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RAID Advanced 35

RAID Advanced 35

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RAID Advanced 35: Master Skills for Deep Diving and Underwater Exploration

  • Dive Deeper: Expand your depth limit to 35 meters, allowing access to new and exciting underwater environments.
  • Advanced Navigation Skills: Improve your navigation techniques for challenging dive sites, ensuring safe and efficient dives.
  • Enhanced Buoyancy and Gas Management: Gain fine-tuned control over buoyancy and learn advanced gas management to maximize safety at depth.
  • Emergency and Rescue Preparedness: Practice essential emergency protocols, making you a more capable and confident dive buddy.
  • Environmental Stewardship: Learn responsible diving techniques to protect and preserve marine ecosystems at deeper depths.

RAID Advanced 35 is an excellent choice for divers ready to take their skills to new depths. With advanced training in navigation, buoyancy control, gas management, and emergency protocols, this course will prepare you to safely explore deeper waters and more challenging dive sites. Under the guidance of experienced instructors, you’ll develop the confidence, knowledge, and skills needed to enjoy dives at 35 meters and beyond. Join Aqua Ventura Divers and embark on the next step of your underwater journey with RAID Advanced 35!

The RAID Advanced 35 course is the ultimate training for certified divers looking to expand their skills and dive up to 35 meters. This advanced certification course is designed for divers who want to elevate their underwater expertise, hone their navigation skills, and experience new depths safely and confidently. With the RAID Advanced 35 program, you’ll gain the skills necessary to tackle more challenging dive sites, giving you access to stunning coral reefs, underwater rock formations, and marine species found only at greater depths.

Aqua Ventura Divers provides a supportive, hands-on learning environment led by experienced RAID instructors, who offer detailed guidance in both theory and practice. With the RAID Advanced 35 certification, you’ll be equipped to handle the challenges of deep diving, ensuring every dive is as thrilling as it is safe.

What to Expect in the RAID Advanced 35 Course

The RAID Advanced 35 course builds on your previous diving experience, offering advanced theoretical knowledge, confined water practice, and exciting open-water dives. The course begins with comprehensive classroom sessions, where you’ll dive into key concepts such as dive physics, the effects of pressure, advanced gas management, and dive planning for greater depths. These sessions are interactive, allowing you to gain a deeper understanding of the principles needed to manage and enjoy dives at 35 meters.

With each classroom session, you’ll develop essential knowledge for handling the physiological and safety considerations of deep diving, including recognizing and managing nitrogen narcosis, monitoring decompression limits, and responding to emergencies. You’ll also gain practical insight into dive planning, allowing you to approach each dive with confidence.

Key Skills You’ll Develop

The RAID Advanced 35 course is designed to refine and expand upon core diving skills, ensuring you have the expertise to manage deeper dives confidently. Here are some of the essential skills covered:

  • Deep Dive Planning and Gas Management: Gain proficiency in managing air consumption, no-decompression limits, and gas mixtures at greater depths.
  • Advanced Navigation Techniques: Learn to navigate in open water and deep environments with confidence, using both natural references and compass skills.
  • Emergency and Rescue Skills: Practice emergency ascent procedures, air-sharing techniques, and dive buddy assistance for enhanced safety at depth.
  • Enhanced Buoyancy and Trim Control: Develop fine-tuned buoyancy skills to maintain control and stability, which is crucial for preserving energy and ensuring safe descents and ascents.
  • Environmental Awareness: Learn techniques for responsible diving that minimize your impact on the delicate ecosystems at greater depths.

With these advanced skills, you’ll feel prepared to tackle the unique challenges of diving up to 35 meters. Each skill is taught through hands-on practice in both confined and open water, building your confidence and ensuring you’re well-prepared for deeper dive experiences.

Open Water Dives: Explore New Depths

The open-water dives in the RAID Advanced 35 course provide you with the opportunity to experience the thrill of exploring deeper underwater environments. These dives are conducted at carefully chosen sites, allowing you to apply your skills in dynamic, real-world settings. You’ll explore diverse dive sites, including walls, reefs, and underwater structures that provide unique opportunities for deep diving and adventure.

