ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER
Take your diving to the next level and boost your confidence with the NAUI Advanced Diver or Junior Advanced Diver Course. These courses are perfect for divers wanting to explore specific interests and expand their underwater skills.
You’ll get the chance to visit exciting new dive sites and try unique diving experiences, all under the guidance of a certified NAUI Instructor.
As part of the course, you’ll complete at least six open-water dives—including dives focused on navigation, deep diving, and night or low visibility diving. The remaining three dives are tailored to your personal interests and the options available at the time.
What to expect during your NAUI Advanced Diver Course in Mossel Bay:
- Prerequisite: Certification as a NAUI Open Water Diver or equivalent is required
- Duration: Minimum of 6 open water dives, at your pace, and weather dependent
- Location: Dive sites in and around Mossel Bay
- What to Bring: Swimsuit, towel, sunblock, water and a snack
- Minimum Age | Junior Advanced Diver: 10 years old
- Minimum Age | Advanced Diver: 15 years old
- What’s Next: Enriched Air Nitrox Diver, NAUI Master Diver, NAUI Rescue Scuba Diver, or NAUI First Aid
Required Dives:
- Navigation
- Night or low visibility diving
- Deep diving (40m/130 feet maximum depth)
Elective Dives:
- Search and recovery*
- Boat diving*
- Shore diving*
- Diving for photos or videos*
- Using dive computers*
- Observation and data collection*
- Underwater Naturalist Diver*
- Drysuit Diver
- Light salvage
- Hunting and collecting
- Exploration and underwater mapping
- Wreck diving (external survey)
- Salt water diving (in areas where most diving is in fresh water)
- Fresh water diving (in areas where most diving is in salt water
*Indicates Elective Dive that is available in Mossel Bay
Ready to get started?