PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course Details
Move up and experience real adventure with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course.
As you step beyond the PADI Open Water Diver level, you make five dives and have the opportunity to try some of diving’s most rewarding and useful specialty activities, such as deep diving, digital underwater photography, underwater navigation and much more.
These skills make diving much more than underwater sightseeing. Plus, the Advanced Open Water Diver course takes you one step closer to Master Scuba Diver – the ultimate non professional certification in recreational diving.
With your PADI Instructor you complete the deep and underwater navigation Adventure Dives.
These dives boost your confidence as you build these foundational skills.
Then, you choose three additional Adventure dives to complete your PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course.
Dive site
Our dive center is located right by the sea, offering direct access to a local dive site with clear, crystal waters and excellent visibility. The maximum depth ranges between 17 and 18 meters. The site is rich in diverse marine life, including octopuses, rockfish, scorpionfish, nudibranchs, schools of bream, triggerfish, stingrays, lionfish, and much more.
Shore diving is an affordable and flexible way to explore the underwater world, without the need for boat logistics.
It’s ideal for any time of the day, and our site is perfect for all levels of divers—whether you are training, refreshing your skills, or are an advanced diver.
The dive begins with a slow, easy entry from the beach to a sandy plateau between 0–5 meters, offering calm, pool-like conditions.
This is an ideal spot to practice breathing, swimming, and buoyancy, especially for novices or those who haven't dived in a while.
A short swim from this plateau, you’ll find a gentle slope leading down to a second plateau at 12–17 meters.
Here, you can find replicas of Greek statues on the seabed, a unique and scenic spot for underwater photography.
The seafloor is a mix of sand, rock, seagrass, and Posidonia oceanica fields, supporting an unexpectedly rich variety of marine life for a shore dive.
Marine Life in Kos
Typical marine life you might encounter includes octopuses, rockfish, scorpionfish, nudibranchs, schools of bream, triggerfish, stingrays, lionfish, and more. Occasionally, you might spot amberjacks, small tunas, or Mediterranean barracudas hunting in the blue. Some species are unique to our waters, while others are Lessepsian immigrants from the Red Sea.
