Description
Take your diving skills to the next level with a focused 2-day, 5-dive training program
The SSI Advanced Open Water Diver course is the perfect upgrade for certified divers who want to dive deeper, improve underwater skills, and explore more challenging environments. This experience-based program includes 5 open-water training dives completed over two full days, combining essential core skills with customized specialty dives based on your interests.
Under the guidance of a professional SSI instructor, you’ll expand your comfort, learn safer dive planning, improve buoyancy control, and become qualified to dive deeper — opening the door to many new dive sites in Phu Quoc and around the world.
Course Overview
- Duration: 2 days
- Training: 5 adventure dives
- Goal: Build experience, confidence, and depth capability
- Max depth: Up to 30 meters (after certification)
- Learning style: Practical, real-world diving with focused briefings
- Perfect for: Certified divers looking to progress quickly
This program is designed to fit conveniently into a holiday schedule while still providing solid skill development and memorable dives.
What You Will Learn
Across five structured adventure dives, you will develop:
- Safe ascent/descent procedures and improved underwater awareness
- Advanced buoyancy and trim control
- Navigation skills using a compass and natural references
- Techniques for planning and managing deeper dives
- Specialized skills depending on the elective dives chosen
Your instructor will personalize the course to match your interests and Phu Quoc’s diving conditions.
Course Program (5 Dives)
Mandatory Core Dives
- Deep Diving – Learn proper techniques for diving to 30m, gas management, and depth-related considerations.
- Underwater Navigation – Practice compass work, natural navigation, distance estimates and patterns.
Choose 3 Specialty Adventure Dives
(Selected based on your preferences and sea conditions)
- Perfect Buoyancy
- Night & Limited Visibility
- Enriched Air Nitrox
- Search & Recovery
- Waves, Currents & Tides
- Underwater Photography
- Marine Life Identification
- Dive Computer Skills
These elective dives allow you to explore new dive conditions and refine specific techniques.
Course Schedule
Day 1 – Navigation + 1 Specialty Dive
- Morning hotel pick-up
- Meet your instructor, safety briefing, course orientation
- Review key theory topics and dive planning
- Boat departure and equipment setup
- Dive 1: Underwater Navigation
- Dive 2: Specialty Dive
- Lunch on board, surface intervals & debriefings
- Return to harbor, logbook session
Day 2 – Deep Dive + 2 Specialty Dives
- Morning pick-up and equipment setup
- Dive 3: Deep Diving (mandatory)
- Dive 4 & 5: Two Specialty Dives
- Final debrief, completion paperwork & certification
- Afternoon return to hotel
(Exact times depend on weather, sea conditions, and dive site selection.)
