Advanced Open Water Program
To achieve the Advanced Open Water Diver rating you must have 4 Specialties and log a total of 24 dives. If you have already achieved the Specialty Diver rating (2 Specialties), you only need 2 more Specialties (4 dives) for the Advanced Open Water certification.

As in the Specialty Diver Program the remaining dives needed to achieve your 24 dive requirement are completed by diving on your own, or joining us on one of our Fun Dives, Boat Dives, or by taking other Specialty Courses that interest you. The most popular Specialties for the Advanced Program tend to be Deep Diving, Night/Limited Visibility Diving, Underwater Hunting, and Boat or Kayak Diving .

Specialty Diver Program
Open Water Diver training is designed to give you the basic knowledge and skills needed to explore the underwater environment. Specialty training takes you beyond those basic skills and prepares you to dive in a variety of situations and conditions, while increasing your confidence, making you a more comfortable and safe diver. New skills such as underwater photography, deep diving or night diving, broaden your diving experience, increase your appreciation for the underwater world, and are a whole lot of fun! Learn these skills with safety and confidence under the guidance of a Sonoma Coast Bamboo Reef Instructor.

Most Specialty Courses consist of a self-study text, video, short exam and two dives in that specialty.

In addition to the two Specialty Courses, the other requirement for the Specialty Diver Program is the completion of 12 logged dives (including certification dives). These can be made by diving on your own or joining us on our Fun Dives, Boat Dives, or by taking other Specialty Courses.

2008 Course Schedule:

More courses
Ask one of our Dive Specialists about one of these courses:

Wreck Diving
Underwater Hunting
Drysuit Diving
Boat Diving
Underwater Videography
Deep Diving
Nitrox Diving
Equipment Techniques
Night Diving
Search and Recovery
Computer Diving
Altitude Diving
Kayak Diving