Course overview

Advanced Open Water is the perfect fit for South Ari Atoll, opening up the channel drifts and deeper walls where whale sharks, mantas and grey reef sharks appear. Over five adventure dives you build skills in deep and navigation plus three more of your choice on the atoll's spectacular reefs.

What you’ll learn

• Diving safely to 30m
• Underwater navigation with compass
• Drift-diving technique in current
• Improved buoyancy and trim
• Three elective adventure skills

Prerequisites

• 12 years or older (Junior 12-14)
• PADI Open Water Diver or equivalent

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 & navigation

   Complete the deep dive on the reef wall and the navigation dive on the house reef.
2. Day2
   Elective adventures

   Do three elective dives such as drift, buoyancy and night across South Ari sites.

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