PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course on Koh Lanta

Already an Open Water Diver? Take the Next Step... PADI Advanced Open Water Diver

If you're already enjoying exploying the underwater world with your Open Water Diver certification, you may be thinking of taking your knowledge and skills to the next level and become a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver?

The great news is that you don't need to be a PADI Open Water Diver to complete the Advanced Open Water Diver course - we can accept equivalient (or higher) diving qualifications from other certification bodies, SSI, NAUI, BSAC, CMAS and many more.

Certified to dive to 30m, the Advanced Open Water Diver course will not only improve your diving knowledge and skills, it will boost your confidence underwater and introduce you to many new specialist areas such as Search and Recovery, Underwater Photography, Deep Diving, Wreck Diving and many more...

The PADI Advanced Open Water course consists of 5 Adventure Dives, with each one being an introduction to a different specialist diving area. You have a large number of different dives to choose from, however you must complete the Deep Diver and Underwater Navigation dives to qualify as an Advanced Open Water diver; the other three are up to you!

The PADI Advanced Open Water Manual contains detailed information on each specialist area and a knowledge review at the end of each section covers the main points in detail for each of the 5 Dives you will complete, however there are no videos to watch and no final exam, this course is much more 'hands on' than the PADI Open Water Diver course.

The minimum age for Advanced Open Water Diver certification is 15 years old (10 for PADI Junior Adventure Diver).

At Dive & Relax, we offer the following Adventure Dives to divers 10 years old and older:

- AWARE-Fish Identification
- Underwater Naturalist
- Boat Diver
- Underwater Navigator
- Peak Performance Buoyancy
- Underwater Photography
- Underwater Videography

Additional Adventure Dives available to divers 12 years old and older:

- Multilevel Diver
- Deep Diver
- Search and Recovery Diver
- Drift Diver
- Wreck Diver

Additional Adventure Dives available to divers 15 years old and older:

- Enriched Air (Nitrox) Diver

How Long Does the Course Take?

Option 1 is the 3 day, 6 dive option with 2 dives per day and the final (6th) dive being either an extra Adventure Dive (for free!) or just a fun dive - the choice is yours. With the 3 day option, learning is at a relaxed pace, giving you more time to enjoy the diving and of course, your holiday on Koh Lanta.

Option 2 is the 2 day, 5 dive option with 2 dives on the first day and 3 dives on the second day. There are a lot of new skills to learn in the Advanced Open Water course, and We really only recommend this option if time is short and you only have 2 days available for diving.

How do I Start?

To get started on your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course, all you need to do is contact us, tell us when you will arrive on Koh Lanta, which resort you are staying at, and which date you wish to start the course - we will do all the rest for you.

If time is short, or you'd rather not spend too much of your holiday on knowledge reviews, sign up for PADI E-Learning and complete the theory online from home before your holiday, maximising your time in the water having fun!

Once you've completed your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course, the next step on your diving adventure is to become a PADI Rescue Diver.

Click here for Course Prices and Diving Packages

Save time, study the theory for your PADI Open Water Course or Advanced Open Water Course online before your holiday to Koh Lanta. More time diving and relaxing, less time in the classroom.

Experienced or first-time underwater photographer? Rent a camera or bring your own and learn how to capture those stunning professional shots often seen in magazines on our 1 day, 2 dive photography workshop at one of the stunning coral reefs in the Andaman Sea.

If you don't have your own underwater camera, we have several for rent. We'll show you how to prepare the camera, give you tips on how to take shots underwater and then burn all your photos to CD once back on Koh Lanta.

With the chance to see manta rays and whale sharks at the world famous Hin Daeng & Hin Muang, Koh Lanta is a divers paradise. Add Koh Phi Phi. the Bida Islands, Koh Haa, King Cruiser wreck, Shark Point & Anemone Reef, and there is plenty here to keep you diving Koh Lanta for a week or more...

All dive sites are between 30 and 60 minutes journey time on our private speedboat, which means you can sleep late and enjoy a 9am beach departure and an early afternoon return to Koh Lanta with plenty of time to relax on the beach, or prepare your hammock for one of the spectacular sunsets here on Koh Lanta.

Dive & Relax offer 10% discount on all Multi-Day Dive Packages and PADI Courses booked online. Book a dive package, or a PADI Course with us online and not only will we give you a 10% discount, we can also arrange a 10% discount on your Beach Bungalow with one of the resorts we recommend to our guests. Simply send us an enquiry and we'll put a package together for you.

We limit the number of divers on our speedboat, and keep the diving groups small, typically 2 or 3 with a professional Divemaster or Instructor, which means that our guests can enjoy maximum personal attention, comfort and safety.