PADI Advanced Open Water

PADI Advanced Open Water

PADI Advanced Open Water Diver class fine tunes your dive skills and allows you to explore some of diving’s top adventures. The Advanced Open Water Diver program offers you a structured program where you gain additional experience and skills under the direct guidance of a PADI Instructor.

At Salem Scuba, our PADI Advanced Open Water Diver class has something for everyone aged 10 years, or older. This in-water, performance-based-program includes a total of five dives:

  • Deep
  • Underwater Navigation
  • Altitude
  • Boat
  • Drift
  • Dry Suit*
  • Night
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy
  • Underwater Naturalist
  • Underwater Photographer
  • PADI AWARE
  • Fish ID
  • Wreck Diver

After successfully completing the class, you’ll receive your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver eCertification. This certification will allow you to participate in more advanced diving activities with a maximum recommended depth limit of 100 feet, in addition to the qualifications listed for PADI Open Water Divers.

  • Confidence
  • New experiences
  • New skills
  • Many diving opportunities and adventures
  • (Paper) Manual: $450, or
  • Online eLearning: $550
  • Paper Advanced Open Water Manual ($75) ~or~ the Online eLearning ($231)
  • PADI eCertification Fee
  • 2-Day Program w/ Instructor to Complete the Required 5 Dives
  • Rental Gear
  • Dry Suit, as an Elective Dive, requires an additional pool training dive that must be completed prior to starting the 2 Day Dive Program w/ Instructor. (Cost for this specialized pool training dive is $50, per student)
  • Additional Training Days (starting on Day 3) are billed at $100 per day, per student. (This fee does not apply to a dry suit, pool training dive)
  • 3-Day Weekend, Yellow House Student Fee ($225), should the class be held in Hoodsport, WA