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Ready to build on your Open Water certification? This course helps you improve your confidence, try new dive styles and qualify for deeper recreational diving under PADI standards.
To begin, you’ll complete the PADI eLearning section, which introduces the theory behind each part of the course. There is less classroom-style learning than the Open Water course, so the focus is mainly on getting in the sea and improving through real dives.
Across the course, you’ll complete five training dives with your instructor. Two of these are usually deep diving and underwater navigation, with the remaining dives chosen around conditions, your interests and what works best for the course. Each dive gives you a chance to practise, ask questions and get more comfortable handling different situations underwater.
By the end, you’ll be qualified to dive deeper than Open Water level. Divers aged 15 and over can dive to 30 metres, while divers aged 12 to 14 receive the Junior Advanced Open Water Diver certification with a maximum depth of 21 metres. Optional extras such as a night dive, Nitrox, Night Diver, Deep Diver and computer rental may also be available.
Based in South Tenerife, the course uses local dive sites selected around the weather, sea conditions and training goals for the day. The island’s volcanic underwater landscapes give you a good mix of environments for building confidence beyond beginner level.
Dives may include reefs, deeper sections, navigation-friendly areas and sites with varied marine life. This makes the course practical as well as enjoyable, giving you experience that feels useful for future guided dives and holidays.
You’ll need to already hold an Open Water Diver certification or an equivalent qualification from another recognised diving federation. PADI lists the minimum age for Advanced Open Water as 15, with divers aged 12 to 14 eligible for Junior Advanced Open Water Diver certification.
You should also be comfortable in the water and medically fit to dive. If you have any health concerns or medical conditions that could affect diving, you may need approval from a doctor before joining.
The instructors know Tenerife’s dive sites well and use that local knowledge to choose suitable locations for each part of the course. The aim is to help you improve without pressure, while still giving you proper training and useful feedback.
This is a good next step if you want to dive deeper, feel more capable underwater and open up more guided diving opportunities during future trips.
You can join if you already have an Open Water Diver certification or an equivalent qualification from another recognised diving organisation. You do not need to have years of experience, and many divers take this course soon after Open Water.
The course is designed to help certified divers feel more confident, try different types of diving and progress beyond beginner-level limits.
The minimum age is 12 for the Junior Advanced Open Water Diver certification. Divers aged 15 and over can earn the standard PADI Advanced Open Water Diver certification.
For younger divers, depth limits are different. Divers aged 12 to 14 can dive to a maximum of 21 metres after certification.
Divers aged 15 and over are qualified to dive to a maximum depth of 30 metres after completing the course. This gives you access to a wider range of recreational dive sites.
Junior Advanced Open Water Divers aged 12 to 14 are qualified to dive to a maximum of 21 metres, following PADI depth limits.
The course includes five training dives. Each one has a different focus, helping you build experience rather than repeating the same type of dive.
Deep diving and underwater navigation are usually core parts of the course, while the other dives can vary depending on conditions and course planning.
Yes, you can enrol after completing your Open Water Diver certification. You do not need to wait or complete a large number of extra dives first.
That said, you should feel comfortable with the basics before joining, as this course is about improving your skills rather than learning scuba from the beginning.
The theory is completed through PADI eLearning, so you can work through it before your practical sessions. It is more straightforward than the Open Water course and supports what you’ll practise during the dives.
This keeps more of your time in Tenerife focused on diving, which is usually what people want from this course.
Optional extras may include a night dive, Nitrox speciality, Night Diver speciality, Deep Diver speciality, dive computer rental, photos and hotel pickup.
These can be useful if you want to extend your training or add something different to your course, but they are not required for the standard Advanced Open Water certification.
About the centre
Arona
Operated by Kayaking Atlantis, a partner of adventuro.
