Advanced open water skills

[sum-yung guy]

All of the above, but just note....

AOW requires (PADI), that you do a deep dive and an UW Navigation dive. You may pick the next three dives as electives. Most dive stores will "pick them for you," meaning that they will pick the next three based on what they think is most beneficial to you as a diver. The certification is good to 100 feet and is a great one to have for any diving in the great lakes or even on your next tropical trip.

There are no "skills" such as mask remove and replace or regulator recovery. But there are individual skills to the dives, such as, being able to tie 3 different knots for search and recovery, and pattern navigation for UW navigation, etc.... Nothing like Open Water....

A sample weekend (2 days) usually is going to be Deep, UW Navigation, Search and Recovery, Peak Performance Buoyancy, and Wreck or Night (depending dive location).

Also, remember that these dives give you a taste of the individual specialty, SO if you want to take that specialty such as Deep, instead of doing 4 dives, you would only have to do 3 dives (log book proof required). It is a great incentive program if you are in a time crunch.

Hope this clears up some stuff......Good Luck and Safe Diving!