With guidance from RAID-certified instructors, you’ll become comfortable with the sensations and considerations of deep diving. From observing marine species unique to deeper waters to experiencing the quiet majesty of deep-sea landscapes, each dive will expand your understanding and appreciation of the underwater world. The RAID Advanced 35 course emphasizes safety and control, ensuring that every dive is conducted with strict adherence to RAID’s high standards.

Safety and Preparedness in Every Dive

Safety is a priority at Aqua Ventura Divers, and the RAID Advanced 35 course is structured to ensure that each diver feels fully prepared and confident. Every session includes detailed pre-dive briefings, gear checks, and reviews of emergency protocols, ensuring that you’re prepared for all conditions. Your instructors will help you develop a heightened awareness of the physiological and environmental factors at play during deeper dives.

In addition to safety training, the RAID Advanced 35 course emphasizes environmental awareness, teaching you to be a responsible diver who respects the underwater world. You’ll learn techniques for reducing your impact on marine ecosystems, such as achieving precise buoyancy to avoid disturbing coral or marine life.

What’s Included in the RAID Advanced 35 Course

The RAID Advanced 35 course includes all the necessary scuba equipment, including buoyancy control devices, regulators, tanks, masks, fins, and snorkels. You’ll receive access to RAID course materials and benefit from the expertise of certified RAID instructors. Upon completing the course, you’ll earn your RAID Advanced 35 certification, qualifying you to dive up to 35 meters with a buddy, opening up a world of new dive sites and underwater experiences.

Included/Excluded

  • RAID Instructor
  • Lunch
  • Scuba Equipment
  • RAID Certificate (I.D.)
  • All Fees
  • Land Transfers

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Booking & Payment

All Dive Courses, Fun Dives and Day Tours are booked and fully paid in advance. We shall require the following:
  • Full payment (Bank/Wire Transfer or Credit/Debit card via Paypal Invoice) is required to confirm/reserve booking of day tours/dive courses/fun dives cost, minimum of 8-10 days before tour date.
  • Complete Guests details preferably with photocopy of valid I.D.’s (Passport/government I.D. etc.)
  • Hotel/Resort pickup information (for day tour guests)

Rebooking Policy

A one-time rebooking of tour is allowed up to 60 days or 2 months from original tour date (depending upon availability) for free with advance notice of at least 5 days before tour date.For succeeding rebookings there after a rebooking fee of $50 will be charged per rebooking.Failure to inform or give advance notice of intent to rebook will be considered a no show/on the day cancellation (see cancellation policy).

Refund & Cancellation Policy

Total dive or tour amount paid will be refunded less the cost of cancellation fees levied by PAMBI/DENR/Boat Operators Fees (rebookable but non-refundable), hotels, transport reservations or food expenses and administrative costs, belowNo Of Days Percentage Forfeited of Total Tour Price
  • 31 days ++ Full refund less 20% administration fee
  • 14-30 days 35% of the tour price +15% administration fee
  • 6-14 days 50% of the tour price +15% administration fee
  • Less than 5 days and No Show / On the day cancellations no refunds
  • Whale Sharks Fee is non-refundable 
  • No Sighting of Whale Sharks (small chance) is non-refundable
Full refund during Force Majeure/Coastguard advised cancellations less PAMBI/DENR/Boat Operators non-refundable fee and payment (bank/card) online transfer fees.Please be guided with the estimated time for refunds to be completed.
  • Cash/Bank Transfer 7-14 Business Days
  • Credit Card/PayPal 14-25 Business Days

Payment Flow

Once you book your dive course, fun dive, or day tour through our website, we will send a digital invoice to the email you provided. The invoice will include payment instructions for bank or wire transfer and credit/debit card payment via PayPal Invoice (additional 6.5% PayPal and bank fees apply).

Payment Types

Full payment for dives and tours is required to secure your booking. Payment options include:
  1. Bank/Wire Transfer (Cash)
  2. Credit Card/Debit Card via PayPal Invoice (+6.5% Paypal and bank Fees)
Please ensure timely payment to confirm your reservation. Thank you!

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