Advanced Open Water Diver (AOWD) is a scuba diving certification level provided by several diver training agencies, such as Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), Scuba Schools International (SSI) and Underwater Explorers' Federation.[1] The equivalent course offered by National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI) is the Advanced Scuba Diver (historically, it previously had been known at NAUI as OW-II for "Open Water II"). The certification level is roughly equivalent to the CMAS * Diver qualification and the British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC) Sport Diver qualification, although some differences occur. For example, BSAC Sports Divers are trained in basic decompression diving, something that is strictly forbidden by U.S. based diving certification agencies for Recreational diving.
The SSI Advanced Open Water program is different from most other organizations, as they require not only training but they also require diving experience. To be certified as a SSI AOWD one needs to have completed four specialty courses and minimum of 24 logged dives. In the absence of a logged dives requirement, it is possible to become certified as AOW with some other agencies while having less than 10 lifetime dives.
The SSI Advanced Open Water program is different from most other organizations, as they require not only training but they also require diving experience. To be certified as a SSI AOWD one needs to have completed four specialty courses and minimum of 24 logged dives. In the absence of a logged dives requirement, it is possible to become certified as AOW with some other agencies while having less than 10 lifetime dives.
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