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PADI Advanced Course
The Advanced is great for widening your skill and knowledge base as a diver or excellent for those of you who still don't feel 100% confident in diving without the supervision of an instructor. This course will give you the opportunity to gain that much needed confidence as well as being a whole lot of fun. It is also a useful course for those of you who wish to expand your dive repertoire to include diving in deep water, on wrecks night diving, navigational diving or search and recovery This allows you greater access to some awesome dive sites both in New Zealand and overseas such as the Rainbow Warrior, the Ellingamite, Northern Arch, President Coolidge, Titanic etc. The advanced course also offers you the great advantage of being the next steppingstone towards a potential career in diving. From advanced certification you can progress on to your rescue divers, dive masters, and even as far as your instructors certification as well as many other specialty dive courses. All of these are great qualifications to have for those of you who may wish to travel and work in some fairly exotic locations, or expand your employment potential in New Zealand. Unlike your PADI Open Water Course, you can obtain certification as an Advanced Diver in one week, this allows you to keep your time investment minimal. The course involves one evening in the classroom where you will discuss the requirements for the weekend and learn the theory involved in the dives you will undertake.
The second part of the course is a weekend away. Locations for this may vary but at present we are running them at the Alderman Islands off Tairua at Coromandal and the Poor Knights. Your Course Includes: Five dives including, deep, navigation and search and recovery. The price of the course also includes your Adventure diving manual and certification as an Advanced Open Water Diver. If you completed your openwater course outside N.Z. you will need to get a dive medical signed by a doctor.
Your Course Does Not Include: Transport (we car pool), dive equipment for the weekend (we can hire you dive equipment inc. wetsuit and weight belt - two days hire for the price of one). Rental if needed will be $70 including tanks.
THE NEXT COURSE WILL RUN ON
ADVANCED COURSE.. WEDNESDAY MAY 5th. 2010. There is the only one nights theory starting at 6pm (and no test!). The following weekend Saturday and Sunday 8th and 9th of May will be spent at the Poor Knights Islands (Saturday) and the wreck of the Waikato (Sunday). The boat will be leaving 8:30 am Saturday morning from Tutukaka however check the time as it may change. The price of $450 includes boat fees, certification and air. If you do not have your own gear we can do a deal for the weekend. Accommodation is at the Tutukaka Motor lodge as it's warmer than the barn.
Please note:
:If
you have problems attending the course we will try and organise a replacement
however as all advanced courses are run from charter boats there may be
a charge if you wish to swop or cancel the weekend-whatever the reason.
The earlier you let us know the easier it will be to accommodate change
with minimum extra cost.
