The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is where you conquer new tasks, see different aquatic creatures, explore into diverse territories and experience new dive adventures. The PADI Advanced Diver course have no exams, no pool, just easy reading, review and experience 5 adventure dives to complete the course.
After completing the basic course, I just couldn’t get enough of diving and I enrolled the advanced course immediately. Turns out to be a really good decision, it was easy, no exams, no pool, just a lotsa dives, a lotsa food, a lotsa laughs. Thanks Shaun and all the staff in Gill Divers for such good times.
Loh Wee Ming, June 2008
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The Adventures in Diving program offers both the PADI Adventure Diver and PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certifications. If you complete any three adventure dives, you can earn your PADI Adventure Diver certification. If you complete your Deep Adventure Dive, Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive and three Adventure Dives for a total of five, you can earn your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification.
The diving course consist of 1. Theory and 2. Open Water (Sea) Dives segments. The theory segments are home based learning, designed for your convenience, there is no classroom required. You can also chose to do Dive Theory Online PADI eLearning (require topup SGD90).
Theory Lesson (Home Based)
Learn Digital Underwater Photography, Night Diving, Deep Diving, Wreck Diving and more!
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Sessions not applicable
Home Based
Open Water dive (Sea)
Learn diving off the boat or shore, Marine Life observation and more! View training dives during the open water (sea) section
4 – 6 open water dives
Departs every Friday: 630pm
Returns every Sunday: 9pm
Location & Rates: Tioman, Dayang, Bintan or Referral (Theory & Practical Only)
Sample Itinerary
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| 1. Theory Lesson | Home Based |
Anytime!
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Week 1
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| 2. Open Water dive | Day 1 (Fri) |
Departure Dayang / Tioman, Experience Diving Video
6:30pm –
Meet at Gill Divers
7:00pm –
Depart for Mersing Jetty via coach
10:30pm –
Rest stop
11.45pm –
Arrive at Mersing Jetty
12.15am –
Depart for Dayang / Tioman via ferry
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| Day 2 (Sat) |
3.15am –
Arrive Dayang / Tioman
3:30am –
Check in Resort
9:00am –
Breakfast & Briefing
10:30am –
1st Dive
12:30pm –
Lunch on board
2:00pm –
2nd & 3rd Dive
6:00pm –
Return to resort
7:00pm –
4th Dive (Night Dive!)
8:30pm –
Dinner at resort, Log dives & debrief
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| Day 3 (Sun) |
7:00am –
Breakfast
8:30am –
5th & 6th Dive
12:30pm –
Lunch, Log dives & debrief
1:30pm –
Check out from resort & depart for Mersing Jetty via ferry
5:30pm –
Arrive Mersing Jetty
6:00pm –
Depart for Singapore via coach
9:00pm –
Arrive Singapore Gill Divers
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Includes
- All equipment and material needed for the entire course
- PADI Adventures in Diving Manual
- PADI elearning
- 5 Open Water Scuba Dives
- 2D/3N Full board trip to Malaysia (Dayang Island / Tioman Island) or 3D4N Full board trip in Phuket (lunch for diving days only)
- 2 way land transportation, lodging & all meals
- Instructor fees (ratio for practical sessions – 6 students : 1 instructor)
- Certification fees
- PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Certification Card (License valid life-time!)
Excludes
- Air fare (if any)
- Marine Park Fee (RM $5, if any)
- 4 x AA size Battery (if required for night dive)
- Gratitudes for the Boat Crew / Guide
Prerequisites
- Be at least 15 years of age or older
- Be PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent certification from other agencies, and
- Last dive not more than 9months ago
Packages
Select from one (1) of the destinations below
Island Reef Resort – 2D2N
Tioman Island, Malaysia
One of the biggest island off the east coast of peninsular Malaysia, Tioman island offers exceptional diving in the region. You will be pleasantly surprised by the Island Reef Resort..
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SGD 599
no hidden cost
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Dayang Blues Resort – 2D2N
Dayang Island, Malaysia
Small and cosy, Island Reef Resort sits right in the heart of the buzling Tioman Island. With disco and pubs around the corner, experience an exciting night life.
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SGD 599
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PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Theory & Knowledge Segment
When you enroll in the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course, the manual given consists 17 interesting adventure dives topic (we are only going to do 5 of them). The manual allow you to preview into the different underwater adventures you may participate in. After the course you can use the manual as tips and guides to your other dive adventures.
Within the 17 topics in your PADI Advanced Open Water Manual, we will be completing 5 topics, each ends with a knowledge review and they are to be completed as independent study.
Independent Study
The PADI Advanced Open Water course does not require any quiz or examination but you need to complete the independent study with the knowledge review.
