The Dive Institute

Advance Open Water SCUBA Diver Course

Ready to grow and improve your knowledge?

Want in improve your dive skills?

Choose your courses.


Adventure or Advance Open Water Diver Course gives you 2 main options. The Adventure Diver is one that choose 3 introduction specialties, while the Advance Diver has completed 5 introduction specialties (UW Navigation and Deep Diver must be 2 of them).


Advance Diver includes 5 Dives (must include 1st dive of UW Navigation and Deep Dive)

Advanced Diver w/ 1 Specialty (7 Training Dives + 1 Fun Dive)

Advanced Diver w/ 2 Specialty (5 Training Dives + 1 Fun Dive)

Advanced Diver w/ 3 Specialty (5 Training Dives + 1 Fun Dive)

Advanced Diver w/ 4 Specialty (5 Training Dives + 1 Fun Dive)

Advanced Diver w/ 5 Specialty (5 Training Dives + 1 Fun Dive)

You can up grade the Dive Count Option for $150 per dive


About the Course
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.


Take This Course If You Want to:

  • Gain more diving experience
  • Practice navigation
  • Sample different types of diving
  • Explore below 18m/60ft
  • Improve your buoyancy
  • Use a compass

Course Work In Person and eLearning:
The Advanced Open Water Diver Learning includes In-Person and eLearning of interactive lessons on 13 popular specialty dives: Listed Above, required study deep and navigation diving plus three specialties of your choosing.

eLearning time commitment: 6-8 hours

With Your Instructor
The course includes five dives: a deep dive below 18m/60f, a navigation dive, and three specialty dives. Gain experience, build confidence and discover your diving abilities.Prerequisites: Open Water Diver/Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification)
Minimum age: 12 years or older
Depth: The maximum depth depends on your age, but maximum depth is up to 30 meters/100 feet

Total time commitment: 2-3 days