Course overview

Build on your Open Water certification with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course in Tarkarli-Malvan, expanding your skills over five adventure dives including deep and underwater navigation. Diving the calm, boat-accessed reefs off Malvan near Sindhudurg Fort, you certify to 30 metres and gain the confidence to dive a wider range of sites.

What you’ll learn

• Plan and conduct dives to 30 metres
• Navigate accurately with a compass and natural references
• Choose and practise three adventure specialties
• Improve buoyancy, trim and air management
• Apply deeper-dive planning and gas monitoring
• Build experience across varied dive conditions

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12 (Junior Advanced Open Water)
• PADI (Junior) Open Water Diver or a qualifying certification from another agency
• 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 & navigation dives

   Complete the two core adventure dives - Deep and Underwater Navigation - on boat-accessed reefs off Malvan.
2. Day2
   Elective adventure dives

   Finish three elective adventure dives such as buoyancy, naturalist or night, choosing sites to suit conditions near Sindhudurg Fort.

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