PADI Advanced Open Water Certification
PADI Advanced Open Water Certification
Advanced Open Water
Open up a whole new world of diving
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.
Performance Standards +
All of our PADI courses are designed for a military mindset. Our standards go above the minimum performance standards set by PADI. This includes longer submersion times and advanced long duration scenarios designed to ensure you succeed as a diver.
Certification Requirements
Open Water Diver/Junior Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification)
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Frequently Asked
Medical Requirements
Medical Requirements
Scuba diving requires a minimum level of health and fitness. Chronic health conditions, certain medications and/or recent surgery may require you to get written approval from a physician before diving.
Avoid disappointment, download and review the Diver Medical form to ensure you won’t need a physician’s approval to dive before enrolling in a scuba course. Instructors, divemasters, and dive shop staff are not physicians and should not be asked for medical advice; only medical professionals can give medical clearance to dive.
If you (or your physician) have questions about medical fitness to dive, contact the experts at Divers Alert Network (DAN).
Minimum age
Minimum age
The Veterans Dive center only certifies individuals aged 18 years or older. This is due to the increased performance standards and physical requirements we've added to our courses to better fit men & women in the military.