Scuba Diving International
Advanced Adventure Diver Training
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Introduction
The purpose of this course is to give the diver an overview of 5 different specialties, 2 core, and 3 additional SDI Specialties. The two core specialties are, SDI Deep and Navigation. One dive, from each of the specialties, may apply toward a complete specialty certification. Overhead environments and non-diving specialties are not allowed, and do not count toward the 3 chosen specialties. If one of the elected specialties is computer nitrox, dry suit, night-limited visibility, full face mask, DPV, search and recovery, and/ or Sidemount, the instructor must hold the corresponding SDI Specialty Instructor rating. It is recommended for the student to work on advanced buoyancy during this program, it may even count as one of the five specialties required to receive the Advanced Adventure Diver rating.
Student Prerequisites
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SDI Open Water Scuba Diver, SDI Junior Open Water Scuba Diver, or equivalent; juniors can only take specialties approved for their age
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Minimum age 18, 10 with parental consent. Junior students are to train and dive under the direct supervision of a parent, guardian, or active dive professional
Course Structure and Duration
Open Water Execution
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Five dives are required with complete briefs and debriefs by the instructor
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One dive must be deeper than 20 metres / 60 feet but not deeper than 30 metres /100ft; divers between the ages of 10 through 14 cannot exceed 21 metres / 70 feet
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One dive must be a navigation dive
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Dive plans must include surface interval, maximum no-decompression time, etc. to be figured out and logged
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Each dive will be the first dive of each of the specialties i.e. dive one of deep course, dive one of navigation course, etc
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All dives are to be under the direct supervision of an active SDI Instructor
Course Structure
1. SDI allows instructors to structure courses according to the number of students participating and their skill level
