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PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

Duration:

2 days

Highlights

  • Designed to help divers improve their skills and gain experience in different types of diving.

  • Pick 3 specialty dives including Deep Diving, Drift Diving, Underwater Navigation, Compass Navigation, Natural Navigation, Search & Recovery.

  • 5 dives, including a 2-tank boat dive in the Marine Park.

  • Includes e-learning modules that can be completed prior to the course

  • Scuba diving equipment (BCD, regulator, mask, fins, tanks, and weights) included. You are welcome to bring your own gear.

  • Requires Open Water Diver certification. If you don't have it you can take the course with us prior.

  • Easy access by swimming out from shore. No boat ride needed.

  • All profits go towards our coral restoration efforts.

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Description

The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification builds on your scuba skills and confidence from the Open Water course. It's not for advanced divers, but for those who want to explore more underwater activities and specialty certifications plus dive up to 30m deep!

 

You'll get to try a deep dive and learn about underwater navigation and pick up to 3 specialty dives. The second day includes a 2-tank boat dive in the Marine Park where you will learn about deep diving. 

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As a Reef Restoration organization our standard 3 specialty dives are Intro to Coral Reefs, Intro to Fish Identification, and Intro to Peak Performance Buoyancy. But we offer the Drift Diving, Natural Navigation, and Search & Recovery specialty dives if you prefer.

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This course includes e-learning modules that are emailed to students after booking so they can study in advance of their course. If you already have a PADI course manual or e-learning for this course, please contact us prior to booking and we can deduct the cost of these course materials.

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We run this 2 day course weekly 10:30am to 4pm Wednesday to Thursday. If you can't find a course that matches your availability, please contact us directly to see if we can accommodate you. 

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The Villa Blanca reef is shallow with a maximum depth of 6m with easy shore swim-up access. The boat dive is in the Cozumel Marine Park and up to 30m deep. Our meeting point on Day 1 is a short 10-minute taxi ride whether you are coming from Cozumel ferry terminal, downtown Cozumel or Puerto Maya cruise ship terminal; while the Marina on Day 2 is a 15-minute taxi ride.

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Need your PADI Open Water Diver?

We run the PADI Open Water Diver course weekly Monday to Wednesday. Simply add this course to the bundle during checkout for a 8% discount.

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Combo with Coral Reef Conservation, Fish ID, and/or PPB
​As specialty certifications, the Coral Reef Conservation, Reef Fish Identification, and Peak Performance Buoyancy courses can each be can be applied as 1 of your 3 Advanced OW specialty dives. There is a 8% discount for each combo, and if 2 or 3 courses are combed you can complete the AOW a single day. To book contact us directly.

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Bundle with Research Diver

Want to get your Research Diver certification after? We run them consecutively so you can get both certifications in a week and with a 3% discount. To book, go to the Research Dive course page and bundle at checkout.

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​​Details

  • Reefs visited: Villa Blanca Reefs + Cozumel Marine Park, Cozumel, Mexico

  • Meeting point: Day 1: Sand Dollar Sports lab;
    Day 2:     Marina Asipona or Marina Caleta.

  • Food and transportation are not included.

  • Languages: English and Spanish

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Please bring
  • Bathing Suit 
  • Towel 
  • Long sleeve T-shirt or rash guard. Do NOT wear sunscreen or skincare products prior to diving. Even 'reef safe" ones have non-biodegradable compounds that damage corals.
  • Reusable water bottle

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Cancellation/Rescheduling Policy

  • There is a 35% cancellation fee to cover the costs of our non-refundable e-learning. But this fee can be credited towards a future course booking.

  • We allow rescheduling at no cost up to 1 week before the course start.

  • 50% cancellation/rescheduling fee if cancelled/rescheduled 7 days or less before start.

  • 100% cancellation fee if cancelled 1 day or less before start.

  • If the cancellation/rescheduling was due to an medical emergency or major travel delay we can waive these fees (less the 35% cost of e-learning) provided the student has a doctors note or proof of delay.

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Bad Weather Policy

​Safety is the most important when diving or snorkeling. When the north winds are too strong, the Cozumel harbormaster closes the port to all underwater activities, cancelling your dive.  If the dive is canceled, updates will be sent to participants via email or WhatsApp as soon as possible, with options provided to either reschedule your course or receive a refund.

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