PADI Adventures In Diving & PADI Advanced Open Water Program

The PADI Adventures in diving program provides you with a structured means to explore special diving interests and gain diving experience. The program allows you to customize your training path and learn a variety of underwater skills that broaden your awareness of the environment, helping you to become a better diver.

This program offers you two certification OPTIONS:

• The PADI Adventure Diver and
• The Advanced Open Water Diver.

The PADI Adventure Diver rating can be earned by completing any three adventure dives. To earn the rating of Advanced Open Water Diver, you will need to complete five adventure dives, the PADI Deep Diver and the PADI Underwater Navigation dives, plus any three adventure dives. As an additional bonus, each adventure dive may be credited toward the corresponding PADI specialty course.

Personal tuition and flexibility in program options mean that the program can be completed on a dive by dive basis over time, in a single weekend or any two day session. There are many adventure dives to choose from to complete the PADI Adventures in diving program. The following is a selction of suggested options:

• AWARE – Fish Identification Dive Boat Dive
• **Deep Dive
• Dry Suit Dive*
• Multilevel & Computer Dive
• Night Dive
• Peak Performance Buoyancy Dive
• Search & Recovery Dive
  **Underwater Navigation Dive
• Underwater Naturalist Dive
• Wreck Dive*

Program Prerequisites

• PADI Open Water Diver or qualifying certification.
• Minimum age 15yrs
• Complete self study requirements and knowledge reviews from the PADI Adventures in Diving Manual.

Course Inclusions

• PADI Adventures in Diving Manual.
• National Park and pool entry fees.
• Confined Water instruction (if required)
• Knowledge development sessions
• Diving in Jervis Bay Marine Park – 3 shore & 2 boat dives
• Morning Tea and Light Refreshments on dive day.
• NB: Equipment hire is not included

SAMPLE PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Day One (Shore Diving)

• 8am: Program orientation and registration
• Complete knowledge assessment questionaire
• Review Knowledge Reviews for Adventure dives
• Knowledge development Sessions as required
• morning tea
• 11am: Complete 3 adventure dives. Each adventure dive consists of a dive briefing prior to performing each open water dive and an appropriate surface interval between dives. At the end of each dive is a debrief and log book session.

Recommended Dives for Day One (Adventures in Diving)

• Dive 1: Underwater Navigation
• Dive 2: Peak Performance or Search & Recovery or Fish ID
• Dive 3: Night Dive

Participants who successfully complete all requirements on day one can receive certification as a PADI Adventure diver.

Day Two (Boat Diving) 8am – 5pm

• Complete 2 adventure dives. Each adventure dive consists of a dive briefing prior to performing each open water dive. At the end of each dive is a debrief and log book session.
• Completion of Advanced Open Water Diver Program

Recommended Dives for Day Two

• Dive 1: Deep Dive
• Dive 2: Multi–level & Computer Dive or Wreck Dive

nb: all open water dive sites are chosen on the day, dependant on weather conditions.

Course Costs and Additional Information

• Full Course cost per person : starting from $360.00
• $150.00 deposit to secure booking and reciept of Adventures In Diving manual and data carrier
• payment methods : direct deposit / cheque / cash
• balance payable on commencement of program.
• equipment hire available at additional cost.
• call or email today to continue your adventure.
• Adventure Dives may be completed as individual dives (enquiries welcome/price on application)

 

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