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The adventures in diving program is designed to help you build confidence in your diving and develop new skills that will enhance your diving experience. There is a whole selection of adventure dives available to do from Fish ID to Search and Recovery. Complete three of these dives and you will earn the status of PADI Adventure Diver, complete the deep adventure dive, the navigation adventure dive and three others and you will be certified as an Advanced Open Water Diver.

Komodo is a fantastic spot to further your diving skills, what better place to learn more about drift diving, to explore the deeper reefs, to learn about how to ID the hundreds of different fish species we get here! Our experienced crew will go above and beyond the PADI requirements to ensure that you finish the course feeling a more confident, streamlined and knowledgeable diver than when you started.

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what do i need to start?

To start the course you must already be a certified Open Water Diver - don’t worry, it doesn’t necessarily have to be with PADI. 

Minimum age is 12 years.

Please make sure to read over the PADI medical form. Especially if there have been any medical changes since your Open Water Course.

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE?

The great thing about the PADI Advanced Open Water course is there is no classroom time! To complete the course you need to do five dives which are done over 2 days. There are some knowledge reviews to complete which can be done between dives on our spacious dive boats - surrounded by the stunning scenery of the Komodo National Park.

what will i do?

To get the PADI Advanced Open Water certification you need to complete the Deep Dive & the Navigation dive. The other three are up to you! We always recommend the Peak Performance Buoyancy dive to get you feeling more comfortable in the water and improve your air consumption. Komodo is also the perfect place to do a drift dive, fish ID or one of the many other choices!

how much does it cost?

Our 4D/3N Advanced Course packages start at 9,310,000 IDR.

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Why take the Advanced Open Water Course?

Do you want to learn how to extend your dive time with better air consumption? Are you keen to explore a little deeper underwater? Or maybe you want to know how to tell the difference between an angel fish and a butterfly fish? There are so many ways to expand your diving knowledge within the adventures of diving programme. The incredible diversity of the Komodo National Park is the perfect place to do it as we have an amazing range of dive sites that lend themselves to becoming a more confident divers. Our multi-lingual dive instructors are passionate about sharing their knowledge and will go above and beyond the PADI requirements, ensuring that each dive leaves you feeling like a better diver.

why choose scuba junkie?

Safety has been and always will be the number one priority at all of our locations. We keep our course groups small with no more than 4 divers per group - although we rarely have more than 3 people in our Advanced Open Water Courses. Our instructors are all PADI certified and trained in taking all levels of diver. We have small speed boats with each dive boat so that we can ensure you will be expanding your dive knowlege in the best conditions as it means we can split the boat between two dives.

Our equipment is well maintained by our onsite technician, all of which is included in your package price. Our custom designed dive boats are equipped with full safety equipment ensuring you can travel around the Komodo National Park in style and enjoyment, safe in the knowledge you made a fantastic choice to dive with Scuba Junkie Komodo!

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why komodo?

What better classroom is there than the stunning Komodo National Park with its resident population of manta rays, reef sharks, beautiful corals and bizarre looking macro! The great selection of dives available means you can dip your toe in an array of adventure dives and finish the course and confident and skilled diver. Spend your time between dives surrounded some some of the most stunning natural landscapes in the world, a great spot to be reading through your PADI advanced manual!

complete your PADI Advanced course in komodo!

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What’s the course schedule like?

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One of the many great things about the PADI Advanced Open Water Course is that it requires no classroom time! There are 5 dives to complete and each dive has an accompanying chapter in the Adventures in Diving PADI book. Read through the chapter and complete the knowledge review at the end, your instructor will then go through the knowledge review with you and explain and expand on the subjects.

The course is 5 dives conducted over 2 days (so time for a cheeky fun dive if you complete your knowledge reviews in time ;) ) and the dives you do on each day will depend on your choices and the conditions of the dive site - the deep dive is usually done as the first dive on the second day.

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EXAMPLE SCHEDULE FOR 5 DAY / 4 NIGHT ADVANCED PACKAGE

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What are the adventure dive options and what do they involve?

Any of these adventure dives can also be counted towards the related PADI specialty!

Required for Advanced certification: 

Deep Dive - The PADI deep dive certifies you to go to 30m. The training will look at the safety elements of diving deeper, how depth can affect you, how to plan a deep dive and how it affects your air consumption. You will also get to see how depth affects colours and pressure.

Underwater Navigation - This dive will teach you how to use a compass in relation to diving, some basic ways to estimate distance underwater, and how to use natural navigation during a dive. This is a great way to learn a bit about how to feel orientated underwater. 

other options to choose from

Choose any 3 of the following:

Peak performance buoyancy - This is a fantastic adventure dive to do and one that many students say is the most helpful! We highly recommend completing this adventure dive as part of your training. This option provides you with information about how to improve your trim (body position) in the water, how to improve your air consumption, and how to feel more confident in the water - all through playing some fun games underwater!

Drift diving - What better place than Komodo to do a drift diving adventure dive? Learn techniques for how to control yourself during a drift, recognizing currents from the surface, how to enter the dive during a strong drift and how to deploy and surface marker buoy! 

Fish ID - Struggling to know the difference between all the different reef fish? The PADI Fish ID adventure dive will look at the ways that we ID different bony fish, from looking at their body shape to their behaviours. 

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Underwater Naturalist - This adventure dive looks at how to tell the difference between bony fish, invertebrates, or plants. Use the incredible diversity of the reefs of Komodo to expand your knowledge of what exactly it is you are looking at

Search and Recovery - A more technical option, this adventure dive will go into detail about how to find lost objects using different search patterns, practice tying knots underwater, and how to recover heavy items using a lift bag. This is an interesting dive for those who like to explore the more technical side of diving.

Boat diving - This adventure dive will look at the different techniques used to dive from a boat! 

Digital underwater imaging* - This is a popular adventure dive for those who want to learn how to record their diving memories! This dive will take you through the basics of taking photos and video underwater, how to set up a camera for taking it underwater, and then how to edit the photos afterwards. 

*Underwater camera rental not included in the course price.

frequently asked questions

What dive sites will I do during the course?

The dive sites will depend a little on what adventure dives you plan to do. If you choose some of the more skills-based dives (eg. Search and Recovery) then the instructor will require a more sheltered and sandy dive site. However, the majority of the adventure dives can be completed on any site in the park and you’ll still get to experience all that the Komodo National Park has to offer!

Will I see mantas during the course?

Yes! In fact, if you choose the right adventure dive you’ll learn how to tell the difference between the different species of manta ray!

I’ve only just finished my Open Water Course, should I get more experience before doing the Advanced Course?

The Advanced course is designed to be accessible for any level of diver, whether you have 4 dives or 100 dives. It can easily be adapted so that any level of diver will feel more skilled and more confident once the course has finished.

Advanced Open Water Course & Accommodation Packages

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Our Advanced packages offer fantastic value that include your course materials, equipment, PADI instructor, accommodation and food!

Check out the options below and do let us know if you have any questions at all.

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ADVANCED COURSE PACKAGES - RATES ARE PER PERSON BASED ON TWIN SHARE

Rates are valid until 31st December 2024
Package prices are per person and based on twin share 
INCLUDED:
  • Return boat transfers to/from Labuan Bajo at scheduled times
  • Full dive equipment including dive computer for course days
  • Accommodation, meals and activities as indicated above
  • 10% government tax
EXCLUDED:
  • Alcoholic and soft drinks from the bar - cash only.
  • Taxi Service from the Airport 
  • Komodo National Park permit fees (per person, per day): 275,000 IDR (Mon-Sat) and 350,000 IDR (Sun & public holidays) - cash only. 
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