2 Day SSI Advanced Open Water Course – Bay of Islands

• Current Open Water Diver certification required
• Participants must complete the required diving documentation
• Medical clearance may be required depending on your medical history
• All equipment required for the course is included

The course includes five adventure dives, allowing you to experience different types of diving while developing your underwater skills.

Deep Dive: Develop the knowledge and skills required for deeper recreational diving, extending your maximum depth limit to 30 metres.

Wreck Dive: Learn skills relevant to wreck diving while exploring one of Northland’s famous shipwrecks.

Three Specialty Dives: Choose from available specialty areas such as Underwater Navigation, Perfect Buoyancy, Marine Ecology or Underwater Photography. Exact options can depend on conditions and course arrangements.

One of the major advantages of completing your Advanced Open Water training in the Bay of Islands is the opportunity to include both the Rainbow Warrior and HMNZS Canterbury as part of your course.

The Rainbow Warrior lies off the Cavalli Islands near Matauri Bay, while the Canterbury rests at Deep Water Cove in the Bay of Islands. The Deep and Wreck training dives are used to explore these two well-known New Zealand wreck sites while developing your skills under instructor supervision.

I accept that this activity inherently involves risks and potential hazards. The risks and hazards include, but are not limited to breathing compressed gas, marine traffic, marine life, decompression sickness, drowning, barotrauma, air embolism, decompression illness, dehydration, gas narcosis, malfunctioning equipment, ear problems, sun damage, hyperthermia, hypothermia, sea sickness, and adverse weather events.

Dive/Snorkelling trips are run in the outdoors on the ocean, so may be exposed to sudden natural disasters such as, but not limited to Tsunami, Earthquakes, Slips Landslides or Rock Falls, or Volcanic Eruption. I am aware that participating in the Diving/Snorkelling offered by Paihia Dive can be hazardous if they are not conducted with care, control, and responsibility. I acknowledge that these risks could result in my injury (physical or mental) or even death.

• Cancellations after booking: No Refund
• Changes to dates more than 7 Days before: No Amendment Fee
• Changes within 7 days: 50% Amendment Fee; free if we are able to fill your space.

Please note: Any refund approved under our terms and conditions will be subject to a 5% admin & processing fee, which will be deducted from the refund amount.

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