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Advanced Open Water Diver Course

Name: Advanced Open Water Diver Course
SKU: DC-AOWD-XX
Price: 9900 THB
Availability: InStock

From: ฿9,900

SSI 6 Boat Dive price (11,000 THB)

Advanced adventure elearning diving courses in Phuket

PADI 6 Boat Dive price (12,000THB)

Private PADI advanced open water diving course Instructor available

Private PADI instructors are available for your Advanced open water course.

Dive beyond the Open Water Diver level limit. Complete 5 Amazing dives in 2 days advancing your diver training to 30 Meters

Our Advanced Open Water Diver training course in Phuket, takes your diver training beyond the Open Water Diver level and can in many cases be continued directly after your Open Water course,
Taking just 2 days, you complete five Advanced adventure dives on some of the best coral reefs around Phuket, get extra dive experience, and learn new underwater activities.

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Description

ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER COURSE

The Advanced Open Water Diver course spreads over 2 days and 5 dives, all-inclusive of Equipment and Certification. You get the best diver training and full-time supervision, and everything is included in the price, with no hidden extras. Create your personal scuba diving package and choose your Accommodation click here,

Phuket Dive Tours is one of the few dual agencies in Phuket that offer Advanced open water diving courses from both PADI & SSI having received 2 awards in 2017 from PADI who proudly recognized both our outstanding contributions to the diving industry as well as awarded us the PADI 5 Star rating. In January 2018 we also joined SSI (Scuba Schools International) to offer our customers even more choices for Advanced open water education. As our team of instructors is licensed to teach both PADI & SSI Advanced open water courses we can advise you if you are unsure what course option would suit your time frame, expectations & overall experience.

This may help you understand the savings between PADI v SSI

https://www.phuketdivetours.com/phuket-diving-course-faq/

Don’t pay for e learning get it for free!

Most visitors to the island who are intent on getting scuba certified get more Bang for your Bucks, with free SSI digital E-learning when they sign up for the SSI Advanced Adventurer course. You receive a free digital C card & digital logbook available as an App on smartphones. You can also access their digital advanced adventure diver card and logbook for free without paying extra. sign up for the free training here

The free SSI online e-learning integrates perfectly into the logistics of everyday life. This suits most certified divers meaning you learn at your own pace at home, online, then complete the adventure dives here with your instructor and this is at no extra cost.

Like any training course if you pre-study you are well ahead of the game on the learning curve. It is important to remember that the top globally recognized agencies are similar brands that meet the same international standards. It’s worth pointing out at this point that the Instructor for your advanced course has the biggest influence on the quality of the courses and the divers they produce.

With any training course, there’s no substitute for one-to-one private instruction, we don’t charge extra for this service in the Low season (May to November) You learn at your pace, and you get the Dive instructor’s full 100% attention Each adventure dives you complete as part of the Advanced Open Water Diver course will also be credited toward the first dive of the corresponding Specialty Diver course.

Advanced Open water diver certification:

SSI and PADI are global leaders in the diving industry for the last 50 years, when it comes to Dive course materials and diver certification there are simply no 2 other agencies that come anywhere near to certifying divers worldwide. It’s irrelevant what advanced open water course reading materials you choose as both brands are similar in many ways each conforms to the international standards for advanced diving education ISO 24803:2017.

The 2 largest agencies have been around since 1969 and 1970, respectively, and have high-quality teaching materials and high standards. Both brands are certified by the WRSTC (World Recreational Scuba Training Council) and the ISO/EUF (International Standards Organisation/European Underwater Federation). The knowledge and skill requirements are almost identical which means certifications are equivalent, interchangeable, and recognized globally. The PADI Brand will require that you must purchase an open water manual whereas SSI provides this for free for 6 months as a digital library loan with the option to buy if you want a paper book.

If signing up for the PADI Advanced Open Water course, you will receive the Adventure in the diving hard paper manual as a loan book
While each chapter documents a specific aspect or type of dive it is important to read them all to understand and appreciate all the skills the advanced open water diving offers.
You can choose 5 exciting adventure dives from the Manual and listen to a dive briefing by the instructor who will review the Adventure Dive objectives and performance requirements while giving you an overview of the dive site and what marine life is common to the area.

What’s Included in the course price:

ALL our course prices include dive equipment, How to use a dive computer Advanced open water study material, Breakfast, Lunch on boat diving days, and a certification card.

Prices reflect on the locations of dive sites and traveling times. An additional charge may apply to locations outside of the Patong, Kata, and Karon areas, so please ask…

We strongly recommend that you think seriously about buying your own dive gear and equipment for your own future use and we have a special offer of 10% off any equipment you purchase for your diver training development.

Not included is a Digital camera rental for the digital underwater photography adventure dive – you have the option of renting for 2000 thb or taking your own on the dives

Advanced Open water course schedule.

