PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER

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The PADI Advanced Open Water course is designed to enhance your diving skills in a number of specialty areas whilst gaining supervised experience. It consists of five open water dives in specialist diving areas including deep and navigation. Upon completion you will be qualified to dive to 30 meters in conditions similar to or better than those you were trained in.

For the academic work we register you for the online Advanced eLearning. You will need to read and complete the sections relevant to the dives you are taking. Please make sure this is completed before your dives and you bring with you your e-record.

Day 1 begins at London School of Diving at 06:30 before travelling to Vobster Quay, where you will normally complete Peak Performance Buoyancy (or Drysuit if selected), Navigation and Wreck adventure dives. Day 2 meets directly at Surrey Hills Dive Lake at 09:30, where you will normally complete Deep and Rescue. During winter you have the option to add a Drysuit Orientation to your booking; this replaces Peak Performance Buoyancy and helps prepare you for colder open water conditions.

Dives

Day 1: Peak Performance Buoyancy or Drysuit, Navigation and Wreck
Day 2: Deep and Rescue

Drysuit replaces Peak Performance Buoyancy when selected or required in low season.

Course Details

Minimum age - 12 years old during summer / 15 years during winter (due to lake temperatures and dry suit sizing)

Pre-requisite - Open Water Diver

Duration - 2 days - 5 dives

Online eLearning - approx. 5 hours

Day 1 - Meet at LSD at 06:30, then travel to Vobster Quay
Dives: PPB or Drysuit, Navigation and Wreck

Day 2 - Meet at Surrey Hills Dive Lake at 09:30

Exploration of the dive site

Final certification

£389

Extras

Lake entry fees - Vobster £26, Surrey Hills £20

Air fills at the lake - £8 cash each (3 required total)

Packed lunch, snacks and water, or money for food on-site

LSD does not provide transport to the open water dive sites. Day 1 begins at LSD before travelling to Vobster Quay. Day 2 students meet directly at Surrey Hills Dive Lake. Car sharing can often be arranged between students, but cannot be guaranteed.

Scuba Review: required if you haven’t dived in 12+ months

Drysuit Orientation: Add-on - £80 (required in low season: 1 Dec - 30 April)
This 2.5-hour pool session must be completed before Day 1 of the course. You will learn essential skills and buoyancy techniques to effectively use a drysuit in colder conditions. Sessions are available on weekdays at 09 AM or 3 PM and on Saturdays at 09 AM. Please ensure you add this to your booking during our low season months (winter).

Lake Locations

The Advanced Open Water course currently uses two open water training sites across the two course days. Day 1 starts at London School of Diving before travelling to Vobster Quay, and Day 2 meets directly at Surrey Hills Dive Lake. Exact arrangements will always be confirmed in your booking email.

Day 1 – Vobster Quay
Vobster Quay is a purpose-built inland diving venue in Somerset, approximately 5 miles from Frome and 4 miles from Radstock. It is well suited to Advanced Open Water training, including deeper dives and underwater attractions used for navigation and wreck-style adventure dives.
Vobster Quay, Upper Vobster, Radstock, BA3 5SD

Day 2 – Surrey Hills Dive Lake
Surrey Hills Diving is based at Tapwood Lake, a large inland scuba diving venue near Reigate. The lake is a former flooded silica sand quarry with clear water, good visibility and depths suitable for diver training and progression.
Surrey Hills Diving, Tapwood Lake, Reigate Road, Buckland, RH2 9RE