2 days
Min. 12 years old
Active
Sea Lovers
Certified Divers
Small groups
1/5
PADI Advanced Open Water Certification
Expand your diving experience with the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course in Cancun.
Designed for certified divers, this program improves your skills through five Adventure Dives, including Deep and Underwater Navigation dives. Completed over two days, it’s the perfect next step for divers looking to gain confidence and explore deeper underwater environments.
What to Expect
- Swimsuit
- Towel
- Biodegradable Sunscreen
- Certification and log book
ACQUIRE ADVANCED DIVING SKILLS
PADI Advanced Open Water is designed for certified divers ready to go beyond the basics and experience a more advanced side of scuba diving. Through five Adventure Dives, including Deep Diving and Underwater Navigation, you’ll develop the confidence, awareness, and control needed to explore deeper environments and more challenging dive conditions.
Led by experienced PADI instructors in the Caribbean waters of Akumal, this course combines real underwater adventure with practical skill development, helping you become a more capable and comfortable diver every time you descend beneath the surface.
Rather than focusing only on certification, the experience is designed to expand your abilities through hands-on exploration, buoyancy refinement, navigation techniques, and greater underwater awareness, all in one of Mexico’s most iconic scuba diving destinations.
Through five Adventure Dives, including Deep Diving and Underwater Navigation, you’ll develop the confidence, awareness, and control needed to explore deeper environments and more dynamic dive conditions.
Depending on weather conditions and instructor recommendations, divers may also be introduced to specialties such as Peak Performance Buoyancy, Fish Identification, Drift Diving, and Underwater Naturalist experiences, all designed to help you become more comfortable and capable underwater.
Additional Information
A PADI Advanced Open Water certification unlocks the door to thrilling open-water dives all around the world. When you add this certification to your repertoire, you're taking your diving skills to a whole new level! You'll feel more at ease during your dives and be well prepared to handle any safety concerns that may arise in open water.
Plus, an advanced diver certification expands your future diving possibilities, allowing you to explore depths of up to 100 feet (30 meters). In our PADI Advanced Open Water course, you’ll partake in five adventurous dives.
This course is perfect for serious and recreational divers alike, equipping you with the essential skills and knowledge you need for safe and enjoyable deep-sea dives. Whether you're exploring the underwater marvels of Cancun with us or taking on other challenging dive sites across the globe, don't miss out on our PADI Advanced Open Water course.Cancun, Cozumel, and the Riviera Maya are renowned as some of the best diving destinations in Mexico, featuring a variety of dive sites including reefs, underwater museums, cenotes, and shipwrecks.
Adventure Dives may include specialties such as Night Diving, Boat Diving, Drift Diving, Search and Recovery, Peak Performance Buoyancy, Underwater Naturalist, and Fish Identification, allowing divers to continue expanding their skills through different underwater environments and conditions.
Each Adventure Dive completed during the PADI Advanced Open Water course may count toward the first dive of the corresponding PADI Specialty Diver Course.Throughout the course, divers develop greater underwater awareness, control, and confidence through practical Adventure Dives led by experienced PADI instructors.
Some of the skills and concepts explored during the program include:
- Practical aspects of deep diving
- Physiological effects of deeper scuba diving
- More ways to use your underwater compass
- Underwater navigation using kick cycles, visual landmarks, and time
- Improved buoyancy control and underwater positioning
- Better use of your dive computer
- Greater awareness during drift and deeper dives
- Enhanced comfort in more advanced dive conditions
Adventure Dives do not need to be completed on consecutive days, allowing divers to continue their training at their own pace while enjoying the flexibility of their Cancun or Riviera Maya vacation.
Yes. Many divers enroll in the PADI Advanced Open Water Cancun course shortly after completing their Open Water Diver certification. The program is designed to help divers continue building confidence and experience through supervised Adventure Dives in real open water conditions.
NOTE: The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course is designed for PADI Open Water Divers who are at least 12 years old and want to advance their diving skills.The PADI Advanced Open Water Course includes five adventure dives where you’ll get to explore the depths of Cancun’s crystal clear waters. During your dives, you’ll have the opportunity to see vibrant tropical fish, gracefully gliding sea turtles, and larger marine life like giant manta rays.
The PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course typically requires 2 to 3 days to complete, depending on the scheduling of the dives.Depending on weather conditions and instructor recommendations, Adventure Dives may include specialties such as Peak Performance Buoyancy, Fish Identification, Drift Diving, Underwater Navigation, and Underwater Naturalist experiences.
Yes. The course is designed to help divers expand their underwater capabilities through reef exploration, deeper dives, and advanced navigation exercises in the Caribbean waters of the Riviera Maya. Cancun features diverse training environments like Caribbean reefs, artificial structures, and freshwater caves for elective dives.
Absolutely. Many divers complete their Advanced Open Water training before exploring more advanced scuba diving experiences such as Cozumel drift dives, cenotes, wreck environments, and other specialty dives throughout Mexico.
Yes. The course includes essential scuba diving equipment, including mask, tanks, regulator, BCD, and wetsuit when seasonal weather conditions require thermal protection.
Although we provide you with all the necessary equipment you’ll need during your dive, you may bring your own. However, this does not alter the price of the tour.
All of our scuba dive tours and courses are led by experienced PADI-certified instructors who follow all the PADI guidelines and standards for the Advanced Course and are regularly trained on safety protocol and emergency procedures to ensure a fun and safe experience for everyone. Additionally, we prioritize small groups and employ the buddy system so that no guests dive alone.