Welcome to the world of Adventure diving!

Lazy Diver and Diver Dan's is looking forward to helping you get trained as an Advanced Open Water SCUBA Diver. If you have any questions, or would like to sign up contact us today.

Why take the PADI Advanced class?
After your five dives, you'll be more experienced, feel more comfortable in the water and simply enjoy diving more because you better understand the underwater environment.

You will learn the correct way to navigate so you can return back to the boat or shore, dive deeper, dive at night, plus you will be able to select two other elective dives from those listed below. You will be doing five dives in one weekend with two of those off a local Monterey dive boat!

Just $100.00 will hold you a spot for the next class. Class size is limited.

When does the next class Start?
Check out the Class Schedule Page.

What do I need to start?
You will need to have obtained a PADI Open Water Diver certification or a qualifying certification from another organization and be at least 15 years old or 12 years to enroll in the PADI Junior Advanced Open Water Diver course.

How much is it going to cost me?
This class includes the works -- classroom, pool, ocean dives (including boat fees), and certification card! Sign up now and get a spot for the next class.

The total training fees are $225.00. The fees are broken down in order to provide many training options to our clients. The breakdown is as follows:

Two of your dives will be done off the Escapade which is the Monterey dive boat used exclusively by Diver Dan's! This is a $90.00 value!

When you sign up for the class, the classroom / pool fee will be collected by the dive shop and the instructor / certification fee will be collected on the first night of class by the instructor.

The Advanced Open Water SCUBA course is a one week class consisting of one class session, one pool session (optional) and five ocean dives during the weekend of the class.

What will I be doing?
The ocean dives consist of two core dives:
Navigation and Deep.

Three elective dives will need to be completed and can consist of the following:

• Altitude

• Boat

• Drift

• Dry Suit

• Night

• Search & Recovery

• Underwater Naturalist

• Underwater Photography

• Multilevel Dive

• AWARE Fish Identification

• Dive Propulsion Vehicle

• Wreck

• Peak Performance Buoyancy

The elective dives are customized to the student's desires and location of dives and are discussed in class. All electives chosen are at the discretion of the instructor.

What will I need to buy?
You will need to purchase the following items if needed:

• PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Manual (Adventures In Diving)

• Dive light and chem-light (for night dive)

• Signaling device (whistle)

• Cutting device (shears or knife)

• Before your ocean dives, you will need your own personal snorkeling gear which includes a mask, snorkel, fins, boots, gloves.

You will also need to have a PADI dive table or wheel, a timing device or dive computer, and a log book.

What can I rent?
You may rent the rest of your SCUBA diving equipment if needed (not included in course fee). This includes your wetsuit, hood, regulator with compass, weight belt, buoyancy control device (BCD) and tanks.

Medical Concerns or Questions?
If you are currently under the care of a Medical Doctor, or have a pre-existing medical condition that requires permission from a Physician, you will need to have a signed Medical Release form from your doctor before you can participate in any in-water activities.

To obtain a medical release form and view some conditions that would require a doctors release, download the PADI Medical Release Form to review before coming to class.