SDI Advanced Adventure Diver
Expand your diving experience, develop new skills, and explore a variety of diving activities while building confidence and preparing for advanced diver development
Duration
2 days, 5 dives
Max Depth
30 metres / 100 feet
Level
Continuing Education Diver Programme
Next Step
SDI Rescue Diver
Overview
The SDI Advanced Adventure Diver course introduces certified divers to a variety of diving activities through structured Adventure Dives conducted under the supervision of an SDI Instructor.
This programme allows divers to gain experience in different diving environments and speciality areas while developing confidence, competence, and diving experience.
Training focuses on practical diving skills, situational awareness, dive planning, and expanding personal diving capabilities through real-world diving experiences.
At N9BO℠, Advanced Adventure Diver training is tailored to individual interests, allowing divers to explore new underwater activities while building a strong foundation for future advanced and speciality training.
Course Facts
- Course name: SDI Advanced Adventure Diver
- Level: Continuing Education Diver Programme
- Minimum prerequisites: Minimum age 10, SDI Open Water Scuba Diver (or equivalent)
- Ratio: Maximum of 8 students per instructor (small groups recommended for quality training)
- Configuration: Students use standard recreational scuba equipment together with equipment appropriate to the selected Adventure Dives. Depending on the dives selected, equipment may include dive computers, navigation equipment, night diving equipment, search and recovery equipment, deep diving equipment, delayed surface marker buoys
- Depth / environment: 30 metres / 100 feet, Open water dive sites, Coastal diving environments, Inland diving environments, Conditions appropriate to selected Adventure Dives
- Format: Knowledge development + speciality briefings + Adventure Dives + skills development + instructor evaluation
- Duration: Approximately 2 days, 5 open water dives
What You’ll Learn
- Explore a variety of diving activities through Adventure Dives
- Develop confidence, awareness, and practical diving experience
- Apply dive planning and problem-solving skills in real diving environments
- Improve buoyancy control, situational awareness, and underwater competence
- Build experience and capability for future speciality and rescue diver training
Prerequisites
- Be at least 10 years old.
- Certified as SDI Open Water Scuba Diver (or equivalent).
- Be medically fit for diving.
FAQ
An Adventure Dive is a supervised dive that introduces a diver to a specific diving activity, environment, or speciality area while developing practical experience.
Adventure Dives may include activities such as:
- deep diving
- navigation
- night diving
- search and recovery
- boat diving
- drift diving
- and other approved Adventure Dive options
No.
The Advanced Adventure Diver course introduces divers to multiple activities, whereas speciality courses focus in greater depth on a single diving subject.
Yes.
Many divers find this programme significantly improves:
- comfort underwater
- decision-making
- situational awareness
- and overall diving competence
Many divers continue into:
- SDI Rescue Diver
- SDI Computer Nitrox Diver
- SDI speciality programmes
- SDI Advanced Diver Development Programme
- professional development pathways
Ready to Expand Your Diving Experience?
Whether you want to improve your skills, experience new diving activities, or prepare for more advanced training, our team will help you build confidence and capability through structured SDI adventure diving experiences.
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