PADI Advanced Open Water Diver – 2 Dives in Dauin & 3 Dives at Apo Island

• Diverse Dive Sites: Experience Dauin’s unique volcanic sands and Apo Island’s vibrant coral reefs, offering a rich mix of marine life and dive environments.
• Five Adventure Dives: Includes essential Deep and Navigation dives, plus three elective dives, such as Drift, Peak Performance Buoyancy, and Fish Identification.
• Increased Dive Depth: Gain certification to dive up to 100 feet (30 meters), expanding access to more advanced dive sites worldwide.
• Marine Life Encounters: Enjoy the chance to see rare critters in Dauin and abundant tropical fish, turtles, and coral at Apo Island.
• Professional Guidance: Aqua Ventura’s PADI instructors provide personalized training, ensuring skill development and safe exploration at each site.

Discover the Depths: PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course with Aqua Ventura – 2 Dives in Dauin, 3 Dives at Apo Island

Aqua Ventura’s PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is the ideal way to expand your diving skills and explore more advanced underwater sites. This unique two-day experience includes five adventure dives: two in the macro-rich volcanic sands of Dauin and three at the colorful reefs of Apo Island. Whether you’re interested in deep dives, buoyancy mastery, or underwater navigation, this course is structured to refine your skills, boost your confidence, and enhance your underwater exploration abilities.

Designed for those with an Open Water Diver certification, this course combines practical learning with thrilling underwater adventures, all under the guidance of Aqua Ventura’s experienced PADI instructors. The course is structured to broaden your diving horizons while exploring the breathtaking biodiversity of Dauin and Apo Island, two of the Philippines’ premier diving spots.

Course Highlights: Tailored Adventure Dives

The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course requires two core dives (Deep Dive and Underwater Navigation), ensuring all participants acquire skills essential for advanced diving. The remaining three dives can be customized based on individual interests, allowing divers to explore areas they’re passionate about.

Core Dives: Deep Dive and Underwater Navigation

1. Deep Dive
   Gain the ability to explore up to a depth of 100 feet (30 meters), unlocking a world of deeper reefs and marine life typically unseen in shallower waters. The Deep Dive takes place in Apo Island, where stunning coral gardens and diverse fish species await at greater depths. Under the guidance of Aqua Ventura’s instructors, divers learn essential deep diving techniques, including air management and managing increased pressure.
2. Underwater Navigation
   This dive, conducted in Dauin, hones your orientation skills, helping you become comfortable using a compass and natural cues for underwater navigation. Aqua Ventura’s instructors teach navigation techniques that enhance your ability to locate specific dive sites, identify markers, and return safely, improving both independence and confidence in varied underwater environments.

Elective Adventure Dives: Customize Your Training

For the remaining three dives, you can choose from an exciting list of adventure dives, each focusing on a specific skill or area of interest:

• Peak Performance Buoyancy
  Develop expert buoyancy control, which enhances comfort underwater and conserves energy and air. This dive, typically conducted in Dauin’s calm waters, lets divers practice hovering and maintaining stability around delicate marine life, a valuable skill for underwater photographers and nature enthusiasts alike.
• Drift Dive
  Experience the exhilarating feeling of gliding along ocean currents during a drift dive at Apo Island. Perfect for covering larger areas with minimal effort, this dive allows divers to encounter diverse marine life, including larger pelagic species and schools of fish, in a safe and thrilling setting.
• Fish Identification
  Dive deeper into the world of marine biology with a fish identification adventure dive. Learn to recognize different fish families and species commonly seen around Apo Island’s coral reefs, enriching your diving experience by understanding the unique behaviors and characteristics of the local marine life.
• Night Dive
  Explore the ocean’s nighttime magic with a night dive option, where you can observe nocturnal marine species and witness different underwater behavior after dark. This dive, carried out under the close supervision of Aqua Ventura’s instructors, provides an entirely new perspective on the underwater world and is a favorite for adventure seekers.

Dive Locations: The Best of Dauin and Apo Island

The combination of two dives in Dauin and three dives at Apo Island offers a well-rounded introduction to different underwater ecosystems:

• Dauin Dives
  Dauin is celebrated for its unique volcanic sand environment and muck diving, where rare species like seahorses, frogfish, and nudibranchs can be found. This setting allows divers to practice specific skills such as navigation and buoyancy in calm waters with interesting macro life all around.
• Apo Island Dives
  Apo Island, renowned for its stunning coral reefs and biodiversity, is the ideal location for the Deep Dive and other specialty dives. Here, participants may encounter sea turtles, vibrant corals, and schools of fish, all set against crystal-clear waters and lush marine scenery. It’s the perfect site for divers to build their skills while enjoying breathtaking views of the underwater ecosystem.

Why Choose Aqua Ventura for Advanced Diver Certification?

Aqua Ventura’s PADI-certified instructors are committed to providing a safe, enjoyable, and highly educational diving experience. With small group sizes, each diver receives personal attention, detailed feedback, and encouragement as they develop new skills. Aqua Ventura’s emphasis on environmental conservation ensures that divers not only learn advanced diving techniques but also gain an appreciation for protecting marine ecosystems.

Additionally, Aqua Ventura’s location allows easy access to both Dauin and Apo Island, offering the perfect combination of muck diving and vibrant coral reefs, which are unmatched for a well-rounded advanced course experience.

Who Should Take This Course?

This course is ideal for any certified Open Water Diver (aged 12 and above) looking to dive deeper, explore specialized areas of diving, and build advanced skills. It’s particularly suited for those who want to dive in varied environments, with two days providing an intensive yet flexible experience. The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification is recognized worldwide and allows certified divers to explore deeper dive sites, pursue higher-level courses, and access a broader range of diving adventures.

Certification Benefits

The Advanced Open Water Diver certification expands your dive limit to 100 feet (30 meters), enabling you to explore deeper and more diverse dive sites. Upon completion, divers are equipped with valuable skills that increase comfort, safety, and independence underwater. This course is also a stepping stone for those interested in pursuing specialty dives, the PADI Rescue Diver course, or higher certifications.

Dive Deeper, See More with Aqua Ventura’s Advanced Open Water Diver Course

With a blend of advanced skill-building, awe-inspiring dive sites, and expert instruction, Aqua Ventura’s PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course provides a memorable, enriching experience that will stay with you long after you surface. Explore the depths, develop new skills, and see some of the best that Dauin and Apo Island have to offer as you embark on this next step in your diving journey.