The
Adventures in Diving program offers both the Adventure Diver and 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 Advanced
Open Water Diver certification.
Why PADI Adventure Diver?
Have you always wanted to try underwater photography? How about wreck
diving? Here's your chance because you can sample three dives of your
choice, get a taste of what you like, and feel more comfortable in the
water, strengthening your underwater skills and letting you enjoy diving
more than ever.
What do I need to start?
- PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or
qualifying certification from another organization)
- Minimum age: 15 years old (10 for PADI Junior Adventure Diver)
What will I do?
This certification includes three of the following Adventure Dives:
- Specialties Available to divers 10 years old and older:
- AWARE-Fish Identification Underwater Naturalist
- Boat Underwater Navigator
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- Underwater Photography
- Additional Specialties Available to divers 12 years old and older:
- Altitude Multilevel
- Deep Night
- Dive Propulsion Vehicle (DPV)
- Search and Recovery
- Drift Diving
- Underwater Videography
- Dry Suit
- Wreck
How
long will it take?
- Recommended Course Hours: nine
- Maximum Open Water Training: three dives over one day
What will I need?
- Adventures in Diving Crew-Pak
- Adventures in Diving Video
- Log Book
Where can I go from here?
After your PADI Adventure Diver certification you can take the next
step by completing two more adventure dives. If you've completed five
total adventure dives that include deep and navigation, you're an PADI
Advanced Open Water Diver.
PADI Adventure Dives can also count towards PADI Specialty Diver certifications.
If you liked your Night Adventure Dive so much that you wanted to take
a complete PADI Night Diver Specialty course, your Night Adventure Dive
can count as the first dive of that specialty.
Contact PADI Master Instructor Monte Lee Thornton for more information on the PADI Adventures In Diving and Specialty programs.