There are 2 key and 3 selected (total 5) adventure dives that must be fulfilled to achieve the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification
You will get to learn
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Duration
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Title
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Fun Factor
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40mins
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2 compulsory key adventures dives
Deep Dive
- Determining your personal depth limit
- Deep diving equipment consideration
- Ascend and descend techniques for deep diving
- Low and out of air management
- Safety stops
- Nitrogen Narcosis prevention
- Characteristics and prevention of decompression illness
Underwater Navigation Dive
- Benefits of underwater navigation mastery
- Distance estimation
- Natural navigation
- Compass navigation techniques
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60mins
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Either 3 of the adventure dives from the following
Boat Dive
- General terminology of a boat
- Common emergency equipment on a dive boat
- Seasickness prevention
- Boarding procedures
- Guidelines of water entries from a dive boat
- Type of lines (ropes)
- Free descent techniques from a dive boat
- Guidelines of water exits to a dive boat
- Post dive roll calls procedures
Digital Underwater Photography Dive
- Advantages over digital photography over film
- Water entry with Digital underwater camera system
- Guidelines to achieve good underwater photos
- Compensate light effect underwater
- Taking photo with environmental consideration
Night Dive
- New and unfamiliar equipment consideration
- Marker lights application
- Night dive site consideration
- Environmental consideration for night dive
- General consideration for night dive
- Coping with night dive for stress, light failure, buddy separation and disorientation
- Water entry for night dive
- Ascend and descend technique for night dive
- Night dive communication and navigation
Drift Dive
- Advantages and consideration of drift diving
- Surface supervision
- Drift diving entries
- Descending with a float
- Water exit from drift diving
- Avoid exhaustion in a current
- Group separation procedures
AWARE – Fish Identification Dive
- The Oceanic Ambassadors
- AWARE?
- Project AWARE’s mission
- How Project AWARE foundation supports environmental efforts
- Number of fish species
- Strategy for fish identification
- Common fish groupings
- Distinguishing between fish families
- The “roving diver” technique
Enriched Air Nitrox Dive
- Gases Dynamics
- Advantages and disadvantages of using Enriched Air Nitrox for diving
- Managing Oxygen Problems
- Plan Enriched air nitrox dive
- Analysing the content of tank
- Obtain Enriched Air Nitrox
- Using dive computer for enriched air nitrox dive
Peak Performance Buoyancy Dive
- Weight usage estimation
- Buoyancy check
- Streamlining technique
Wreck Dive
- Artifact recovery consideration
- Local law and wreck diving
- Avoiding wreck hazards
- Planning and equipment consideration
- Local orientation to unfamiliar wreck
- Wreck penetration and hazards
- Wreck evaluation and navigation
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Other Adventures in the PADI Adventures in Diving manual
Altitude Dive
- Special consideration and definition of altitude dive
- Difference between altitude diving and flying after diving
- Current recommendation for flying after diving
- Other physiological condition aside from decompression sickness
- Adjustment of dive instruments to compensate for altitude
- Consideration when using RDP at altitude
- Recommendation for maximum dives (daily) at altitude
- Calculation Practice
Diver Propulsion Vehicle Dive
- Advantages of using Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)
- Common features of Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)
- Securing your Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV) when boat travelling
- Guidelines to determine the turnaround point
- Avoiding propeller entanglements
- Shore entry with Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)
- Aquatic life interaction when using Diver Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)
Dry Suit Dive
- Avoid hypothermia
- Buoyancy check when using dry suit
- Tight neck seal consideration
- Buoyancy control when using dry suit
- Adding air to the dry suit during diving
- Excessive air in dry suit legs area
- Manage runaway or rapid ascent
- Dry suit flood management
Multilevel and Computer Dive
- Determine no decompression limit
- Ascent concerns
- Emergency decompression
- Rules of computer diving
- Equipment of computer diving
- Hazards of multilevel diving
- Consideration of planning of multilevel dive
- Computer failure concerns
Search and Recovery Dive
- The difference between recreation and professional search and recovery
- Potential hazards of search and recovery dive
- Planning search and recovery dive
- Application of different methods of search pattern
- Concerns of lifting an object
- Techniques of using lift bag
Underwater Naturalist Dive
- Definition of Ecology and Ecosystem
- Difference between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
- Common cause of aquatic animal attacks
- Human perception of aquatic animal
- Aquatic organism interaction
- Dive techniques for aquatic life preservation and minimizing disturbance
Underwater Photography Dive
- Ways to overcome light and color losses
- Depth of field
- Different kind of strode and usage
- Principles of good photographic composition
- Care and maintenance
Underwater Videography Dive
- Application of wide angle and dome port lens
- General best angle when taking underwater video
- Avoid common error when taking underwater video
- Underwater videography equipment preparation
- Care for underwater videography after dive
- Enter and exit technique with underwater videography equipment
- Buoyancy, drag and air consumption consideration
- Emergency buddy out of air management
- Video system flood situation
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PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Open Dives Segment
You have enough of shallow dives… You want more… Let’s go for an amazing adventure in deeper water while gaining in diving experience, knowledge and skills to enjoy even more the underwaterworld.
This was my first time even attempting scuba diving. The class was fun and informative. It was great preparation for the dive. The dive itself was absolutely fabulous! This was truly one of the best experiences of my life.
Jill H, France, April 2008
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Get ready, unwind and have fun!
Pack your bags, bring the necessities as you would when planning for a short trip. During the trip, instructor(s) and professional assistant(s) will be present to ensure not only you receive proper training but also your first trip is unforgettably enjoyable.
