Kiwidivers Teaches Over 30 PADI Specialty Courses

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PADI Advanced Recreational Open Water SCUBA Course
The PADI Advanced Open Water course is designed to follow the Open Water course. The advanced course will introduce you to new types of diving and allow you develop the skills you will need to be a better diver and be more confident in your future fun dives. The great part about it is you do not need to spend time in the classroom or pool.
Requirements:
- 12 years or older
- Be able to swim in water too deep to stand
- Be in good physical health
- Have already completed your Open Water Certification (from any agency)
By the time you have completed this scuba diving training you will be able to dive deeper (up to 30m) and in different environments while trying out new dive sites. All under the watchful eye of one of our experienced instructors.
Classroom Only Specialties:
- Oxygen Provider
- Project Aware
- Coral Reef Conservation
- Equipment Specialist
Diving Specialties:
- Nitrox (can combine with Open Water)
- Dry Suit (can combine with Open Water)
- Deep Diver
- Night Diver
- Drift Diver
- Boat Diver
- Wreck Diver
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- Self Reliant Diver
- Underwater Navigation
- Search and Recovery
- Sidemount Diver
- Underwater Photography
- Underwater Naturalist
- Fish Identification
- Cavern Diver
- Cave Diver
Advanced Open Water SCUBA Course Details

Develop your skills at amazing dive sites
Phuket is surrounded by little islands and reefs and Kiwidiver uses boats to all the top dive sites to see all the best that Thailand has to offer. From Wreck Diving to Drift Diving we know all the best adrenaline rushes. Depending on the season we may have the chance of reef sharks, leopard sharks, bamboo sharks & turtles along with all the regular marine life that we are so lucky to have in Thailand.
How long does it take?
Classes run for 2 days by necessity. We need to get in 5 dives for your advanced certification and the requirement is no more than 3 training dives per day. We can do a combination of boat and beach dives depending on your preference!
Theory
The PADI Advanced Open Water course takes you directly to some of the best diving locations in Phuket to learn new skills. You will complete the knowledge sections at your own leisure before starting the course and will review those together with your instructor prior to every dive as part of the briefing. This advanced diving course will prepare you for some of the more challenging and exciting diving locations.
Adventure Dives
Some people love diving wrecks, others prefer colorful reefs. Some want to know all the fish names and some want to try diving at night time. On this diving course, you have 5 different adventure dives to complete. Two are compulsory: Deep dive and Navigation. The other three you get to select from a list of fifteen specialties. You can choose from topics such as underwater photography, wreck diving, drift diving, peak performance buoyancy, night dive, and much more.