Advanced Open Water Courses

Once you've qualified as a PADI Open Water Diver, the underwater world is literally your oyster. You can advance through the diving system and develop your skills in various speciality areas such as wreck, deep or drift diving. These will not only broaden your enjoyment but will also increase your experience and confidence. Rescue skills can be achieved and developed in the highly acclaimed Rescue Diver Course, particularly recommended for those wishing to take their diving possibilities further. 

For anyone looking to experience a liveaboard, taking the Advanced Open Water course is an essential step. The course will allow you to dive to a maximum depth of 30 metres and take part in all the dives on offer. It's a minimum requirement on many liveaboards. The ability to dive with Nitrox instead of air is highly recommended.

It's easy to further your dive education as part of your holiday with Regaldive in a safe and fun environment. In our opinion, continuing your scuba diving adventure with an Advanced Open Water Diver course is one of the best moves you can make!

Why book your advanced open water course with us?

• Learn additional diving skills specific to your interests
• Be more confident in and around the water
• Gain the qualifications required to enjoy the liveaboards to the full
• Better understand the aquatic world
• Dive where only divers with advanced training can dive

Recommended dive courses for your next diving holiday

Regaldive’s professional partner dive centres offer a range of Advanced diving courses to suit your needs. Below, you'll find our most popular courses to complete as part of your next diving holiday.

These course can be completed in resort before embarking on other adventures, and can even be offered as part of many liveaboard experiences to save time and money. 

Advanced Open Water Course

The Advanced Open Water Course generally allows you to build on your Open Water skills and expand your diving experience. It's the next step on the diving ladder, and a great fun course providing a wide variety of practical experiences.

The Advanced Course generally takes two days and consists of five training dives. A deep dive to 30 metres and a navigation dive are compulsory. Your other three dives are chosen from a range of options on offer at the dive centre or from the liveaboard, including wreck diving, night diving, Nitrox, buoyancy and underwater photography. Equipment is usually, but not always, included as part of the course. 

The theory elements of the Advanced Open Water dives are usually provided electronically to allow the study elements in advance of your dives. Divers wishing to do their Advanced Open Water Course will need to purchase an Advanced Open Water manual or e-learning package in advance. 

Please note that an extra fee may be payable in resort for some of the elective dives. There's a minimum age limit of 12 for the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver. Some Advanced courses also include extra dives, so please check with us for details.

Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver Course

The Enriched Air Diver course is a short course giving recreational divers the knowledge to plan and execute recreational Nitrox dives. Nitrox is a blend of air with slightly higher oxygen content that increases both your safety and your dive time at optimal depths. It's highly recommended for those looking to complete some more advanced dives, or those looking to enjoy multiple dives each day, for example during a liveaboard diving holiday. 

The Nitrox course is a ‘dry’ course, meaning that it consists of online and classroom study only. You’ll then be able to put your knowledge and skills as part of a normal fun dive The course is an easy addition to a resort based or liveaboard diving holiday, and offered in most locations.

Divers wishing to do their Enriched Air Course will need to purchase the learning materials separately.

OTHER Speciality COURSES TO FURTHER YOUR DIVE EDUCATION

Rescue Diver Course

The rescue diver course allows you to expand your knowledge and experience beyond the recreational. The Rescue Diver course is one of the most rewarding courses because you'll learn to look beyond yourself and consider the safety and well-being of other divers.

Rescue diver students are required to complete five knowledge development segments and the final exam, prepare an emergency assistance plan, demonstrate a number of rescue skills in open water and participate in two rescue scenarios. The course typically last between 3–4 days and is open to qualified Advanced Open Water divers (or equivalent).

Please note that the Emergency First Response (EFR) qualification is required, or proof of other CPR first aid course, within the last two years.

Divers wishing to do their Rescue Diver Course will need to purchase the manual or online training materials from the certification agency.

Divemaster Course

This course is the first step on the professional diving career ladder. The Divemaster course will give you the qualification you need to allow you to work as a Dive Guide. To take part, you must be 18 years or older, have proof of 40 logged dives, and hold both the PADI Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver qualifications.

The course consists of eight academic sessions and exams, various water and diving skills, rescue evaluation, producing a map of the local training site, emergency assistance plan and practical application.

Please note: Before certification, you need CPR and EFR qualifications and a valid medical certificate within the last 12 months. 

We are happy to answer your questions. Please call 01353 659999 or contact us.