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The Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver Certification Course
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Clint Leung
Once the basic open water scuba diving certification has been
successfully completed by new divers, there should be some
consideration to taking the next training level up which is the
advanced open water course. Prior to that, it is probably a good
idea to get some more experience as a new scuba diver right
after the basic certification by doing several easy beginner
level dives to further sharpen the basic skills and to
appreciate the new underwater world. This can be easily done
with a week of scuba diving at a destination where there are
plenty of easier dive sites such as the Florida Keys. There's no
rush to do the more difficult dives for now.
Although it is quite possible to do deeper and more advance
level dives as one gets more experience in diving without taking
another course, it is much more ideal to get introduced to more
difficult dives with an instructor. Deep dives, night dives,
drift dives and dive sites with moderate currents can be too
challenging for new divers. Even though many advanced dives are
very exciting and rewarding, doing them without proper training
can be dangerous. There's no such thing as getting too much
education and training in scuba diving.
The advanced scuba diver course was designed to help divers get
the proper training for advanced dives as well as developing
further skills including underwater navigation, safety, search
and recovery. The advanced open water is also a very fun course
to take. It does require some reading with a manual that will be
supplied by the dive instructor but unlike the basic open water
certification course, no written exam is required. The advanced
course is mostly practical as it consists of several open water
dives with a dive instructor over two days. Each open water dive
during the advanced course will feature different types of dive
skills. One will work on improving navigation while another will
involve a deep dive. Other dives may include diving on wrecks,
night diving and some basic rescue techniques.
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All major scuba diving training certification agencies such as
NAUI, PADI and SSI will have an advanced scuba diver course. All
dive schools and operators that have scuba training will have
the advanced course available. At many dive destinations, some
dive operators will insist upon a minimum of advanced open water
certification in order to take charter dive trips which involve
higher level dive sites. For example, the deeper shipwreck dives
of the Spiegel Grove, Duane and the Bibb located off Key Largo
all require advanced or higher certification cards before the
local dive operators will allow divers on those particular
dives.
About the author:
Clint Leung is a NAUI certified Master and Rescue Scuba Diver.
He is also owner of Free Spirit Activewear
http://www.FreeSpiritActivewear.com , an online
retailer/designer specializing in premium quality scuba diving
activewear. Free Spirit Activewear has numerous information
resource articles on scuba diving as well as free eCards.
Hawaii has many great
snorkeling, scuba diving, and snuba diving locations.
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