PADI ADVENTURE DIVER COURSE
SEIZE THE ADVENTURE
If you have always wanted to try wreck diving, experience night diving, practice digital underwater photography or simply build your scuba skills and gain more confidence, then this is the course for you. There’s a long list of thrilling scuba adventures you can take part in during this programme.
DIVE INTO HAPPINESS
Become a PADI Adventure Diver
COURSE INFORMATION
Become a PADI Adventure Diver today and start experiencing the exciting adventures that the world of scuba has to offer.
If you’re short on time but really want to bring your skills to the next level, the PADI Adventure Diver Course might be right for you.
This course is an intermediate step for earning the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Certification, if that’s your ultimate goal.
This programme is the perfect opportunity to gain additional experience and expand your scuba skills through different Adventure Dives, under the guidance of a PADI professional.
You’ll plan your learning path with your instructor by choosing from a long list of Adventure Dives.
The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course consists of three knowledge development sessions and three Adventure Dives.
ADVENTURE DIVES
Any three Adventure Dives can be selected from the following list as part of the course:
• Deep (minimum 12 years old)
• Underwater Navigation (minimum 10 years old)
• Peak Performance Buoyancy (minimum 10 years old)
• Wreck (minimum 12 years old)
• Digital Underwater Imaging (minimum 12 years old)
• Search and Recovery (minimum 12 years old)
• Underwater Naturalist (minimum 10 years old)
• Fish Identification (minimum 10 years old)
• Night (minimum 12 years old)
• Drift (minimum 12 years old)
• Boat (minimum 10 years old)
• Enriched Air (Nitrox) (minimum 12 years old)
• Delayed Surface Marker Buoy (minimum 12 years old)
• Dive Against Derbis (AWARE) (minimum 12 years old)
• Shark Conservation (AWARE) (minimum 12 years old)
After successfully completing the programme, you’ll receive the PADI Adventure Diver Certification.
You can upgrade anytime to the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Certification with complete two more adventure dives (must include Deep Dive and Underwater Navigation).
The full Advanced Open Water Diver Certification will allow you to dive anywhere in the world to a maximum depth of 30m/99ft,
without the assistance of a PADI professional.
Get credit-Each Adventure Dive may credit toward the first dive of the corresponding PADI Specialty Diver Course.
If you’ve already taken a Specialty Diver Course, ask your instructor if you’ve earned credit for an Adventure Dive.
The PADI Adventure Diver Course consists of two main phases:
Step 1 Knowledge Development
The knowledge development portion of the course is designed to expand your knowledge of scuba diving depending on your interests.
The Theory consists of three chapters of your choice of the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver manual/ Thinking Like a Diver Knowledge Development Section and three corresponding knowledge reviews.
There’s no exam required for the completion of this course.
You can do the knowledge section at your own pace and when it’s convenient for you. You can complete the academics online, study independent or in our ‘classroom’.
Step 2 Open Water Dives
In this portion of the course you will complete three Adventure Dives of your choice from the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course.
The dives in the Advanced Open Water Course are very different from those in your Open Water Course.
The Adventure Dives are similar to a regular dive, except that you focus on a particular diving specialty.
This is a great opportunity to work with your PADI dive instructor to build your scuba skills and gain more confidence through different Adventure Dives.
There, you will have a chance to demonstrate what you have already learned in the knowledge development section of the course, while exploring the beauty of the underwater world.
TO ENROLL
To enroll in a PADI Adventure Diver Course/Junior Adventure Diver Course you must be 15/10 years or older, you need to be in good physical health and have adequate swimming skills.
You must hold a valid Open Water Diver License (or equivalent certification from another organisation).
Young divers may only participate in certain Adventures Dives – check with your PADI Instructor.
DURATION
Takes one to two days to complete the course. Depending on your pace of learning.
GETTING STARTED
All of our PADI Adventure Diver Courses are private or semi private. We are generally available at most times.
Email or book it straight away to enroll in the course.
Get your PADI Adventure Diver Certification – Just one step away from full PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Certification.
GOOD TO KNOW
Most frequent questions and answers
Please note you cannot dive 24 hours before flying.
Children who are 10 years or older can participate in the PADI Junior Adventure Programme.
You will need to go through the PADI Medical Questionnaire to see if you are fit to dive. Please download the form through here (PADI MEDICAL STATEMENT). The medical questionnaire has to be completed and might indicate a contraindication to check with your doctor.
Firstly, you should know that diving insurance is mandatory. You can either purchase your own insurance, or you can purchase Divers Alert Network (DAN) insurance from us directly for 15USD per week.
The PADI Adventure Diver Course is taught in English, German, Spanish, French and Bulgarian.
The learning materials are available in a wide variety of languages.
We will provide all the required equipment. You simply need swimwear, towel and sunglasses.
If you prefer, you can do your theoretical part any time before your arrival. This allows you to study at home before you arrive. You can easily do this at any time by participating in the PADI eLearning Programme. This saves you precious vacation time so you can fit in some other activities too.
PADI stands for Professional Association of Diving Instructors.
PADI is globally regarded as the world’s leading training agency.
The PADI System of diver education is based on progressive
training that introduces skills, safety-related information and
local environmental knowledge to student divers.
PADI certifications are recognised worldwide and are valid for life. Visit their website here: PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DIVING INSTRUCTORS
If you haven’t dived for over 12 months and you are a relatively an inexperienced diver, then we recommend you complete a refresher programme, such as the Scuba Refresh Programme (link). This can be done on the same day as your PADI Adventure Diver Course. We will practice in confined water to refresh some of the skills you may have forgotten before starting the Course.
If you can’t wait to begin your adventure, take this certification and experience unforgettable PADI Adventure Dives