Dive deeper into your diving adventures with the PADI Advanced Diver Course at Dive College Lanzarote. This course is designed for divers who want to enhance their skills, gain more experience, and explore new underwater environments.
What is the Advanced Diver Course?
The Advanced Diver Course builds on the knowledge you gained in your initial diving certification. It helps you develop new skills and dive with greater confidence. The course is structured to provide a mix of theory and practical experience, ensuring that you are well-prepared for a variety of diving situations. Each dive is a new adventure that teaches you specific skills while allowing you to enjoy the beauty of Lanzarote’s underwater world.
Course Highlights and Benefits
- Skill Enhancement: Learn advanced navigation, deep diving, and more.
- Experience: Gain hands-on experience with five different adventure dives, each chosen to challenge you and expand your diving capabilities.
- Safety: Improve your underwater safety skills, learning how to handle various situations and enhancing your ability to dive confidently and securely.
What You Will Learn
During the Advanced Diver Course, you will participate in five adventure dives, including two mandatory dives and three elective dives of your choice. Each dive is designed to improve your skills and provide you with new experiences:
- Underwater Navigation: Learn to navigate using a compass and natural references. This skill is essential for finding your way back to the boat or shore and for planning safe, enjoyable dives.
- Deep Water Diving: Experience the thrill of diving deeper, up to 30 meters. Understand the effects of increased pressure, learn deep diving techniques, and explore deeper environments safely.
Details of the Three Elective Adventure Dives
As part of the Advanced Diver Course, you can choose three elective dives from a variety of options, each designed to enhance specific diving skills and knowledge:
- Wreck Diving: Explore sunken ships and underwater structures, learning about the history of the wreck and mastering techniques for safe navigation and exploration in these environments. Discover the mysteries of the deep as you swim through the remnants of the past.
- Night Diving: Experience the underwater world after dark. Learn to use specialized equipment, navigate at night, and observe nocturnal marine life. Witness the dramatic shift in the underwater environment as day creatures retire and nocturnal creatures emerge.
- Peak Performance Buoyancy: Improve your buoyancy control, a crucial skill for all divers. This dive focuses on techniques to reduce air consumption, minimize environmental impact, and achieve perfect buoyancy. Mastering buoyancy will enhance your diving experience, making you more efficient and less fatigued.
- Underwater Photography: Capture the beauty of the underwater world. Learn about camera handling, composition, and techniques for taking stunning underwater photos. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced photographer, this dive will help you improve your skills and bring back amazing memories of your dives.
- Fish Identification: Enhance your diving experience by learning to identify different species of fish and understanding their behaviors and habitats. This dive will teach you how to recognize common fish species and appreciate the diversity of marine life.
- Drift Diving: Learn to navigate currents and enjoy the sensation of flying underwater. This dive teaches you how to use currents to your advantage, improving your overall diving experience and allowing you to cover more ground with less effort.
Certification Details
Upon completion, you will be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver, enabling you to dive up to 30 meters. This certification is recognized worldwide and opens up new opportunities for diving adventures. Whether you want to explore deeper wrecks, dive in challenging conditions, or simply enjoy more freedom underwater, this certification will take your diving to the next level.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do this course with Dive College Lanzarote?
Dive College Lanzarote has been running since 2001 and is situated in Playa Blanca, the southern point of Lanzarote. Our dive activities include guided boat and shore dives for certified divers, excursions to Museo Atlántico for divers and beginners, try dives in the sea for beginners and PADI dive courses and freediving courses.
As a PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Center we ensure the highest level of safety & facilities that a dive centre can offer. What makes us stand out, is the easygoing and relaxed atmosphere which is why everyone instantly feels welcome and at home. For family or friends who don’t dive we have guided snorkel tours and sup tours ( Stand up paddle boarding)