PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Certification Course in Chania, Crete

• Day 1: 2 Open Water Dives

You will start the day at the dive centre. First of all, you'll get your personal equipment ready, with a choice of different wetsuits to make sure you are comfortable in the water no matter what time of the year. Once ready, your instructor will take you to a protected area where you will conduct 2 dives from the shore.

• Day 2: 2 Open Water Dives

The instructor will have all your gear ready to go and take you to a second dive site where you will conduct 2 more shore dives. This will be a dive site where you can easily access the deep.

• Optional - Day 3 or Night Dive

You can do a night dive for one of your dives. If this choice is made it can be combined on either day 1 or day 2, or done on another day. If there is another dive that you would prefer, this can be scheduled on the 3rd day.

You must be a certified Open Water Diver to join this activity.

Free pick up is available, but it is required to be a minimum of 2 people.

There is a no fly time after scuba diving, due to the increased risk of Decompression Sickness (DCS) while flying. It is recommended that you do not fly for 12 hours, if you have completed 1 dive. If you have done 2 dives, you should not fly for at least 18 hours.

If you wear glasses, the most common option to dive would be to wear contact lenses. Another option would be to get a prescription mask, which has your prescription lens built into the mask. It's a little more expensive, but would be the most comfortable way of diving.

The diving spot will vary since it is dependant on each diver and on the weather.