Course overview

Expand your diving with the PADI Advanced Open Water course on Ambergris Caye, certifying you to 30 metres on the Belize Barrier Reef. Across five adventure dives, including deep and navigation, you explore reef walls, drift along the barrier and dive sites like Hol Chan Marine Reserve while building real diving confidence.

What you’ll learn

• Plan and conduct dives to 30 metres
• Navigate accurately by compass and natural references
• Apply skills from three additional adventure dives of your choice
• Manage deeper-water gas and no-decompression limits
• Improve buoyancy, trim and situational awareness
• Build experience across varied reef conditions

Prerequisites

• Minimum age 12 (Junior Advanced Open Water)
• PADI Open Water Diver or qualifying certification
• Diver medical clearance signed by a physician

What's included · What's not

Not included? Sort the rest of your trip

Flights and accommodation aren’t part of the course price, here’s how to book them around your dates.

Probability of sightings · month-by-month

What you're likely to see each month, based on historic operator logs.

Day-by-day itinerary

1. Day1
   Deep & navigation

   Knowledge review, then the deep and underwater-navigation adventure dives along the reef off San Pedro.
2. Day2
   Elective adventures

   Three elective adventure dives at varied reef sites such as Hol Chan, plus final certification.

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