PADI ADVANCED DIVER COURSE
DIVE RIGHT BECOME AN ADVANCED DIVER IN PATTAYA THAILAND
“Become an Advanced Diver and become a safer, more confident Underwater Explorer!”
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Take Your Diving to the Next Level – PADI Advanced Diver Course in Pattaya
Expand Your Skills and Dive Deeper
The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is designed to enhance your diving skills, increase your confidence, and introduce you to exciting new underwater experiences. This course allows you to explore deeper depths, master navigation, and try specialized types of diving.
Course Overview
- Experience Requirements: Certified Open Water Diver
- Certification Earned: PADI Advanced Diver Certification to 30 meters (100 feet)
- Dives Included: 5 Advanced open water adventure ocean dives
- Course Duration: 2 days (flexible scheduling available)
- Training Location: Pattaya, Thailand
Why Choose the Advanced Diver Course?
Is This Course for You?
The PADI Advanced Diver Course is designed for:
✅ Certified Open Water Divers looking to enhance their skills.
✅ Divers eager to explore deeper waters and improve navigation techniques.
✅ Anyone looking to gain a globally recognized advanced diving certification.
✅ Allows you to progress to Rescue certification.
✅ Unlocks Advanced Level Specialty Course certifications.
Prerequisites
To enroll, you must:
- Be at least 12 years old.
- Hold a PADI Open Water Diver certification (or equivalent)
- Be comfortable diving in open water.
Expand Your Diving Passion
Advanced open water training isnt just about getting your next certification. Each dive during the advanced course is called an adventure dive.
Adventure dives allow you to expand into new Specialty Diving areas of diving not just in terms of going deeper and learning better navigation but things like underwater photography, wreck diving or perhaps night diving!
What You’ll Learn during your PADI Advanced Diver Course
The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course focuses on skill-building through five specialty dives, including two required core dives and three elective adventure dives.
1. Core Dives
- Deep Dive (Required): Learn techniques and safety considerations for diving beyond 18 meters.
- Underwater Navigation Dive (Required): Master compass navigation and natural navigation skills.
2. Adventure Dives (Choose 3)
Examples:
- Peak Performance Buoyancy: Improve your buoyancy control for better air consumption and effortless movement.
- Wreck Dive: Explore historical shipwrecks and learn safe wreck penetration techniques.
- Drift Dive: Learn how to ride ocean currents and control buoyancy in moving water.
- Search & Recovery Dive: Develop techniques for locating lost objects and using lift bags.
- Night Dive: Experience the underwater world after dark with specialized lighting techniques.
- Fish ID: Learn about aquatic Life including harzardous marine life
Course Duration & Schedule
Total Duration: PADI Advanced Diver Course training takes 2 days (flexible scheduling available).
Phase Breakdown:
- Knowledge Development: 1 day (Complete online home study with PADI Elearning)
- Open Water Dives: 2 days / 5 Dives (practical skill sessions)
Special Advanced Training
Why not bundle 5 PADI Specialty Certifications into your Advanced Training? Book Your Deep Course and Navigation course along with any 3 other Specialty courses from below and complete them together to get your Advanced diver certification for FREE!
Advanced Diver Certification Specialty Courses
Where You Can Dive – Pattaya Islands & Wrecks
We Scuba dive in Pattaya with elite PADI 5-Star IDC and CDC Dive Centers many of whom are staffed by the Dive Pros we have trained! We act as the centre Pro dive Training Hub in Thailand and we besides following the professional teaching of PADI, we also uphold our DEEP Philosophy (Diver Education, Expertise, and Professionalism). These locations provide world-class training, hands-on mentorship, and access to training across very best dive sites in Thailand.
🌍 The Base: Pattaya, Thailand
- Ideal for Dive Training: Pattaya is a popular destination for learning to dive or advancing your dive education. With calm waters and a variety of dive sites close to shore, it’s perfect for Open Water, Advanced, and Specialty training courses.
- Year-Round Diving Conditions: Pattaya offers year-round diving thanks to its warm tropical waters and relatively stable weather. With visibility ranging from 5 to 20 meters and mild currents, it’s a great place for beginners and experienced divers alike.
- Just an hour outside of Bangkok, Pattaya is one of the best diving hubs in Southeast Asia.
- Vibrant Dive Sites & Marine Life: While not as coral-rich as some Thai islands, Pattaya’s dive sites still offer encounters with diverse marine species such as moray eels, barracudas, nudibranchs, stingrays, and even turtles, especially around the rocky reefs and artificial wreck sites. Warm waters, vibrant marine life, and a variety of dive sites, including shipwrecks.
Price and Booking
AOW Course Fees: 14,990 THB
Includes:
- PADI e-Learning
- All required dives
- Dive equipment rental
- Lunch on boat
Want a FREE Advanced Certification? Book Our Exclusive 5 Advanced Specialty Courses Bundle!
Special Package
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- All PADI Courses from Beginner to Master Diver
- All required dives
- Dive equipment rental
- 4 -8 weeks minimum