IANTD Advanced Open Water Course

Purpose

This mid-level Continuing Education Program is designed to enable IANTD Open Water (Nitrox) Divers to extend their proficiency in the water and to gain more supervised practical experience.
This Program qualifies a diver to dive to a maximum depth of 100 fsw (30 msw).

Prerequisites

Must be a qualified IANTD Open Water (Nitrox) Diver or any Entry Level Diver equivalent.
Must be a minimum of 15 years of age with a parent or guardian authorization, or a minimum of 12 years of age for Junior Diver qualification, or a minimum or 18 years of age without guardian approval.

Program Content

The Program must include a minimum of 120 minutes of OW bottom time completed within 4 to 7 dives. If the skill and bottom time requirements are completed earlier, the Program may be completed within 4

SCUBA dives

At least one dive must be to between 82-100 fsw (25-30 msw).
All lectures completed with IANTD Course-specific Slides pertaining to the theory in the IANTD Advanced Open Water Diver Student Kit.

Equipment Requirements

IANTD Advanced Open Water Diver Student Kit.
Fulfill all Equipment Requirements as specified in the general Sport Diver Programs overview.

Program Limits

There may be no more than 8 students per Instructor. This ratio may be increased by 2 students for each assisting IANTD Divemaster, up to a maximum of 12 students with 2 IANTD Divemasters per class session.
No dives may be conducted to depths greater than 100 fsw (30 msw).
Appropriate safety decompression stops must be performed.

Water Skills Development

Develop and demonstrate buoyancy control by performing precise hovering and ascent rates.
Perform at least 5 skill dives (more than 1 skill dive may be completed per dive) from the following core group: Altitude; Search & Rescue, Salvage, Drift, Night, Deep, Wreck (non-penetration), River, Survey, Simulated Decompression Stops with use of a pony cylinder, Triangle / Complex Navigation, Boat, or Shore Entry.
Perform at least one alternate second stage gas sharing ascent dive. Both divers must swim a distance of at least 25 feet (8 meters) towards each other (without breathing, and exhaling slowly) and commence simulated gas sharing using the alternate second stage of the gas-donor diver.