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This is a step-up course designed to expand your enjoyment and scope of activities as a diver. By taking two compulsory dives (deep and navigation) and choosing other practical dives, you'll become an even more confident diver. After this course, you'll be able to dive up to 40m and at night (only if you choose the night dive option).
Your scope of activity as a diver will increase. This is a step-up course designed to increase enjoyment and scope of activity. You'll polish up the knowledge and skills you need to become an independent diver. You'll choose two compulsory dives (deep and navigation) and three specialty dives out of six for a total of five dives during the course. By diving in a range of different environments, you'll become more confident. Try to look for new ways of enjoyment as well! After this course you'll be able to dive up to 40m and night diving will also be possible (see Note 1).
Note 1: Choosing the Night Dive Option
The Advanced Open Water Diver course is only available to those joining a dive cruise (must book in advance).
The Advanced Open Water Diver course is aimed for customers joining a dive cruise and incorporates different subjects into the dives on offer during the cruise. There is plenty of time on the cruise so you'll be able to take the course at your own pace and have fun while doing it. Because the dive cruise visits a range of sites, the course can cover a variety of specialty dives and you'll soon be able to use on actual dives the skills you have learned.
ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER
Certification
Number of Dives
Compulsory Dives
Max Dive Depth After Course
40m (Recommended 30m) *If choosing the deep dive
Price
6,000 Baht
Learning method
Online learning *You can study in advance at home.
Conditions for Joining:：
Have you ever wondered why dive guides can reach their destination underwater without getting lost? Compared to land, your field of vision is more narrow and there are very few land marks and targets. Where are you now and where are you going? You will need basic navigation skills to judge this. For this topic, you will learn basic compass navigation skills such as the distance you cover for a given length of time and the clues in nature that you can use. You will then make use of this to learn how to dive according to a plan, without getting lost underwater. This topic is extremely useful for those of you thinking it's about time you stopped just following your guide!
When you dive at deeper depths, because of the increase in water pressure, you use air more quickly and your no-decompression limit gets shorter. This increases the risk of decompression sickness, being out of air and nitrogen narcosis. This topic will teach you how to manage these risks, go beyond the Open Water Diver depth limit of 18m and teach you what to be aware of in order to dive safely at even deeper depths. Your air consumption and tolerance to nitrogen narcosis will also be tested at such depths, and you will experience how to set up and use an extra air supply (drop tank). After taking this topic, you will no longer have a maximum depth limit so you'll be able to enjoy a new underwater world you couldn't experience before, such as rocks at deep depths and dynamic drop-offs.
When you picture the sea at night, you probably think of a dark and quiet world. However, like on land, the sea is also home to nocturnal species and even in a pitch black ocean at night, a series of active scenes and drama is unfolding. You'll see crustaceans (prawn and crab species) that hide in gaps in the rocks during the day or feeding scenes involving species like Moray Eels or Barracudas. Night diving is fun and attractive and just as good, if not better than, diving during the day. This topic covers what you need to be aware of to dive safely at night and how to communicate using a light.
It's only natural to want to take photos of a beautiful world and show them to your family and friends who don't dive. Today, almost all digital cameras have a waterproof case and underwater photos have come under a huge review. In this topic, you'll learn the basics of using your underwater camera, techniques to capture the good side of a subject so you don't damage the undewrater environment and how to approach fish so they don't swim away.
If you unable to get the most appropriate buoyancy, for example because you are overweighted, this will be a burden physically, you will consume air more quickly and the risk of safety-related problems like sudden ascents is more likely. It's also easier to damage the underwater environment by kicking up sand on the sea bottom or accidentally kicking coral. In this topic, you'll learn how to prepare the right amount of weights for you, understand the relationship between buoyancy and the timing of your breathing and acquire the skills to move freely underwater while maintaining complete neutral buoyancy.
Dive sites such as drop-offs and submerged rocky reefs have strong currents and tend to attract bigger species like sharks or large migratory species. At sites like these, you can enjoy some dynamic diving. Drift diving is a style of diving where you ride the current and move over a long distance while saving energy. It's a standard form of diving during dive cruises off the Similan Islands. This topic will cover what you need to be aware of to dive safely in strong currents, how to enter and exit the water, and techniques such as how to cope with strong currents.
Have you ever had trouble explaining to your buddy a fish that you were interested in underwater? This topic focuses on the shape of fish and lets you master the skills of dividing species such as Gobies and Horse Mackerel into general categories. With this, it's no problem if you don't know the names of fish. You'll be able to ask your buddy or guide questions such as "what was that small white Goby under that rock?" and feel your post-dive conversations become all the more animated and exciting.
Naturally, the first creature you spot underwater is fish but the ocean is home to a range of species that seem to strike an impressive balance and live and thrive in harmony with one another. Species include invertebrates like coral and jellyfish, crustaceans like prawns and crabs, underwater plants like seaweed and kelp and mammals like dolphins and whales. This topic focuses on creatures other than fish that you may not have been concerned about until now, and opens the door to interest in an even deeper underwater world.
Advanced Open Water Diver Course:：
THB 6,000-／PAX
Teaching material Card application fee
Cruise price
National park fee
2 Photos（4.5×5.7cm）
Rental Camera *When selecting U/W Photographer.
*If you wish to take this course during a dive cruise, you must apply separately for one of the cruises offered by our company.
*The price for those taking the course during a dive cruise is only valid if joining a cruise with Japanese guides on board.
*If you are applying for a cruise with English-speaking guides from the cruise company,lessons will be in English and the price of the course will be decided and offered by that company.
*Due to weather and other conditions, the schedule will be subject to change without notice. We appreciate your understanding.
07:00 Wake up time 08:00 First diving 09:00 Breakfast Challenge lecture1 11:00 Second diving（Lecture1） 12:30 Lunch／Relux time Challenge lecture2 14:00 Third diving（Lecture2） 15:30 Snack／Relux time Challenge lecture3 17:30 Fourth diving（lecture3） 19:30 Dinner Challenge lecture4
07:00 Wake up time 08:00 First diving（Lecture4） 09:00 Breakfast／Relux time 11:00 Second diving 12:30 Lunch／Relux time 14:00 Third diving（Lecture5） Challenge lecture5 15:30 Snack／Relux time 17:30 Fourth diving 19:30 Dinner
