Advanced Open Water Course Koh Tao

The Advanced Open Water course is completed over 1.5 days. The first morning will be a knowledge development session with your instructor reviewing the schedule and helping you to choose your elective dives.

The same afternoon you can start the Open Water training, which can be completed by lunch time the following day.

This allows you time to catch any ferries off the Island the following afternoon and helps those who are on a shorter time schedule.

The Advanced Open Water course consists of 5 Adventure training dives. The 2 mandatory dives, required by PADI standards, are the Underwater Navigation and the Deep Diver.

You then have the option to choose 3 adventure dives. This allows you to tailor the Advanced Course to suit your needs and interests and your Diving Instructor will help you decide.

Some of the options are; Peak Performance Buoyancy, Underwater Naturalist, Wreck Diver, Night Diver, Search & Recovery, Fish Identification, Boat Diving, Diver Propulsion Vehicle and Underwater Imaging.

For more details please get in touch.

During your Deep Adventure Dive you will reach up to a maximum depth of 30 metres.

Upon completion of the course and with this extra training and experience you will be certified to dive around the world up to to 30 metres uncovering the majority of the worlds dive sites.

Whilst 30 metres is the maximum depth you can dive to, you do not need to reach this depth.

No. All equipment, Insurance and certification costs are included in the course fees. You may also be provided with a compass and dive computer as required on dives.

12 years old is the minimum age to enrol in the PADI Advanced Open Water course.

During and after training any diver aged between 12-14 years old will have a maximum depth limit of 21 metres and a Junior Advanced Open Water certification.

For anyone who is 15 years or older, they will receive a full PADI Advanced Open water course certification and can dive to a maximum depth limit of 30 metres.

After a Junior Advanced Open Water diver turns 15 their depth limit will automatically change to 30 metres.

We recommend diving to this depth for the first time with a PADI Professional and you should notify the dive leader before you go diving.

The minimum number of dives to enrol on the Advanced Open Water course is the 4 training dives you completed as part of your Open Water course.

The Advanced course is seen as a popular and natural stepping stone for the majority of divers just finishing their Open Water course training.

Are you a PADI Open Water diver or equivalent that enjoys spending time under water? If so, the PADI Advanced Open Water course is the course for you.

Furthering your development in scuba diving and fine tuning the skills you have already learned, the PADI Advanced Open Water is the perfect step to start learning more.

The main benefit of the course is not only extending your depth limit to 30 metres but allowing you to choose the dives that interest you.  

The more you dive the more you realise the endless possibilities that can be achieved under water.

The Advanced Open Water course introduces you to the different types of diving specialty areas, allowing you to find out what interests you and to a schedule that you choose yourself.

No. The PADI Advanced Open Water course has no pool sessions or exams.

The course is there to add to the level of experience from prior training and to develop the way you dive and introduce you to the many new choices you have underwater.

No, accommodation is not included in the standard course fee. However, accommodation can be arranged for you at an extra cost.

We can source a range of best choice accommodation options, including AC rooms and fan bungalows in different locations around Koh Tao.

If you prefer to be located in a particular area of Koh Tao, please let us know at the time of booking your course, so we can best advise you.