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The PADI Advanced course – the next step in your journey of recreational diving. Some people like to go straight into it, whilst others wait until they feel more comfortable. Whatever the reason you are interested in doing the course, here we will give you some more information on what it entails and why you should do it in the Komodo National Park!
The PADI Advanced Open Water course is made up of 5 dives. There are two that are compulsory.
This dive focuses on developing your skills at navigating. You will increase your confidence in recognising natural features during a dive that will assist in your underwater orientation. You will fine tune your compass skills and strengthen your ability to work alone and as a buddy team in navigation.
This dive will give you the knowledge and skills to dive deeper than 18m safely and confidently. Your instructor will talk about the effects on the increased pressure, colour changes and much more. It may seem a little daunting, but 25m doesn’t feel any different to 18m – just a little darker!
You then have three other adventure dives you can choose from. We highly recommend the Peak Performance Buoyancy dive. This dive focuses on your breathing and underwater control. This is a dive that no matter how many or for few dives you have – your confidence underwater will greatly benefit from it.
Drift Diving – In Komodo…makes sense to us! What better place to learn about current?!
A.W.A.R.E Fish ID – Want to know the difference between surgeonfish & butterflyfish? What about different types of sharks? Octopus? Rays? This dive will open up a whole world of knowledge! You will also learn about how we can protect the underwater world.
Night Dive – Learn new skills and see the underwater world in a whole new (lack of) light.
Underwater Naturalist – Not only do you learn about different fish species, but also corals, shrimp, crabs and all that you can see in the underwater world!
Multi -level and Computer diving – Learn more about how to structure the profile (how deep you are) for your dive. Take a more in depth look at planning your dives and how to use a dive computer.
And much more!
Not for this course! There is a little theory to complete, but this can be done between dives or in the evening as you enjoy the sunset. For each adventure dive you do there is a chapter in the Adventures in Diving book. Each chapter is about 30 pages long and has a knowledge review at the end. Once completed your instructor will go through each one with you, making sure everything is clear.
Komodo has such a breathtaking array of marine life and such interesting currents that you are sure to learn so much! Our experienced instructors will be impart all their wisdom and knowledge, whilst keeping the course fun and professional.
The diving in the park has a variety of conditions: stronger drift dives, pinnacles where you must shelter from the current, flat sandy sites and sloping coral reefs. The area is somewhere that can challenge you and ensure you’ll end up a more confident and skilled diver, but also has relaxing dives where you can practice and build on your skills.
Our spacious and comfortable boats are a great place to complete the knowledge review section of the course, big comfy bean bags to sit on, passionate crew to discuss the course with and epic views to take in.
