Advanced Scuba Diver
Course Overview
This course is a continuing education certification course for certified divers. It is an enjoyable program of continued supervised experience designed to introduce divers to a variety of diving activities and to be taught entirely in an open water setting. Upon successful completion of this course, graduates are considered competent to engage in open water diving activities and the areas dived approximate those of training.
This course is appropriate for divers who:
- Desire additional training.
- Have moved from one diving area to another and desire local orientation.
- Do not have, but wish to obtain, NAUI certification.
- Desire orientation to a variety of diving sites and conditions
PREREQUISITES
- Age. Minimum is 15 years by the water phase of the course. (Junior certification for ages 10-14 years is allowed.
- Certification as a NAUI Scuba Diver or the equivalent is required.
REQUIRED DIVES.
COMPULSORY DIVES
◊ Navigation ◊ Night or low visibility diving ◊ Deep diving (130 feet/40 meters maximum depth)
ELECTIVE DIVES. ◊ Search and recovery ◊ Boat diving ◊ Light salvage ◊ Hunting and collecting ◊ Exploration and underwater mapping ◊ Non-penetration wreck diving ◊ Observation and data collection ◊ Diving in surf or currents ◊ Altitude diving ◊ Salt water diving (in areas where most diving is in fresh water) ◊ Fresh water diving (in areas where most diving is in salt water) ◊ Shore diving ◊ Diving for photos or videos ◊ Using dive computers
COST
R 3,200.00
(Includes tuition, certification, dives at Bass Lake and use of gear if required excluding Sodwana Bay dives – add R 1,500.00)
(A Scuba diver course consists of four lectures, three pool sessions and a four-dive weekend at Bass Lake/Miracle Waters or Sodwana Bay (Sodwana-optional extra).
Choose any one of the courses below that suits you best.
Advanced diver programmes consist of five dives only and are offered at Bass Lake/Miracle Waters or Ocean during the same weekends / periods when Scuba Diver courses are scheduled below.
(Note that E learning is possible where all the theory and final examination can be done at your own time, pace and place).
Course 1
Lectures 1&2 23 January 08h00 – 11h00
Equipment workshop 23 January 11h00 – 13h00
Pool session 1 23 January 14h00 – 17h00
Lecture 3 24 January 08h00 – 10h00
Pool session 2 24 January 11h00 – 13h00
Lecture 4 24 January 13h30 – 15h00
Pool session 3 24 January 15h00 – 17h00
Bass Lake: 30&31 January 09h00 – 16h00
Ocean (optional): 19-22 March OR anytime between 1-12 April OR 23-27 April.
Full time courses: Anytime Five days from 09h00 – 16h00 (Locally or at coast).
Course 2
Lectures 1&2 6 February 08h00 – 11h00
Equipment workshop 6 February 11h00 – 13h00
Pool session 1 6 February 14h00 – 17h00
Lecture 3 7 February 08h00 – 10h00
Pool session 2 7 February 11h00 – 13h00
Lecture 4 7 February 13h30 – 15h00
Pool session 3 7 February 15h00 – 17h00
Bass Lake: 13&14 February 09h00 – 16h00
Ocean (optional): 19-22 March OR anytime between 1-12 April OR 23-27 April.
Full time courses: Anytime Five days from 09h00 – 16h00 (Locally or at coast).
Course 3
Lectures 1&2 20 February 08h00 – 11h00
Equipment workshop 20 February 11h00 – 13h00
Pool session 1 20 February 14h00 – 17h00
Lecture 3 21 February 08h00 – 10h00
Pool session 2 21 February 11h00 – 13h00
Lecture 4 21 February 13h30 – 15h00
Pool session 3 21 February 15h00 – 17h00
Bass Lake: 27&28 February 09h00 – 16h00
Ocean (optional): 19-22 March OR anytime between 1-12 April OR 23-27 April.
Full time courses: Anytime Five days from 09h00 – 16h00 (Locally or at coast).
Course 4
Lectures 1&2 6 March 08h00 – 11h00
Equipment workshop 6 March 11h00 – 13h00
Pool session 1 6 March 14h00 – 17h00
Lecture 3 7 March 08h00 – 10h00
Pool session 2 7 March 11h00 – 13h00
Lecture 4 7 March 13h30 – 15h00
Pool session 3 7 March 15h00 – 17h00
Bass Lake: 13&14 March 09h00 – 16h00
Ocean (optional): 19-22 March OR anytime between 1-12 April OR 23-27 April.
Full time courses: Anytime Five days from 09h00 – 16h00 (Locally or at coast).
Course 5
Lectures 1&2 27 March 08h00 – 11h00
Equipment workshop 27 March 11h00 – 13h00
Pool session 1 27 March 14h00 – 17h00
Lecture 3 28 March 08h00 – 10h00
Pool session 2 28 March 11h00 – 13h00
Lecture 4 28 March 13h30 – 15h00
Pool session 3 28 March 15h00 – 17h00
Ocean (optional): Anytime between 1-12 April.
Full time courses: Anytime Five days from 09h00 – 16h00 (Locally or at coast).
Course 6
Lectures 1&2 17 April 08h00 – 11h00
Equipment workshop 17 April 11h00 – 13h00
Pool session 1 17 April 14h00 – 17h00
Lecture 3 18 April 08h00 – 10h00
Pool session 2 18 April 11h00 – 13h00
Lecture 4 18 April 13h30 – 15h00
Pool session 3 18 April 15h00 – 17h00
Bass Lake: 24&25 April 09h00 – 16h00
Ocean (optional): Anytime during 30 April – 27 April.
Full time courses: Anytime Five days from 09h00 – 16h00.
Course 7
Lectures 1&2 8 May 08h00 – 11h00
Equipment workshop 8 May 11h00 – 13h00
Pool session 1 8 May 14h00 – 17h00
Lecture 3 9 May 08h00 – 10h00
Pool session 2 9 May 11h00 – 13h00
Lecture 4 9 May 13h30 – 15h00
Pool session 3 9 May 15h00 – 17h00
Bass Lake: 15&16 May 09h00 – 16h00
Ocean (optional): Anytime during June 2021.
Full time courses: Anytime Five days from 09h00 – 16h00.
