SSI Advanced Open Water Diver

The SSI Advanced Open Water Diver course is designed to make you a more confident, capable, and comfortable diver through a combination of core training dives and elective specialties that match your interests and diving goals.

This course focuses on practical, real-world diving skills that will improve your safety, awareness, and enjoyment underwater.

Our Core Training Dives

Deep Diving
Learn how to safely plan and conduct dives beyond recreational Open Water depths. You'll develop skills in gas management, buoyancy control, descent and ascent procedures, and depth awareness while exploring deeper underwater environments.

Navigation
Master both compass and natural navigation techniques so you can confidently find your way underwater. These skills help you return to exit points, ascent lines, or your dive boat—even in limited visibility conditions.

Perfect Buoyancy
Fine-tune your weighting, trim, hovering, and finning techniques. Better buoyancy control leads to improved air consumption, reduced effort, enhanced comfort, and less impact on the underwater environment.

We will Choose Two Additional Specialties from below

Night & Limited Visibility
Experience the excitement of diving after dark while learning proper light communication, buddy procedures, navigation techniques, and methods for managing reduced visibility conditions.

Computer Diving
Learn to maximize the capabilities of your dive computer. You'll gain a better understanding of dive planning, no-decompression limits, ascent rates, safety stops, and how to use your computer to dive more safely and effectively.

Enriched Air Nitrox
Discover the benefits of diving with enriched air nitrox. You'll learn how nitrox can reduce nitrogen exposure, extend no-decompression limits, shorten surface intervals, and increase overall diving safety. This specialty includes analyzing nitrox cylinders and understanding oxygen exposure limits.

Why Take Advanced Open Water?

• Increase your confidence and comfort underwater
• Improve buoyancy and air consumption
• Develop stronger navigation skills
• Learn to dive deeper safely
• Gain experience in a variety of diving conditions
• Prepare for more advanced diving adventures and specialty courses

By completing the three required core dives and two elective specialties, you'll earn the SSI Advanced Open Water Diver certification and be ready for your next underwater adventure.