DAY 1

You will be met by a member of your Instructor who will be with you for the full duration of your course. When on the dive boat the instructor will go over the details of the mandatory underwater navigation adventure dive that will boost your confidence of finding your way around underwater even in bad visibility, its easy when you know how to use your compass, measure longer distances using elapsed dive time using a dive computer, or cover shorter distances using kick cycles to navigate like a pro.

Advanced open water dive sites include:

Day 2

Dive 2 of the day will be based on your choice from the Advanced open water diver manual, you may want to work on Buoyancy skills. The remaining Adventure dives can be any of the following, check out the local wrecks around Phuket, or get to grips with a diver propulsion vehicle ( DPV), try your hand at Underwater Photography, fly over a reef on a Drift dive adventure, experience using Nitrox enriched air and much more.

Prior to registration on the Advanced open water diver course, You must be an Open Water Diver (or qualifying certification from another training organization) and 15 years old (12 for Junior Advanced Open Water Diver) Participants under 16 years must be accompanied on the course by a parent or legal guardian at all times while underwater, or on land or Boat.

Dive Course formulas & descriptions:

Special offer Similan liveaboard (minimum booking 2 divers) for 2 days 1 night 7 dives Similan liveaboard + SSI Advanced adventure Course (equivalent to PADI & BSAC Advanced Diver) limited availability

2 BEACH DIVES + 3 BOAT DIVING 5 DIVES = 9,900 THB

Day 1 complete 2 Dives at Kata Beach Navigation or Night dive Adventures Dive + Fish ID, Underwater Naturalist (meet at the dive shop )
Day 2 complete 3 dives at King Cruiser Shark Point Koh Doc Mai (Deep – Wreck – Drift)

2 DAYS OF BOAT DIVING 6 BOAT DIVES = 11,000 THB SSI Certification

Day 1 complete 2 Dives at Racha Ya / Noi dive site Navigation Dive + Fish ID, Underwater Naturalist
Day 2 complete 3 dives at King Cruiser Shark Point Koh Doc Mai (Deep – Wreck – Drift)

2 DAYS OF BOAT DIVING 6 BOAT DIVES = 12,000 THB PADI Certification

Day 1 complete 3 Dives at RACHA NOI RACHA YAI 3 dives or Navigation Dive + Fish ID, Underwater Naturalist
Day 2 complete 3 dives at King Cruiser Shark Point Koh Doc Mai (Deep – Wreck – Drift)

Alternatives to Advanced open water Diver course

The SSI Deep and SSI Nitrox certification can be combined over 1 or 2 days, (3 or 6 dives) will take you to a level above advanced. The full deep course certifies you to dive to 40M anywhere in the world, making every recreational dive site more accessible for you. The Nitrox course teaches you the additional safety information you need to dive with enriched air nitrox which can greatly improve your safety in the water.

The Deep and Nitrox courses can be completed in 1 day (3 dives) for 3500 THB 1 Dive on Nitrox.

Note Included – Phi Phi National Marine Park Fees 400 baht entry fee + 200 baht diver’s fee

Here’s some videos to give you some ideas of the course structure

DAY 2

Your first Advanced open water dives today will be the mandatory Deep Adventure dive you and your instructor will review the practice objectives, go over planning and organizing needed for Deep Dives, along with special skills, procedures, and how to avoid hazards at depth, the supervised experience of diving is between depths of 22m – 30m. You will also complete 2 other Adventure dives from the Advanced open water diver Manual.

Night Diving is also available at Kata Beach as part of the Advanced diver Training.

BOAT DIVING TRANSFERS

Our Office is located at Kata Beach, we have Daily Free Local Departures/transfers from all Hotels in the following resorts:-traveling time to Chalong marina is around 15 minutes

7:00 Kamala Beach – 7:15 am Kalim Beach – (Transfers to boat 1Hr – 1Hr 20Mins )

7:30 Patong (Transfers to boat 1 Hour )

7:45 Kata Beach – Karon Beach – Rawai Beach – Nai Harn – Chalong Bay (Transfers to boat 15 Mins )

Extra Charge Private car Transfer fee from 7:ooam Ban Tao & Surin Beach – Maikhao Beach – Airport Area 1,800 THB return.

Extra Charge Shared Transfer fees – 7:00 am Cape Panwa Koh Siray – 7.15 am Phuket Town 1,000THB private car pick up with return (Transfers to boat 30 Mins )

The tour itineraries can be changed depending on the local weather condition any changes will be made by the tour leader and boat captain on your trip based on matters of safety

Buy Now Online – 100% refund back into your account within 12 hours if the trip is canceled due to Bad weather – we don’t take any money when mother nature stops the scuba diving

Arjun Salwan

16:54 27 Aug 22

This was my second time diving with phuket dive tours.From the very moment I walked into their Kata beach store, David greeted me with a smile. He explained to me and my friend (who had not dived before) all about what we'd be doing in the dive and gave us the best possible deal.On the dive day, we were graced by Mod, our diving instructor. She was lovely and kind, and made sure that everything went well for me and my friend and that we were comfortable under the water.Not only will I dive with them again, but also recommend them to my friends.Keep being amazing guys.

