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
â—Š Navigation â—Š Night or low visibility diving â—Š Deep diving (130 feet/40 meters maximum depth)
ELECTIVE DIVES. â—Š Search and recovery â—Š Boat diving â—Š Light salvage â—Š Hunting and collecting â—Š Exploration and underwater mapping â—Š Non-penetration wreck diving â—Š Observation and data collection â—Š Diving in surf or currents â—Š Altitude diving â—Š Salt water diving (in areas where most diving is in fresh water) â—Š Fresh water diving (in areas where most diving is in salt water) â—Š Shore diving â—Š Diving for photos or videos â—Š 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). Â
Choose any one of the courses below that suits you best. Â
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.Â
(Note that E learning is possible where all the theory and final examination can be done at your own time, pace and place).Â
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):Â Â Â Â Â Â 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 2Â
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):Â Â Â Â Â Â 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).Â
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):Â Â Â Â Â Â 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).Â
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):Â Â Â Â Â Â 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).Â
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):Â Â Â Â Â Â Anytime between 1-12 April.
Full time courses:      Anytime Five days from 09h00 – 16h00 (Locally or at coast).Â
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):Â Â Â Â Â Â Anytime during June 2021.
Full time courses:      Anytime Five days from 09h00 – 16h00.
