During the Advanced Adventure course, you'll dive deeper, learn better buoyancy control, and expand your knowledge across various specialties like Boat Dive, Drift Diver, Marine Ecosystem Awareness, and more. Each dive in this course contributes toward specialty certifications, giving you a taste of advanced diving techniques and environments. You'll experience your first dive day at the famous Blue Heron Bridge and a two-tank boat dive off the stunning Florida Treasure Coast, ranging from Stuart to West Palm Beach.

Join our SDI or SSI Advanced Adventure Diver Course today and explore greater depths while gaining practical knowledge in buoyancy control, safety procedures, and underwater navigation. Dive in with Stuart Scuba and discover a new world of diving possibilities!

If you’ve taken your Open Water Scuba Diver course and are now ready to expand your knowledge but would like to see what is out there first, then the Advanced Adventure Diver course is for you! The Advanced Adventure course will give you an overview of five different SDI specialties. This course is intended to introduce you to each of the five specialties selected; not complete comprehension of the chosen specialty. One dive from each of the chosen specialties may apply towards the completion of a specialty certification. 

Who this course is for:

• Any certified open water scuba diver who wishes to expand their diver knowledge and skill set
• Any certified open water scuba diver who would like to advance in dive training
• Any certified open water scuba diver who would like to experience an introduction to SDI specialties

Course Prerequisites:

• Minimum age 18, 10 with parental consent
• SDI Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent, SDI Junior Open Water Scuba Diver or equivalent*

*Note: Junior divers (10-15) can only take specialties approved for their age

Limits for Junior Divers:
Deep Diving: Maximum depth for divers 10-15 is 21 metres/70 feet
Dry suit; minimum age 12
Wreck: Limited penetration minimum age 15

What you can expect to learn:

• An overview of the SDI Deep Diver and SDI Navigation Diver specialties
• Basic insight to three other chosen specialties of your choice as an introduction to that specific area in diving

Some of the in-water skills include:

• Successfully perform skills listed for dive one of the three chosen specialties as well as both core specialties
  • Deep Diver open water dive
    • Test and check all equipment
    • Familiarization with dive site
    • Descend to planned depth, do not exceed any pre-planned limits
    • Dive according to plan at a depth limited to 30 metres/ 100 feet
      Divers between the age of 10 and 15 cannot exceed 21 metres/70 feet
    • Ascend to safety stop
    • Exit and log dive
  • Navigation open water dive
    • Establish a reference point, plan dive, and enter water from shore/boat
    • Practice out and back technique on surface
    • Squares and triangles on surface
    • Perform a square on the bottom
    • Perform a triangle on the bottom
    • Ascend to safety stop
    • Exit and log dive

What’s in it for you?

• An opportunity to experience several SDI specialties
• Continue diver education, skills, and knowledge
• Ability to enroll in and complete selected specialties
• After successful completion, ability to enroll in the SDI Recue Diver course

SDI Advanced Adventure Diver minimum requirements:

• Satisfactorily complete the appropriate SDI Advanced Adventure Diver Knowledge Quests with a passing score of 80%, followed by 100% remediation by the Instructor
• Complete all course requirements efficiently
• Demonstrate mature and sound judgment concerning dive planning and execution

By the end of this Course you will have learned:

• • Learning to do deeper dives
  • Gain additional Drift Diving experience
  • Use an SMB safety marker buoy
  • Use a reel
  • Deploy an SMB from depth using your reel
  • Additional safe Boat Diving experience
  • Improved buoyancy control techniques
  • Additional underwater navigation techniques
  • Blue Heron Bridge dive
  • Two days of two-tank boat diving
• Course/Equipment Prerequisites & Recommendations:
• • Open Water Certification is mandatory and Enriched Air Nitrox Certification is highly recommended. Using this gas will allow you more no-decompression dive time and is especially useful for the dive profiles in this class.
  • Mask, Fins, Snorkel & Whistle
  • Surface Marker Buoy (SMB) & Reel
  • BCD, Regulator with gauges, computer, compass (rentals available but at this level you should have your own gear)
  • Tanks for Dives (rentals available)
  • Cutting Device
  • Dive light (for those doing a night dive)