Advanced
open water - Adventure diver
What
Is It?
The Advanced Open Water programmes
are the ideal way for qualified
divers to either gain more experience
or as a way to gain further
insight and skills into a number
of new and challenging areas
of diving. If you are a newly
qualified diver then this option
allows you to gain experience
and knowledge under the supervision
of an instructor and will increase
your confidence and skills.
You can also credit each of
the dives you do on this course
towards a relevant Speciality
course. The first dive for most
Specialities is the same as
the Advanced dive so when you
come to do the speciality there
is one less dive.
Who
Can Do It?
Anyone who has an entry level
qualification in diving with
a minimum of four open water
dives can start the course.
Those who are between the age
of twelve and fifteen will be
awarded the JUNIOR ADVANCED
OPEN WATER certification and
must therefore be buddied by
an adult until they are sixteen.
What
Does The Course Involve?
Academic
Session
Videos, lectures and study of
the knowledge reviews from the
manual. The sessions are held
in our comfortable classroom and last
around 2 hours.
Core
Dives
Deep Dive This introduces you
to safe deep diver practices.
You will learn how colours and
objects are affected by depth
and also how nitrogen narcosis
affects you using timed tasks.
Navigation Dive In this dive
you will learn to navigate to
and from a starting point using
your compass and natural references
as well as navigating square
patterns and estimating distances
using timed swims and kick cycles.
Elective
Dives
These are chosen from the following
list but availability may depend
on factors such as weather,
tides and boat availability.
Boat Diver You will be shown
techniques and protocols for
boat diving whilst enjoying
a dive from one of the many charter vessels that we have access to.
DPV This gives you an opportunity to use an underwater seascooter to get to and from dive sites without expending too much energy allowing you to enjoy the dive more and use less air.
DRYSUIT DIVER
 Dry
Suit Diver This gives you the
chance to try a dry suit out
or practice skills if you already
use a dry suit. A confined water
session is required before this
dive. Multilevel Dive Allows
you to increase your dive time
and plan dives using the wheel.
This is perfect for wall dives.
Multilevel Diver This dive is ideal if you do not yet have a dive computer and want to have a lot more flexibility in planning your dives and do not want to be restricted by the RDP tables. The Multilevel dive shows you how to plan your dive into as many levels as you require to get the most time out of your days diving and also still keep track of your nitrogen loading on each section of the dive.
Nitrox This course is designed to allow you as the diver, more time underwater compared to diving on air with the use of more oxygen content in your cylinder and reducing the amount of nitrogen to be absorbed during your dive.
NIGHTDIVER Do you ever find that there is not enough time in the day to get a dive in? or that the same sites are becoming stale diving them during the day? well why not try the nightdiver option which will give an introduction on safe practises for nightdiving, torch signals and also see a lot of species of marine life that come out at night.
Peak Performance Buoyancy The purpose of this dive is to polish a divers buoyancy control beyond the Open Water level through knowledge development and practice.
Search and Recovery Concentrating on locating objects
using a variety of techniques for objects of different sizes and in different conditions.
Underwater
Naturalist This dive concentrates
on the aquatic ecosystem. It
will help you recognise and
understand many of the plants
and animals that you see when
your diving.
Underwater
Photography/Digital Underwater Photography If there is something
worth diving on then it is probably
worth photographing. Not only
will you learn a number of photography
techniques but you will be left
with a lasting record of your
dive. Wreck Diving Probably
the most popular choice, this
dive allows you to visit a piece
of history that very few have
seen. You will learn about safety
and navigation around wrecks
as well as laws governing wrecks.
Wreck Diver Due to the amount of shipping in this area there are lots of wrecks to be seen off our coastline at depths to suit all divers. Some of these have sank due to weather conditions and some during the war. This option will show you how to dive safely on a wreck, how to navigate on a wreck site and also a bit of history about the wreck itself.
DPV This gives you an opportunity to use an underwater seascooter to get to and from dive sites without expending too much energy allowing you to enjoy the dive more and use less air.
Advanced
or Adventure Diver?
The Advanced course consists
of the two core dives and three
dives from the list of electives.
The adventure diver consists
of completing just three of
the elective dives.
How
Long Will It Take?
The academics are usually held
on a weekday evening prior to
the dives themselves. The dives
are then scheduled to suit the
weather, availability of sites
and equipment and needs of the
students. The advanced course
can take as little as two days
to complete and can also be
combined with any of our weekend
diving breaks to many different
dive sites around Britain.
The adventure
diver can be completed in just
one day!
How
Do I Book A Course?
 To
book your place on the next
course could not be easier.
All we need is course payment
to confirm your place and provide
you with all the materials you
will need. This can be done
by either calling in or simply
ringing up and quoting your
credit card number (we can then
post your materials to you).
You will need to have read the
relevant modules in your manual
before you start the course
and filled in the knowledge
review for those modules.
Why
Aquanaunts?
As the largest dive centre in
the UK, we are able to offer
you unparalleled expertise with
the friendly personal service,
which has become our hallmark.
Our low ratio of student to
instructor, top quality training
equipment and time proven training
methods, make our courses the
safest and most enjoyable in
the UK.
Course
Fees
Advanced course
- £150.00
Adventure diver
course - £120.00
Additional
elective dives - from £30.00
Self scheduled
advanced - £199.00
Course fees
includes:
crewpack, manual, dive
slate,
pool fees, and all tuition.
Course fees
do not include: any transport
to dive sites, boat fees, chemical
light stick (night dive), accommodation
& air fills if dives are
done away from Aquanauts.
Kit hire available for £15 per day whilst on courses
Please do one
of the following to book your
place or discuss further:
Tel: 0191 5491001
or e-mail: info@aquanauts-divecentre.co.uk
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