Advanced Open Water Course

Dive Provo caters to experienced divers as well as novice divers and dive students. Owned and operated by Alan and Clare Jardine, both with over 35 years of dive industry experience, Dive Provo is dedicated to providing guests with convenient and trouble-free diving. Complimentary pick-ups are offered from Grace Bay and Long Bay resorts and from pick-up to drop off the staff do their best to make sure you have a good time. All are experienced, qualified professionals who love diving and want to show you the best of Turks and Caicos scuba diving.

Advanced Open Water Certification Course

Price : $525

Description:

After completing your Open Water Diver certification, earn your PADI Advanced certification card. This is a great vacation course with 5 dives completed over 2 days. As a bonus, we include a 2-tank boat dive on day 3 where you can practice your newly acquired skills either as buddy teams or under the supervision of us in-water guide.

This class is self-study. As a result, there are no exams. Rather, there are thorough on-boat and in-water briefings.

To get the most out of the class, we recommend purchasing the PADI E-Learning module directly from Dive Provo. Once you have purchased the module from us, we will provide you with a code with which to access the course on the PADI website.

You can read the material at home in your own time prior to coming on vacation. This will prepare you for the practical aspects of the course that you will complete on the dives with your instructor. You will learn Peak Performance Buoyancy. You will increase your knowledge of Deep Diving and Underwater Navigation. Especially appropriate here, you will learn Underwater Naturalist and Boat Diving procedures.

Prerequisites:

You don’t have to have a large number of dives logged to take the Advanced Open Water Course.  In fact, it is designed specifically for the purpose of launching the advancement of your diving!  As a result, you can start any time after earning your PADI Open Water Diver certification.

All students must complete a Medical Statement prior to participating in any course. Should any of the medical history items noted on the Statement apply to you, you will need to consult with a physician. If appropriate, the physician will give you their written permission to participate in scuba diving. Click here to download and review this statement in advance.

Itinerary:

Duration: 2 Days

Day One: You will have read the material at home in your own time prior to coming on vacation. This will prepare you for the practical aspects of the course that you will complete on the dives with your instructor.

On your way to the first dive site, your instructor will assess your diving level. They will talk about weighting, air consumption and about buoyancy control. The first dive will be Peak Performance Buoyancy as having good control in the water is the key to enjoying the activity. The second dive of the day is Navigation. This will help you will feel more confident in your abilities to find the boat without coming to the surface to look for it.

Day Two: The Deep Dive.  For safety reasons, this is the first dive of the day. You will now be officially certified to dive to 100 ft.  The next 2 dives are Underwater Naturalist; and Boat Diver. A basic understanding of what you are seeing is important to fully appreciate the marine environment. Boat diving procedures and etiquette are likewise important for all those future trips to explore our underwater world.

Your instructor will give you Nitrox for the third dive of the day.  If you are not adding on the Nitrox certification, they will simply explain the reason and safety factors involved.  If you are also becoming Nitrox Certified, you will have another tank of Nitrox available for your next dive with Dive Provo.

Day Three: A 2-tank boat dive where you can practice your newly acquired skills either as buddy teams or under the supervision of us in-water guide.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

• Two days 2-tank boat dives with instructor
• PADI Certification Card fee
• All dive equipment