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Take Your Diving to the Next Level

You’ve mastered the basics—now it’s time to explore further. The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course is designed to build your confidence, expand your skills, and introduce you to new and exciting underwater adventures.

Through five Adventure Dives, you’ll experience different styles of diving while gaining valuable experience under the guidance of a Zero Limits Diving PADI Instructor. Whether you’re diving deeper, improving your buoyancy, navigating underwater, or exploring wrecks, every dive helps you become a more capable and confident diver.

At Zero Limits Diving, we believe every dive is an opportunity to grow, challenge yourself, and discover just how much more the underwater world has to offer.

Prerequisites

To enrol in a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course (or Junior Advanced Open Water Diver course):

You must be 12 years old or older.
You must hold a PADI Open Water Diver certification (or an equivalent certification from another recognised training agency).

Junior Advanced Open Water Divers may only participate in selected Adventure Dives appropriate to their age.

Course Outline

The course consists of five Adventure Dives, allowing you to customise your training while gaining experience in different diving environments.

Required Adventure Dives

Deep Adventure Dive – Learn how to safely plan and conduct dives to a maximum depth of 30 metres, while understanding the effects and challenges of deeper diving.
Underwater Navigation Adventure Dive – Improve your compass navigation skills and learn to navigate confidently using natural references, kick cycles, and time.

Choose Three Elective Adventure Dives

Select from a wide variety of exciting specialties based on your interests, including:

Peak Performance Buoyancy
Wreck Diver
Night Diver
Underwater Naturalist
Equipment Specialist
Sidemount Diver
Enriched Air (Nitrox)
Emergency Oxygen Provider
Full Face Mask Diver
Dry Suit Diver
Search & Recovery
Shark Conservation
Project AWARE Conservation
And many more…

Many Adventure Dives can also count as the first dive toward the corresponding PADI Specialty Diver certification.

Equipment

We’ll provide the equipment needed for your training, including standard scuba gear and any specialised equipment required for your chosen Adventure Dives.

Depending on your selections, you may also use:

Compass
Dive light
Dive tool/knife
Lift bag
Full Face Mask
Sidemount equipment
Dry suit
Other specialty equipment

Your Zero Limits Diving Instructor will explain all equipment and ensure you’re comfortable using it before entering the water.

Getting Started

After booking your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course and confirming your payment, you’ll receive access to PADI eLearning, allowing you to complete the theory at your own pace before your practical training begins.

One of our experienced Zero Limits Diving PADI Instructors will then contact you to schedule your dives, discuss your Adventure Dive choices, and guide you through every step of the course.

Practical training typically takes 2–3 days and is usually conducted over weekends, with weekday training available by prior arrangement.

Your Advanced Open Water Diver Course Includes

PADI eLearning
Full scuba equipment rental
Air fills throughout the course
Professional instruction and dive briefings
Adventure Dive training
Internationally recognised PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Certification
Digital PADI eCard

Adventure Awaits Beyond the Surface

The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course is where confidence turns into experience and every dive opens the door to something new. Dive deeper, explore further, and discover new underwater environments while expanding your skills alongside a supportive community of passionate divers.

Join Zero Limits Diving and continue your journey beyond the basics—because the greatest adventures begin where your comfort zone ends, and there are no limits to what you can discover beneath the surface.

Go beyond and book today

Plan your training with Zero Limits Diving

Contact Zero Limits Diving in Centurion, Gauteng, to arrange PADI Advanced Open Water Diver training. We can help you confirm the prerequisites, venue and next available dates before booking.

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PADI Advanced Open Water Diver