PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course - Take Your Diving Skills to the Next Level
(Scroll all the way down for a surprise!) The Advanced Open Water Diver course is designed to enhance your diving abilities and build confidence in the water. Learn about deep diving, navigation, and three specialty dives of your choice based on your interests—like a sampler of PADI specialties! Here are just a few specialty dive options you can explore:
🔹 Drysuit
🔹 Night Diving
🔹 Wreck Diving
🔹 Peak Performance Buoyancy
🔹 Enriched Air Nitrox
🔹 Underwater Naturalist
🔹 Dive Against Debris
🔹 And many more!
* Note: Again, this course is designed to introduce you to each selected specialty — not complete comprehension of the chosen specialties or full certification. One dive from each specialty may apply towards completion of a specialty certification.
What You Will Learn:
The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is designed to refine your diving skills, improve efficiency, and build confidence for deeper dives. It focuses on buoyancy, trim, positioning, gas management, and overall control to make you a more skilled and self-sufficient diver.
✅ Buoyancy & Trim Mastery – Fine-tune your weighting, body position, and breathing to achieve effortless control and minimize exertion.
✅ Streamlining & Positioning – Improve your body posture and finning techniques for better efficiency and reduced drag.
✅ Gas Consumption Optimization – Learn strategies to extend your bottom time by improving breathing control and reducing unnecessary movement.
✅ Depth & Ascent Control – Gain confidence in handling deeper dives (up to 30m/100ft) while maintaining precise control of your descents and ascents.
✅ Situational Awareness & Navigation – Enhance your ability to track depth, time, and gas consumption while navigating underwater environments.
By refining these core diving skills, you’ll dive more comfortably, conserve air more effectively, and be fully prepared for safe, controlled deep dives.
The PADI e-Learning materials are accessible in multiple languages. At B&W Diving, we are pleased to provide in-person dive training in English, French, Spanish, and Japanese. Please note that comprehension of the training language is crucial for effective learning and maintaining safety throughout your course.
Duration:
It normally takes 3 days/5dives; however, at our facility, certification is earned, not given, it is subjected to the instructor’s discretion based on your comfort level in the water. We will try our best to help you complete the course in the recommended time, but if extra training days are required, it will incur in extra fees.
What Is Included?
At B&W Diving, we are committed to transparent pricing with no hidden fees. This course includes:
- Land transport from the dive center to the dive site and return when applicable
- Dive Equipment: including mask, wetsuit, boots, fins, backplate/wing, regulators, dive computer, cylinders, and weights
Please note, the following is not included:
- E-Learning Materials
- Diver Registration Fee with training agency
- Certification Fee
- Nitrox 32% fills
- Ferry Fees, if applicable
- Boat Trips
- Meals & Beverages
Prerequisites:
✔️ Minimum age: 12 years old
✔️ Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or equivalent)
✔️ Medically Fit*
* Medically Fit - In Malta, all divers are required to complete a medical questionnaire. Contact us for more information at blackandwhitediving@gmail.com
Cancellation Policy:
We understand that unexpected changes can occur, but due to the logistical arrangements involved, the following cancellation fees apply:
- Cancellations made within 24 hours of the scheduled course will incur in a 100% cancellation fee.
- Cancellations made within 48 hours of the scheduled course will incur in a 50% cancellation fee.
If you need to cancel or reschedule, please inform us as early as possible so we can assist you accordingly and try to accommodate your request.
Why Choose PADI?
For over 50 years, PADI has been the world’s most trusted scuba training organization, setting the standard for diver education, safety, and marine conservation.
🌎 30+ million certified divers worldwide
🏝 6,600+ PADI dive centers & resorts
🤿 128,000+ PADI Professionals
Join the Advanced Open Water Diver Challenge & Win Big!
📅 Challenge Dates: March 1st – April 30th, 2025
Complete your Advanced Open Water Diver certification for a chance to win an exclusive prize package, including:
🎁 A PADI Specialty Diver course of your choice
🎁 A gear bag, wetsuit, mask, fins, and snorkel from Fourth Element
How to Enter:
✅ Sign up for the Advanced Open Water Diver Challenge between March 1st – March 31st, 2025.
✅ Complete your certification by April 30th, 2025 to earn 10 extra entries.
✅ Join PADI Club during the challenge period for 5 additional entries.
Start your Advanced Open Water Diver Challenge today and take your diving to new depths!