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Hello All,, A friend and I passed our OW certification last Sunday in Key Largo. Our first two open water dives were in a lagoon, the second two were at reefs. I was very concerned that I would be devastated by the condition of the reefs, especially after this summer. However, I was surprised...

As a PADI MSDT Instructor I teach PADI's AOW certification. This means that someone fresh out of OW class (4 open water dives) can do 5 more open water dives for a total of 9 open water dives and have a certification card that declares that they are an "Advanced Open Water" diver. I am sure that...

This for-fun video is a fantasy of how the pitch for the AOW course might have sounded in an alternate universe. It's my first effort at such a skit, I shoot with my phone, and possess only crude editing software and skills, so please keep that in mind :wink: The video is an adaptation of the...

I'm OW certified with about 20 dives over 2 different dive trips. I am planning my 3rd trip for Cozumel and was contemplating getting my AOW before the trip so I would be able to dive deeper and not be restricted by my certification. But after some reading here it seems like being just OW...

Are there any private PADI certified Instructors available between April 8 to April 12 to teach the AOW course to 1 diver. Already have the AOW (2016 version) manual. Will be staying at Captain Dons.

Hi, all - here’s a stupidly basic question. Next month will mark my 35th anniversary of my PADI Open Water Certification. I never bothered to get AOW, and it never made a difference. I’ve been doing deep dives (100-120’), night dives, wreck dives almost from the beginning. Recently, some dive...

I’m wanting to do AOW but have two young adults late teens early twenties) that want to do OW while we are staying for a week in the Marathon, FL Area. Thanks!

Hello! I will travel in Sri Lanka all month of January and would like to do my AOW certification. I am looking for a good center, with the best instructors, where I can progress well in great diving sites... I would love to do some wreck dives (it will be my first ones). Thank you!!

First off I apologize if I’m uploading in wrong forum or something that’s been discussed in the past. I searched the forums but didn’t find anything that answered my questions... Still new to ScubaBoard... I’m in middle of aow certification. Just finished deep dive, navigation and a night dive...

Hi, I have an upcoming liveaboard to Socorro, Jan 2019. I plan to take an AOW and Nitrox course (in Cabo San Lucas) to improve buoyancy and dive better in current. Would you please let me know how a good solid AOW and Nitrox class look like? I am contacting a few local shops and it will allow...

Hi there, I have designed a log page based on my own needs and I'd love to get some feedback on it! It's aimed at relatively new divers with less than 100 dives so I'm looking for 25 people to participate in a (short) paid survey about the page. This covers the layout, order and fields...

Hello all, I am an OW diver from South Florida and am looking to take my training one step further and take AOW courses. I've looked at a few different agencies to do this with and was looking for advice on what the best agency is to earn the AOW rating. Of the few that I've seen, I believe...

Hey guys. I was hoping you guys might be a great resource for solving my problem. My fiance and I live in Cincinnati and are looking to get an advanced open water cert. Problem is, we've been less than impressed with the training we've received thus far locally. We switched to a new lds...

My brother has been PADI OW certified since 1992 and I am a newly NAUI OW certified diver. We'd like to take AOW together. Is it possible to take AOW from an agency other than the one where you received OW? Asked another way (for clarity) - Can my PADI OW certified brother take NAUI's AOW course?

This is a video of my PADI AOW student learning how to deploy a DSMB in strong current conditions while maintaining position (vs drifting). I thought I'd share this with the community to help new divers learn this essential skill. The video includes a step-by-step "how to" of the skill...

My wife and I are planning a trip to the Philippines in May 2018 and would like to complete our AOW certifications while there. We completed our PADI OW certification while on vacation in 2015 and found the "book time" was fairly substantial. Any comments to the following would be greatly...

Hi all, would like to go for AOW course, as a lot of dive sites requires AOW as a minimum requirement, but have a few questions about it. I currently feel that the concept of having 5 adventure dives is a bit waste of money and time considering that those specialties won't be covered in full...

Another tourist asking for advice thread... Planning a family vacation to the Keys over the summer. It'll be me, my wife, our infant, my sister, her husband, and their toddler. We're staying in Tavernier for 10 days in late July and plan to trade babysitting duties while the other couple gets...

Little bit of background. I was finally certified last summer after my third time taking the OW class (I took the class but did not complete the open water dives on two previous occasions, once when I was like 12 years old, and again in college). Since getting certified, I've done 10 pretty...

Hi there, I'm a looong time lurker, but first time poster. Thank you all for shared knowledge in this place, it's been super useful for me buying equipment and planning trips :) I'm having a bit of trouble making sense of the AOW stuff, so thought I'd ask here. My husband and I dive once or...