Advanced Adventure Specialty

Congratulations on your Open Water Diver Certification! Now you can continue your diving adventure with Advanced Adventure Diver!

This course is designed to introduce you to some other types of diving such as deep, night, navigation, and many more! You will get an overview of 5 different specialties and do 5 dives with your Instructor. You may want to continue to get a specialty certification in those types of dives or you may choose to do different ones. Deep diver and Navigation are required but you can pick the other 3 with your Instructor.

Who this course is for:

• Any certified open water scuba diver who wishes to expand their diver knowledge and skill set
• Any certified open water scuba diver who would like to advance in dive training
• Any certified open water scuba diver who would like to experience an introduction to SDI specialties

Course Prerequisites:

• Minimum age 18, 10 with parental consent
• SDI Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent, SDI Junior Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent*

*Note: Junior divers (10-15) can only take specialties approved for their age

Limits for Junior Divers:

• Deep Diving: Maximum depth for divers 10-15 is 21 metres/70 feet
• Dry suit; minimum age 12
• Wreck: Limited penetration minimum age 15

What you can expect to learn:

• An overview of the SDI Deep Diver and SDI Navigation Diver specialties
• Basic insight to three other chosen specialties of your choice as an introduction to that specific area in diving

Some of the in-water skills include:

Successfully perform skills listed for dive one of the three chosen specialties as well as both core specialties

• Deep Diver open water dive
• Test and check all equipment
• Familiarization with dive site
• Descend to planned depth, do not exceed any pre-planned limits
• Dive according to plan at a depth limited to 30 metres/ 100 feet
• Divers between the age of 10 and 15 cannot exceed 21 metres/70 feet
• Ascend to safety stop
• Exit and log dive
• Navigation open water dive
• Establish a reference point, plan dive, and enter water from shore/boat
• Practice out and back technique on surface
• Squares and triangles on surface
• Perform a square on the bottom
• Perform a triangle on the bottom
• Ascend to safety stop
• Exit and log dive
• What’s in it for you?
• An opportunity to experience several SDI specialties
• Continue diver education, skills, and knowledge
• Ability to enroll in and complete selected specialties
• After successful completion, ability to enroll in the SDI Recue Diver course

SDI Advanced Adventure Diver minimum requirements:

• Satisfactorily complete the appropriate SDI Advanced Adventure Diver       Knowledge Quests with a passing score of 80%, followed by 100% remediation     by the Instructor
• Complete all course requirements efficiently
• Demonstrate mature and sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution

 **Price does not include Scuba gear, but gear is available for rent or purchase (must have your own personal snorkel gear).**

**Price does not include any extra diving fees**

*Dates and times may vary depending on conditions/class size. 

There are no refunds, instead we makeup camps/diving depending on conditions and our calendar availability.