Launching an SMB
PADI Advanced course
is designed to further your education and showcase the numerous speciality areas of diving you can explore. Once you have completed the PADI Advanced Course successfully you will no longer be restricted to 18 meters of water depth, but will be training to explore deeper depths up to 30 meters.
The theory is presented via e-learning which you can do at your own pace. The course runs over 2 days with a total of 6 dives of which 5 are training dives. The core dives you must complete are the Navigation dive and the Deep dive. You can choose from a number of other dives to complete your remaining training dives. The ones we are able to offer are:
Peak Performance Buoyancy
Drift dive
Underwater naturalist
Underwater photo
Search and recovery (suggested if you are planning to go on with Rescue and Divemaster)
Fish ID
Boat Dive
Navigation Dive
The core dives are the navigation dive and the den dive. During the navigation dive you will expand on what you learned in your Openwater Course with regards to navigation. You will be performing a straight line and reciprocal heading over a pre determined distance. You will also learn how much time and how many kick cycles it takes you to cover over a specific distance. These are just some of the things you do in the navigation dive.
Deep Dive
It’s not as scary as it sounds. We will plan the dive and establish our non stop limits for the particular depth we are going to dive to. The deep dive is any dive deeper than 18 meters, however we like to find 30 meters to show you the effects of pressure and light absorption on the dive. We will have a colour chart underwater and a torch and show you how the colours are absorbed at depth.
Peak Performance Buoyancy
One of the most important skills any diver can master is to have good buoyancy control. During this dive you will learn more about proper weighting techniques and different weighting equipment.
Throughout the peak performance training dive you will practice hovering, swimming through a plastic hoop without touching the sides as well as breath control for better buoyancy skills.
