Course overview

Build on your skills with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course on Bangaram Island, completing five adventure dives across the lagoon reefs and outer slopes of remote Lakshadweep. You go deeper, refine your navigation and sample specialties such as deep and underwater navigation in calm, clear 27-30C water. The course earns you the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification and the green light to dive to 30 metres.

What you’ll learn

• Plan and conduct dives to a maximum of 30 metres
• Navigate accurately with compass and natural references
• Apply skills from three elective adventure dives
• Improve buoyancy, trim and air management
• Build confidence across varied dive conditions
• Sample specialty areas to guide future training

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12 (Junior) or 15
• PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or qualifying certification
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician

What's included · What's not

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Deep and navigation dives

   Complete the required Deep and Underwater Navigation adventure dives on Bangaram's reefs and slopes.
2. Day2
   Elective dives and certification

   Finish three elective adventure dives such as buoyancy, night or wreck, and earn your Advanced Open Water rating.

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