PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
Overview
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72 hours
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You try out different specialties while gaining experience under the supervision of your PADI Instructor.
At our UNAWATUNA DIVING CENTRE we have around 16 different Dive Sites with different depth from 6 to 30 m we offer Reef Dives, Rock Dives, Wreck Dives and Night Dives.
Hard and soft corals are at the most reef dive sites up to 18 m unfortunately rare.
At the reefs you can find a lot of macro staff, many different nudibranchs, different coral fish of the Indian Ocean, Sting Rays on the sandy bottom.
At the deeper Unawatuna Dive Sites, there are mostly rocky areas with deep valleys to explore. Close to the Galle harbor dive sites there are our wreck dive sites on a sandy ground with the famous "Rangoon" Wreck on a depth of 30 m, the SS Oreste on a depth of 22 m and the Galle Ship Wreck with a depth of 18 m.
The most soft corals and fish live at the two deeper wrecks. Mostly there are hundreds and thousand of Sweet Lips and different other fish.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
INFANTS NOT ALLOWED.
PREREQUISITES MUST BE FULL-FILLED
MUST BE AN OPEN WATER DIVER
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
*Please note that the PADI Fee (for the PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Manual and PADI certification costs) of total 70 Euros is not included in the course fee. If you want to take the theory of the course online by PADI AOWD eLearning you have to purchase it on the PADI website and register for PADI AOWD eLearning with our diving centre Divinguru Unawatuna, PADI 5 Star Dive Resort, S-36133. Minimum Certification Age is 12 Yrs+ Course Content and Schedule The PADI ADVANCED OPEN WATER DIVER COURSE takes around 2 to 3 days and includes 5 adventure dives. You will have to do some theory for each dive (without exam) for around half a day and then 2 or 3 dives per day. Deep Diving and Underwater Navigation are mandatory and then you can choose 3 more adventure dives (wreck, boat, peak performance buoyancy, fish ID and so on) with one of our PADI Dive Instructors. If you start in the morning, you have to be at our diving centre at 8.30 am for registration. For the afternoon registration you have to be at our Diving Centre at 1.30 pm.
What‘s Included
Bottled water
Use of SCUBA equipment
Snacks
Coffee and/or Tea
Lunch
Doesn't include certificate&teaching materials(expect PADI eLearning),price for PADI Card&Manual=70€
PLEASE NOTE PADI FEE OF 70 EUROS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE AOWD COURSE WITHOUT ELEARNING
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Reviews
7 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great Scuba Diving Place with Divinguru
904djamelm,,Jan 30, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I am definitely recommend Divinguru in Galle Sri Lanka They are very knowledgeable,professional and yet fun atmosphere and very affordable pricing Leon was my instructor/ buddy and took time to explain everything, took security seriously and was patient great instructor should dive with them great diving sites and they know all the sites well Divinguru are the Best Djamel
Great experience
katerynakop,,Nov 24, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Did my AOWD with Divinguru and I loved it :) Great people and the dives were great. 100% reccommend!
Best diving experience in Unawatuna!
Fancyfranzi92,,Jan 21, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I did the AOWD and Enriched Air Diver, as well as some fun dives at Divinguru in Unawatuna and felt very comfortable. Norbert and Ellie organize everything incredibly well and conscientiously and the whole team works super professionally. All the equipment is high quality and in very good condition. I really enjoyed getting to know the underwater world of the south coast with the Divingurus. I can definitely recommend the diving school!
Super good did the AOWD with you just very good
19eros,,Feb 22, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Thanks for 3 great days with you especially with Hans the owner a great type And to recommend to his team only the best in Unawatuna just Great
Padi Open water
JessicaB9231,,Feb 3, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Everyone was very friendly and I had a very good one-on-one approach at the dive course. Top. Can only recommend. 👌
PADI Royalty
KiranSritharan,,Dec 17, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The pre-arrival coordination, AOWD course instruction, and dives were 10/10; can quite confidently say the dive shop is amongst the crème de la crème in Sri Lanka. Shout out to my instructor, Tarush for killing it. For my AOWD they were very flexible with my preferences, chose the wreck, night and enhanced air along with the deep and nav. Despite conditions being initially bad for the night dive, Tarush hung around with me for a couple more days (no time restrictions as I'm based in LK) until it was safe enough to do the night dive. Major kudos to them for accommodating my request as opposed to forcing me to chose an alternative. In addition to the AOWD, signed up further to do the nitrox certification - the instructions/risks/limits on this was discussed with intrinsic detail. My research pointed out that this shop may be a wee-bit more expensive than its peers, but no question that premium is justified. The equipment/professionalism/safety is unparalleled, and it's quite obvious to see as you check out other shops in the area. No question will definitely dive with them again, and I've already sent a discover diver their way (one who loved her first bubbles experience).
Excellent Dive Centre. 10/10 kit and a 10/10 Instructor
Loz0606,,Dec 8, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We did our advanced open water qualification with Supun. He was outstanding and a real pleasure to learn with - so calm and patient but with a great sense of fun. We felt completely at ease with him and couldn't have felt safer. Great guy. Great equipment. Great time.
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