Hi Aaron
1. Be certified as a PADI Advanced Open Water Diver or have a
qualifying certification from another training organization.
2. Have a minimum 100 logged dives.
3. Be 18 years of age or older.
4. Successfully complete a dive skills assessment by a PADI Self-
Reliant Diver Specialty Instructor.
Also to get an idea what skills this Advanced Open Water diver needs to perform:
Dive 1
• Conduct a buoyancy check at the surface to determine
the correct amount of weight needed for a dive with all
standard and specialized equipment.
• Perform a relaxed, nonstop 200 metre/yard surface swim
with all standard and specialized equipment.
• Demonstrate neutral buoyancy while wearing all standard
and specialized equipment underwater by hovering for
one minute without sculling or kicking.
• Demonstrate the ability to switch to a redundant air
supply system simulating a regulator free flow, and
breathe from the redundant air source for at least two
minutes.
• Perform a SAC rate swim by swimming for approximately
five minutes at a level depth, recording the appropriate
information for later calculation.
• Deploy a lift bag or DSMB from the bottom.
Dive 2
• Demonstrate time, depth and gas supply awareness by
writing the depth and cylinder pressure on a slate at
10-minute intervals.
• Swim for at least two minutes and cover a distance of at
least 18 metres/60 feet without a mask while underwater.
• While continuously swimming, simulate an out-of-air
emergency and change from your primary air supply to
your redundant air supply system within 30 seconds, then
breathe from the redundant air supply system for at least
two minutes.
• Navigate without surfacing to a predetermined location
and return to within 6 metres/20 feet of the starting point
using a compass and estimated distance measurement.
• Navigate to a predetermined location and return to
within 15 metres/50 feet of the starting point using natural
references and estimated distance measurement.
• Perform a SAC rate swim by swimming for approximately
five minutes at a level depth, recording the appropriate
information for later calculation.
• Deploy a lift bag or DSMB from the bottom.
Dive 3
• Demonstrate time, depth and gas supply awareness
by writing the depth and time on a slate for each 20
bar/300 psi of gas consumed.
• Demonstrate turn around pressure and time limit awareness
when either the pressure or time limit established
during the briefing is reached by writing the time (if
pressure limit reached first) or the pressure (if time limit
reached first) on a slate.
• Demonstrate navigational control and return to the exit
with no assistance from the instructor.
• While continuously swimming, simulate an out-of-air
emergency and change from your primary air supply to
your redundant air supply system within 30 seconds, then
deploy a lift bag or DSMB and ascend to the surface,
stopping at 5 metres/15 feet for a three minute safety
stop.
• Surface from the dive within the established time frame
and with no less than the planned pressure remaining in
the cylinder.
From what I read, may of the performance requirements came from the Tec 40 course. However maximum depth during the training is 30M and all dives to be conducted within the NDL limits.
