The next step after PADI Open Water Diver is PADI Advanced Open Water Diver. This in-water, performance-based program allows you to fine-tune your dive skills while sampling action-packed and rewarding underwater activities like deep diving and night diving. You and your instructor will decide which activities to try based on your interests and those available in the local dive environment.

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course

What it takes:
Enhance dive skills and explore specialized dive activities with the PADI
Adventures in Diving Manual and video at home and your PADI Instructor.
Open Water Dives Five dives (Two required dives: deep and navigation, plus any three from the many special activities available) Up to three training dives per day.

Prerequisites:
PADI Open Water Diver certification or qualifying certification from a training organization other than PADI