PADI Advanced Open Water

Ready to take your diving to the next level? The PADI Advanced Open Water course is a great next step in your diving journey. During this course you will sample different types of diving, expand your max diving depth to 100 feet, improve your buoyancy and general dive skills, enhance your navigation skills, and gain access to more dive sites.

Advanced Open Water Certification Steps

1. eLearning

Complete the online learning through PADI at your own pace (6 – 8 hours). You will study deep diving and navigation along with 3 specialties of your choosing.

2. Open Water Dives

Attend 5 open water dives. These 5 dives consist of a deep dive, a navigation dive, and 3 specialty dives of your choosing. From May through October, we conduct these dives in Baptist Lake. We can also conduct these dives on a local charter to the Great Lakes!

PADI Specialties

Specialty certifications are a great way to further your dive journey by focusing on the type of diving you want to do. Explore Michigan’s Great Lake shipwrecks with our deep diving and wreck diving certifications. Extend your dive season with our dry suit specialty.