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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, including deep and navigation.
Upon completion you will be qualified to dive to 30 metres in conditions similar to or better than those you were trained in.
For the academic work, we register you for the online Advanced eLearning. Complete the sections relevant to your dives before the course and bring your e-record with you.
Course Details
- Minimum age: 12 years during summer / 15 years during winter, due to lake temperatures and drysuit sizing
- Prerequisite: Open Water Diver
- Duration: 2 days and 5 dives
- Online eLearning: approximately 5 hours
- Day 1: Meet at LSD at 06:30, then travel to Vobster Quay
- Day 1 dives: Peak Performance Buoyancy or Drysuit, Navigation and Wreck
- Day 2: Meet at Surrey Hills Dive Lake at 09:30
- Day 2 dives: Deep and Rescue, with exploration of the dive site
- Final certification included
- Price: £425
Important Information
- Lake entry: Vobster £26 and Surrey Hills £20
- Air fills: £8 cash each, with 3 required in total
- Bring a packed lunch, snacks and water, or money for food on-site
- LSD does not provide transport to the open-water sites. Car sharing can often be arranged between students but cannot be guaranteed
- Scuba Review: required if you have not dived in 12 or more months
- Drysuit Orientation: £80 and required during low season, 1 December to 30 April
- The 2.5-hour Drysuit Orientation pool session must be completed before Day 1
- Orientation sessions are available weekdays at 09:00 or 15:00 and Saturdays at 09:00
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 deeper dives and underwater attractions used for navigation and wreck-style adventure dives.
Day 2 — Surrey Hills Dive Lake
Surrey Hills Diving is based at Tapwood Lake near Reigate, 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
What comes next
Ready to become a more prepared diver?
Continue your training with the PADI Rescue Diver course, developing problem prevention, rescue skills and confidence in realistic scenarios.