PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
Thank you for signing up to your PADI course with us. Please find below information and document(s) relating to your PADI Advanced Open Water diving course, download each file and then please ensure you have read each document and completed the PADI forms prior to your course commencing. If you are not sure which forms you should be downloading then please contact us on 0118 9761729 or e-mail info@DivingAcademy.com We look forward to seeing you soon to continue your underwater adventure.
You may be interested to read our blog article ‘Do I need to own my own equipment?‘.
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Please note that this course takes place at Vobster Quay, Somerset.
Course Information – Where to go and what to bring
The Advanced Open Water course will qualify you to dive to 30m, make you a better & safer diver and teach you exciting new skills. There are five ‘Adventure Dives’ which include a Deep and Navigation dive and 3 of the following dives:
- Peak Performance Buoyancy – this will help you be a much more efficient diver and means that you get to see more and make your air last longer.
- Dry Suit – useful if you wish to dive in the UK year-round or you want to stay warmer in the water. This is mandatory in the winter months
- Wreck – there are several interesting wrecks at the dive site including planes, boats and helicopters
- SMB (surface marker buoy) – this simple yet lifesaving piece of equipment requires some practice to master. (There isn’t elearning for this section), you will be completing this if you already have completed your full drysuit course with us.
- There are other adventure dives but these are the ones we choose due to local logistics.
Forms and eLearning
You should receive your Advanced Open Water Diver online learning code within 2 working days of booking the course. If you don’t receive it then please check your spam folder before letting us know.
This eLearning includes digital medical and Liability forms. These need to be completed online and shown to your instructor at check-in on the first day. It’s recommended that you save a copy of the forms on your device or email them to info@DivingAcademy.com Subject “AOW Forms”. Please complete the sections that correspond to the adventure dives you are doing (above) and complete the knowledge reviews found at the end of each
section.
Typically, it takes around 4-5 hours to complete the theory depending on how many sessions you break it up into. Please don’t leave it until the last minute!
If you have any of your own equipment such as mask and fins then please feel free to bring them along.
Your Dive Site: Vobster Quay
Once you have completed your course you will receive your e-certification card the following week.
As you will be qualified to dive to 30m we recommend that you consider getting your own dive computer. You are welcome to call the office on 0118 9761729, view our online store or speak to your instructor during the weekend. If you are interested in hearing about any UK trips, holidays, dive gear and other courses we are running, or would like to keep in touch then please ‘like’ our Facebook
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If you are interested in getting further training then the PADI Rescue Diver course awaits you where you’ll learn to be a safer diver and look after the other divers around you.
Additional Forms
- Equipment Rental Form – Due to an increase of theft, loss and damage to our equipment we now require each person using our equipment to sign these forms and bring them to the open water dive site.