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Advanced Program

$525.00

Take the Next Step – Become an Advanced Open water Diver

If you’re a certified Open Water Diver, you’re already qualified to join our popular Advanced Open Water Diver Course—the perfect next step in expanding your diving skills, confidence, and underwater experiences.

Whether you’ve logged just a few dives or have already been exploring the depths for a while, the Advanced Open Water Diver course is 100% practical, focused on real-world diving and exploration. There are no formal exams—just simple knowledge reviews linked to each adventure dive, making the learning process relaxed, accessible, and engaging.

🌊 6 reasons to choose the Advanced Diver Course?

✔️ Explore five different Specialty dives in one program
✔️ Experience-focused training with practical dive scenarios
✔️ No pressure—no written exams, just hands-on learning
✔️ Build confidence in a variety of environments and conditions
✔️ Discover your interests before committing to full Specialty programs
✔️ Earn your Advanced open water Diver certification—a key milestone for continuing education and career progression

🧭 What Adventure Dives Can You Do?

The Advanced Open Water Diver program allows you to choose from a range of exciting specialty dive experiences- such as:

  • Deep Diving

  • Underwater Navigation

  • Perfect Buoyancy

  • Drift dive

  • Enriched Air / Nitrox Diving
    (Dives may vary depending on conditions and availability)

💨 Upgrade with the Enriched Air / Nitrox Option

Maximise your time underwater and reduce surface intervals by adding the Enriched Air / Nitrox Certification to your course. This upgrade includes:

  • Online theory module

  • One Enriched Air dives

  • Globally recognised certification—essential for longer, multi-dive days, and future dive travel

🎓 Not Sure What’s Next?

If you’re still deciding on your diving direction, the Advanced Diver course is an ideal “try-before-you-commit” experience. You’ll get a taste of five different specialties and start identifying where your interests lie—whether it’s photography, wrecks, night diving, or deep exploration.

Many divers use this course as a launchpad for professional development, and our instructors can provide guidance on how to transition into more advanced programs like Specialty Certifications, Stress & Rescue, or even Dive Pro Career Packages.

📈 Ask Us About Course Upgrades & Career Packages

Your diving doesn’t stop here. Ask your instructor about our:

  • Upgrade Course Bundles (combine and save on specialties)

  • Dive Career Packages (fast-track your journey to Divemaster or Instructor level)

📞 Ready to Level Up?
Contact Central Coast Divers to reserve your spot in the next Advanced Open Water Diver Course:
📞 (02) 4389 3483
📧 info@centralcoastdivers.au
🌐 www.centralcoastdivers.au

Advance your skills. Explore new challenges.
Become an Advanced Open Water Diver with Central Coast Divers—your next dive starts here.

 

 

Saturdays Dives (Shore dives)

Dive 1- Perfect Buoyancy
The first dive teaches you the skills and techniques needed to maximise your dive experience, increase your comfort in the water, save on air, and control your body underwater to get the most from your equipment. 

Dive 2- Underwater Navigation 
You will learn how to use a compass and natural navigation techniques, it just takes a little practice and confidence. Soon you will be estimating distances, basic navigation patterns and how to leave and return to a designated exit point.

Dive 3- Enriched Air Nitrox 
Diving with enriched air can increase your no-decompression limits, improve your safety, and reduce the required length of your surface intervals when compared to air. We'll also check out the local marine life. 


Sunday Dives (Boat Dives)

Dive 4- Deep dive 
Many exciting dive sites are located in deeper water. Without proper training, this kind of diving puts you at risk. Today is your chance to reach 30 metres in a controlled manner, allowing you to safely and comfortably plan and conduct dives beyond Open water diver certification.

Dive 5- Fish ID/Nitrox
Learn about the local inhabitants of the local area, might be lucky enough to sight a majestic Grey Nurse Shark or an awesome giant black Smooth Ray or;

Dive 5- Wreck Dive 
Many of the ocean's best dive sites have artificial reefs, or wrecks that have sunk throughout the ages. We have the former scuttled warship "ex HMAS Adelaide" to dive on! 
On this final day, you will learn the skills and knowledge required to safely scuba dive above and around, these underwater treasures.

Please note:
Dives may be substituted should weather conditions prove to be unsafe. Alternate dives will be offered- except Deep and Navigation

Open water diver certification

Air or Nitrox Fills, Deep boat dive, Instructor.

Bring your Total Dive System to use on the course- scuba rental is available (see below)

SMB, Slate and pencil
Hood, gloves
Suitable torch if completing night dive

Scuba Rental.     

Full rental- Wetsuit, Weight integrated BC, Regulator with Computer and Tank-
Total $100 for all five dives over the two days

 

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