IV.2 · CONTINUING
Advanced
Five adventure dives. Two mandatory, three of your choosing. The certification that opens up real diving.
Duration
4 days
Dives
5 adventure
Max depth
30 m
Group size
Max 4 per instructor
IV.2 · The course
PADI Advanced Open Water is the certification that takes you from eighteen-metre recreational diving to thirty-metre access — which is where most of the interesting wrecks, walls, and pinnacles in this region actually live. The course is five adventure dives: two mandatory (Deep and Underwater Navigation) and three electives.
We schedule it as a four-day programme on Tioman, paced so you do one adventure dive per session with a debrief in between. Most students choose Night, Wreck, and either Drift or Underwater Photography for their three electives.
There is no theory exam. The course is dive-led — you read the corresponding chapter the night before each adventure, and the in-water skill is what gets you the certification.
Syllabus
What you learn.
01
Adventure 1 — Deep (mandatory)
Dive to thirty metres at Tokong Bahara wall. Gas-management, narcosis assessment, deep-water buoyancy. Briefing on no-decompression limits and ascent rates.
02
Adventure 2 — Underwater Navigation (mandatory)
Compass and natural navigation skills at Tekek House Reef. Square pattern, distance estimation, return-to-start exercise.
03
Adventure 3 — Night (recommended)
Night dive at Pulau Tulai. Light handling, communication, marine life identification on a familiar daytime site at night.
04
Adventure 4 — Wreck (recommended)
Non-penetration wreck dive at Tokong Burung. Wreck assessment, hazards, no-touch protocols.
05
Adventure 5 — Choose your own
Drift, Underwater Photography, Search & Recovery, Boat Diver, or Peak Performance Buoyancy. Schedule with the instructor.
Prerequisites
- PADI Open Water (or equivalent agency) certification
- Logbook with at least 4 logged dives since certification
- Dive medical declaration (within 12 months)
- Minimum age 15 (Junior Advanced from 12)
Reserve
RM 2,100
Per student, twin-share accommodation, all training materials and certification fees included. Group of four maximum, paced to the slowest student.
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