You will get to do
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Duration
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Title
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Fun Factor
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50mins
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Peak Performance Buoyancy Dive – Depth: <18m
- Dive briefing and planning discussion
- Dive equipment setup with dive buddy
- Water entry (Giant Strike)
- Buoyancy check – Lead weight estimation
- Controlled slow descend adjust for neutral buoyancy using the BCD
- Hovering practice
- Fine tune with breath control
- Buoyancy practice
- Manuever close to bottom – No touching
- Practice Finning techniques
- Controlled ascend – Safety Stop ( 5m 3min)
- Exit the water to dive boat, sequentially remove weight then fins
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50mins
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Deep Dive – Depth: <30m
- Dive briefing and planning discussion
- Dive equipment setup with dive buddy
- Water entry
- Descend using a reference ( line or sloping bottom)
- Timed task on bottom
- Depth gauge comparison at depth
- Tour (time/air pressure permitting)
- Ascend at a rate not to exceed 18 meters per minute – Safety Stop ( 5m 3min) before surfacing
- Exit the water to dive boat, sequentially remove weight then fins
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50mins
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Dive Underwater Navigation– Depth: <18m
- Dive briefing and planning discussion
- Dive equipment setup with dive buddy
- Water entry (Giant Strike)
- Maintain a neutral buoyancy during the dive
- Distance/Time estimation Swim ( distance of 30 meter )
- Demonstrate correct positioning and handling of a compass
- Navigate a straight line using neutral navigation techniques
- Navigate a straight line and its reciprocal underwater using a compass
- Navigate a square pattern underwater using a compass
- Ascend – Safety Stop ( 5m 3min)
- Exit the water to dive boat, sequentially remove weight then fins
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50mins
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Night Dive – Depth: <18m
- Dive briefing and planning discussion
- Dive equipment setup with dive buddy
- Water entry (Giant Strike)
- Descend using a reference ( line or sloping bottom)
- Demonstrate how to communicate with hand signals and dive lights while night diving
- Demonstrate the proper use of dive light, submersible pressure gauge, compass, dive computer
- Navigation excersize
- Ascend – Safety Stop ( 5m 3min)
- Exit the water to dive boat, sequentially remove weight then fins
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50mins
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Wreck Dive – Depth: <30m
- Dive briefing and planning discussion
- Dive equipment setup with dive buddy
- Water entry (Giant Strike)
- Descend
- Swim on the outside of a wreck identifying and avoiding potential hazards
- Navigating the wreck
- Maintain neutral buoyancy and body position to avoid the bottom
- Return to ascent point
- Ascend – Safety Stop ( 5m 3min)
- Exit the water to dive boat, sequentially remove weight then fins
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50mins
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Drift Dive – Depth: <30m
- Dive briefing and planning discussion
- Dive equipment setup with dive buddy
- Water entry (specific to the particular environmental conditions and dive plan)
- Group Descend
- Drift dive for fun and pleasure
- Maintain neutral buoyancy during the drift dive
- Ascend – Safety Stop ( 5m 3min)
- Exit the water to dive boat, sequentially remove weight then fins
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50mins
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Boat Dive – Depth: <30m
- Dive briefing and planning discussion
- Dive equipment setup with dive buddy
- Identifying bow, stern, starboard, port, entry area, exit area, and areas to stow dive equipment
- Locate important emergency/safety equipment aboard the boat
- Water entry (Giant Strike)
- Descend
- Dive for fun and pleasure
- Ascend – Safety Stop ( 5m 3min)
- Exit the water to dive boat, sequentially remove weight then fins
- Stow equipment
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50mins
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Fish Identification Dive – Depth: <30m
- Dive briefing and planning discussion
- Dive equipment setup with dive buddy
- Water entry (Giant Strike)
- Descend
- Observe and identify fish families
- Record sightings
- Sketch/Describe unfamiliar fish
- Ascend – Safety Stop ( 5m 3min)
- Exit the water to dive boat, sequentially remove weight then fins
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50mins
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Underwater naturalist Dive – Depth: <30m
- Dive briefing and planning discussion
- Dive equipment setup with dive buddy
- Water entry (Giant Strike)
- Descend
- Identification of aquatic plant life
- Identification and observation of aquatic invertebrates animals
- Maintain a neutral buoyancy and body position
- Ascend – Safety Stop ( 5m 3min)
- Exit the water to dive boat, sequentially remove weight then fins
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Course Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Here are some of the Frequently Asked Questions by most, in fact all of our yet-to-be divers. Take a minute to see if they addresses most of your concerns, else you can always drop us a call at (+65) 6734 9373, or email us (24 Hrs) at gillmen@gilldivers.com and our friendly customer service executive will send you a reply within 24 Hrs.
Upcoming Trips
Here are the upcoming trips scheduled for the coming weeks. If nothing here fits you or your group, you can always drop us a call at (+65) 6734 9373, or email us (24 Hrs) at gillmen@gilldivers.com and our friendly customer service executive will be at your assistance shortly.
