Learn to Dive

Experience the real adventure of Scuba Diving with the PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver Course.  You will expand on your diving knowledge and skills by trying some of diving’s most rewarding and exciting speciality areas such as the 2 core dives in Deep diving and Navigation diving.

With your instructor you then pick 3 additional elective dive areas that interest you, such as Wreck diving, Peak Performance Buoyancy diving, Dry Suit diving and Boat diving.

You will upgrade your depth rating with the PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver course to 21 metres and gain access to some of the world’s best wrecks and reefs.

Continuing the adventure is one of the best moves you can make.

You will upgrade your depth rating with the Advanced course. There is no classroom content - just two days of diving.

The PADI Junior Advanced Open Water program has some great benefits in helping you to develop your diving skills:

By going beyond Open Water Diver, you will:

  • Learn additional skills specific to your interests
  • Be more confident in and around the water
  • Acquire a better understanding of the aquatic world
  • Divers under 15 are restricted to 21 metres.

Pre-requisite qualifying courses

Minimum age

  • This Junior version of the PADI Advanced Open Water course has the same structure as the adult one, but is for children aged 12 to 15 years.

What the course covers

  • 2 core dives – Deep and Navigation
  • 3 elective dives – Peak Performance Buoyancy, Diver Propulsion Vehicle, Boat, Nitrox, Dry Suit, Search and Recovery, Wreck, Underwater Naturalist, Drift, Digital Underwater Photography, Multilevel.
    Please ask your instructor for suitability.

What it will cost and what you'll need

  • Course Fee: £229
  • Site entrance fee: There is an entrance fee for open water dives requiring entry to an inland site, payable daily by the student. Current fees: Vobster Quay: £16.00
  • Mask, Snorkel, Boots and Fins (Gloves are also recommended for the winter months). Student discounts available on all these items in the Andark shop.
  • Medical Declaration (details on Course Booking and Payment page)
  • Proof of qualification and experience, (log book and cards), must be provided on day one of the course.

Dates

The junior advanced course runs alongside the adult advanced course (summer  only)

PADI Advanced Open Water

Weekends

Sat 26 Feb - Sun 27 Feb

Sat 5 Mar - Sun 6 Mar

Sat 12 Mar - Sun 13 Mar

Sat 19 Mar - Sun 20 Mar

Sat 26 Mar - Sun 27 Mar

Sat 2 Apr - Sun 3 Apr

Sat 9 Apr - Sun 10 Apr

Sat 16 Apr - Sun 17 Apr

Sat 23 Apr - Sun 24 Apr

Sat 30 Apr - Sun 1 May

Sat 14 May - Sun 15 May

Sun 29 May - Mon 30 May

Sat 11 Jun - Sun 12 Jun

Sat 25 Jun - Sun 26 Jun

Sat 2 Jul - Sun 3 Jul

Sat 16 Jul - Sun 17 Jul

Sat 30 Jul - Sun 31 Jul

Sat 13 Aug - Sun 14 Aug

Sun 28 Aug - Mon 29 Aug

Sat 10 Sept - Sun 11 Sept

Sat 17 Sept - Sun 18 Sept



Weekends



Sat 26 Feb - Sun 27 Feb

Sat 5 Mar - Sun 6 Mar

Sat 12 Mar - Sun 13 Mar

Sat 19 Mar - Sun 20 Mar

Sat 26 Mar - Sun 27 Mar

Sat 2 Apr - Sun 3 Apr

Sat 9 Apr - Sun 10 Apr

Sat 16 Apr - Sun 17 Apr

Sat 23 Apr - Sun 24 Apr

Sat 30 Apr - Sun 1 May

Sat 14 May - Sun 15 May

Sun 29 May - Mon 30 May

Sat 11 Jun - Sun 12 Jun

Sat 25 Jun - Sun 26 Jun

Sat 2 Jul - Sun 3 Jul

Sat 16 Jul - Sun 17 Jul

Sat 30 Jul - Sun 31 Jul







Sat 13 Aug - Sun 14 Aug

Sun 28 Aug - Mon 29 Aug

Sat 10 Sept - Sun 11 Sept

Sat 17 Sept - Sun 18 Sept



Weekends



Sat 26 Feb - Sun 27 Feb

Sat 5 Mar - Sun 6 Mar

Sat 12 Mar - Sun 13 Mar

Sat 19 Mar - Sun 20 Mar

Sat 26 Mar - Sun 27 Mar

Sat 2 Apr - Sun 3 Apr

Sat 9 Apr - Sun 10 Apr

Sat 16 Apr - Sun 17 Apr

Sat 23 Apr - Sun 24 Apr

Sat 30 Apr - Sun 1 May

Sat 14 May - Sun 15 May

Sun 29 May - Mon 30 May

Sat 11 Jun - Sun 12 Jun

Sat 25 Jun - Sun 26 Jun

Sat 2 Jul - Sun 3 Jul

Sat 16 Jul - Sun 17 Jul

Sat 30 Jul - Sun 31 Jul







Sat 13 Aug - Sun 14 Aug

Sun 28 Aug - Mon 29 Aug

Sat 10 Sept - Sun 11 Sept

Sat 17 Sept - Sun 18 Sept

Weekends


Sat 21 Jan - Sun 22 Jan

Sat 28 Jan - Sun 29 Jan

Sat 11 Feb - Sun 12 Feb

Sat 18 Feb - Sun 19 Feb

Sat 25 Feb - Sun 26 Feb

Sat 10 Mar - Sun 11 Mar

Sat 24 Mar - Sun 25 Mar

Sun 8 Apr - Mon 9 Apr

Sat 21 Apr - Sun 22 Apr


 

Weekdays (Thu-Fri) 


 

Thurs 16 Feb - Fri 17 Feb

Thurs 8 Mar - Fri 9 Mar

Thurs 12 Apr - Fri 13 Apr

Notes

All courses run from 9am to 5:30pm (approximately) and a minimum of 3 people is required for a course to run, unless otherwise stated.

Personal tuition may be available, ask for details and prices. Group booking discounts are also available. Andark supports equal opportunities – if you have any special requirements, please get in touch with us. The IAHD Course for the Disabled is now available – please contact us.

How to Book

Booking a course with Andark couldn't be more straight forward, there are three simple steps to follow:

  1. Phone us to check the availibility of the course that you have chosen, and the dates you wish to attend.
  2. Download and complete the booking form, and return to us by post.
  3. Download and complete the medical declaration form, and return to us by post.

Please click on the icons on the right to download a PDF copy of our booking and medical declaration forms.

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Booking Form

Medical Declaration