This program generally takes two days. With sufficient notice, we can usually offer this course when it’s most convenient for you.

• Be at least ten years old
• Be certified to at least the Open Water Diver level
• Be able to answer No to all the questions on the medical history questionnaire or obtain a physician’s approval for diving

$600/person includes:

• All instruction
• Self-study materials

You supply:

• Mask and snorkel
• Adjustable scuba fins and wetsuit boots
• Full-length wetsuit (5 mm or more recommended)
• Cylinder
• Regulator system with alternate air source
• BC with integrated weight system or weight belt
• Weights
• Dive computer
• Underwater compass
• Dive knife/cutting tool
• Dive light
• SMB

Items you don’t already own are generally available for rent. Students are also responsible for gas fills and dive site admission.

It’s important to understand the typical “Advanced” scuba course is more of an enhanced entry-level certification than it is a course that creates truly advanced divers. Nevertheless, these courses serve a very important purpose and are ones every diver should take as soon after initial certification as possible. They typically:

• More than double the number of dives students make during their Open Water Diver course. This leads to substantially greater comfort and confident in the water.

• Increase the recommended depth limit for dives you plan and make with a buddy from 18 m/60 ft to 30 m/100 ft.

• Introduce students to at least five different specialized diving activities — and you get to choose most of these.

• Help students meet important prerequisites for even more advanced training.

The course consists of self-study through eLearning, followed by two days and five dives. There are no confined water sessions. It’s all getting in open water and having fun.