Zoe Walsh

14:20 02 Aug 22

Absolutely fantastic day. The guys accommodated our family of 4 with snorkeling. David who was my contact was helpful on emails and WhatsApp.The staff on the boat were really well organised and friendly and the food and drink was great and aplenty.I really would recommend these guys.Thank you all for a great time.

Ebin Stanley

04:47 13 Jul 22

Without any hesitation I can say, we really had a wonderful scuba diving experience with Phuket Dive Tours. Thanks to David on briefing us what package is suitable as per our plan. And a big thanks to Pommy & Simon who were our diving instructors. They are very friendly and experienced instructors and had trained us very well before our jump. For sure you will be 100% safe with them. It was a great experience for us. Definetly gonna come back again for scuba with Phuket Dive Tours. Kudos to the whole team!

Laura B

01:19 15 May 22

Did the Open Water course with Roman as our instructor and it was so much fun! Roman is such a funny guy but above all he has a lot of experience and knowledge to share. The pool training has prepared us for the open water and after that the dives just felt effortless and smooth. Would highly recommend both Phuket Dive Tours and Roman!

Thomas Charles

01:54 04 May 22

Absolutely brilliant. David and the team could not be more obliging. Phuket Dive Tours gave us the three best experiences of our holiday in Thailand. They offered what we were after, personal service without pressure. Boat was exceptional as was the crew. Instructor was a hoot. Dive gear top quality and advice regarding what else we might enjoy was spot on. We have already decided to come back to Phuket and progress our diving here based on our experience with Phuket Dive Tours. Thank you so much.

Olivia Salkeld

08:25 13 Apr 22

David and Marshall looked after me on my 3 day open water scuba course and it was one of the best experiences of my whole Thailand trip! David is everything you want/need from an instructor: gives clear instructions, is enthusiastic and hypes you up when you’re doing well and even in groups you feel as though he’s watching everyone carefully. Really knowledgeable about diving, marine life and the local reefs, would recommend Phuket dive tours to everyone!

layeehtaw m

14:53 11 Mar 22

I have a really great experience getting my divers license here.The prices are really good. If you want to get your divers license I would recommend you doing that here because it is a lot cheaper than at other diver shops.The owner is flexible and will help you if you have a problem and the instructors are also nice. You can have a great chat with them.My instructor, Beto, was really nice and explained everything very well. He makes you feel very comfortable. So if you have any nerves about diving, know that you will be fine if you take your course here.I really enjoyed booking at this place.

karen wells

11:41 04 Mar 22

We would highly recommend Phuket Dive Tours. We took the refresher course session in their pool followed by a dive on Kata reef. Marshall made the day outstanding. He looked after us very well and was very thorough going through all the basic skills and listened carefully to what we wanted to practice. Great company too. A perfect and fun refresher course. David and Marshall both took us out on the reef and we came back with some great photos of the dive taken by David including our encounter with a cute cuttlefish.

Thomas Mauro

02:00 28 Feb 22

Phuket Dive Tours are the best in Phuket. Why? How can I say that? Well, let me tell you…Their prices are the best and can’t be beat anywhere on the island. Their service is top notch. David, made us feel welcome from the moment we walked in the door and took as long as we needed to answer all of our questions. The dive team, Marshall and Tony and others, are professional, experienced, patient, and made the experience very fun. My wife got her certification at Phuket Dive Tours and I went along with them, as I’m already certified. Their training was done by the book with safety at the forefront. We will be back to Phuket at some point and our first stop will be Phuket Dive Tours for an excellent dive! Thank you so much!

Almog Bar

13:49 27 Jan 22

Did my open water diver certification with Roman. He was extremely professional and thorough and really made me feel safe and comfortable in the water. I’ve tried scuba diving before but never got quite as comfortable. I also never realized how much there is to know until taking this course. Was a great 3 days.Also the shop itself is excellent! Good location, awesome pool for training, and top of the line gear. Also David was really responsive and organized and made the booking and any additional questions we had a breeze. Highly recommend Phuket Dive Tours if your in the Phuket.

MartinSKNDE

06:54 22 Jan 22

We had an amazing experience. Originally we were a group of 4, however one got sick over the night and had to cancel right before the transfer pickup at our hotel, this was handled very professionally and she even got most of her money back, only 200 baht for insurance was taken.The three rest of us had a personal dive instructor, his name was Beto and he was very professional. One person in our company had trouble going down (her first time diving) and Beto did his very best and was very professional.I have a dive certificate and was more comfortable diving, so i got moved to another instructor for my second and third dive so that i would be able to make some good dives while Beto worked with the beginners in our group.Both my dives were amazing with the last dive visiting a wreck at about 20m, very good!The big boat had fresh water shower and toilets, we had free snacks and food on board and the ride to the dive-site couldn’t have been more comfortable.Overall an absolutely amazing experience.

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