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2 Day PADI Advanced Course $515.00
Incl reef tax and levies
5 fantastic dives. including 2 dives on the S.S Yongala.
Starts on, Tuesdays, Fridays

 
You really enjoyed your Open-water course, and you want to improve your dive skills, and gain some more experience? Then the advanced course is for you. The PADI advanced program is designed to enhance your dive skills and diving experiences. Your advanced course is made up of 5 training dives, each dive will enhance you dive skills and, or knowledge. Our 2 day Advanced course gives you 5 dives 3 of which are conducted from the beach on magnetic island and 2 dives on the S.S Yongala wreck. Your course includes;
  • Free gear hire for the duration of your course
  • PADI advanced openwater manual
  • PADI advanced dive slate
  • PADI certification

     

 

 

Day 1 Magnetic Island.

Choose any 3 of these dives

  • Naturalist dive For this dive your instructor will ask you to identify a range of different marine creatures. and introduce to new species that you never new existed they will also explain a little about each of them to you.
  • Navigation dive On this dive your instructor will set you specific navigational tasks and show you the best way to achieve them. You'll be shown the correct way to use an underwater compass and how you can use the natural environment to help you find your way around underwater.
  • Peak Performance Buoyancy For this dive your instructor will show you how to properly weight yourself, and take you through a range of buoyancy skills. By improving your buoyancy control you will find diving even more relaxing and fun.
  • Wreck dive On this dive you will be asked by your instructor to identify several hazards that maybe associated with diving on wrecks, and they will explain ways that you can minimize the risks caused by those hazards. you'll also be asked to identify some points of interest on the wreck.
  • Night dive Get to experience what it's like to dive at night! (Condtions permitting)

Day 2 The S.S. Yongala shipwreck.

What makes The S.S Yongala wreck so special. Is the incredible diversity of marine life that concregate in and around the wreck. Because of it's location roughly in the middle between the mainland and the reef it has become an underwater oasis.That has attracted everything from the smallest crustations through to Giant Queensland grouper, Rays, Turtles, Sea Snakes and the list goes on. Here you can choose to do:

  • Deep dive For this dive your instructor will explain to you, how diving at deeper depths may affect you while your diving. They will take you through the precautions that you need to take for a deep dive and how to avoid the risks associated with them, to make them as safe as possible.
  • Boat dive On this dive your instructor will take you through the procedures for diving from a boat safely and competently,
  • Wreck dive On this dive you will be asked by your instructor to identify several hazards that maybe associated with diving on wrecks, and they will explain ways that you can minimize the risks caused by those hazards. you'll also be asked to identify some points of interest on the wreck.
Pleasure Divers, Magnetic Island - 10 Marine Parade, Arcadia, QLD 4819 - Australia
ph. +61 (0) 7 47 785 788 -
info@pleasuredivers.com.au





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