the course objectives, nor does it include accommodation costs that may be incurred on away trips.
PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER
The PADI AOW programme involves 5 dives over 2 days, and we see the programme as a stepping stone for divers either applying for or currently serving as firefighters, police or paramedics, who're seeking an advanced rating for inter-departmental pre-qualification.
We're also happy to offer this course to experienced divers who haven't had the time to seek further training following their OW certification, but who can show proof of logged Canadian experience dives over the 12 months following their 4 OW certification dives.
This in-water, performance-based program includes 5 different dives drawn from one of the specialty areas listed above in the AOW programme.