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COURSE
DESCRIPTION
The Advanced Open Water (AOW) Certification
Course is designed to expand upon skills learned in the Open
Water course. It's a good course to take if you want to
improve your diving skills quickly or if haven't been diving
recently. SLO Ocean Currents specializes in having a great
time while accelerating the learning experience. AOW is a
compact, high-impact diving program that emphasizes diving
over formal class sessions. It provides the novice diver with
a structured, well-supervised means to gain the practical
experience needed after entry level certification. This course
will allow you to participate in various underwater activities
that will broaden both your awareness of the underwater environment
and your capabilities as a diver.
You will be expanding your diving horizons into Compass and
Natural Navigation, Deep Diving and 3 Elective Dives (either
Altitude, Boat, Drift, Dry Suit, Multilevel, Night diving,
Peak Performance Buoyancy, Search & Recovery, Underwater
Naturalist, Underwater Photography, or Wreck Diving). This
course is offered by SLO Ocean Currents in a variety of formats
(see Schedule
or call SLO Ocean Currents for details).
PREREQUISITES
Anyone at least 15 years of age(12 Jr AOW) with a valid Scuba
Certification Card is eligible for this course, regardless
of the issuing certification agency. For class dives, you
must supply a complete Scuba diving system (including BC,
Compass and Timing Device); equipment
rental is available to our AOW students at Half Price!
For the Night Dive you will also need a primary dive light
and back-up light, a chemical glow stick, and a surface signaling
device. Advanced Open Water is also a prerequisite for the
PADI Rescue
Diver course and for many PADI
Specialty courses.
COURSE CONTENT
Class Session (usually one evening). Pre-Dive Briefings and
Open Water Dives: Natural and Compass Navigation Dive, Night
Dive, Deep Dive, and 3 facility-elected dives. |