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RAID Advanced 35 Diver Course
Seriously, if you want to enhance your diving skills whilst diving in Malta, this is the dive course for you.
PURPOSE OF THIS DIVING COURSE
The Advanced 35 diving course is designed to further develop persons with diving experience. This popular course will advance your diving skills & the safe use of SCUBA to a maximum depth of 35 metres/115 feet whilst staying within no decompression limits.
- Be aged 15 years or over.
- Have a minimum of 4 hours logged underwater in an Open Water environment (If you don’t, no problem. Please see our guided diving page which would enable you to reach this prerequisite).
- Hold at least an Open Water Certification from a recognised diving organisation.
To complete the academic studies, we estimate 9 hours of independent study.
The 8 in-water training dives for this course will be spread over three days.
All required equipment for your course is supplied by ABC Diving.
The total, fully inclusive cost of the RAID Advanced 35 Diver Course starts at €565.00 with our ‘Standard’ option. Our ‘Bespoke’ option is €1190.00.
This includes:
– All dive equipment needed for the completion of your course
– RAID educational materials
– Certification cost
Free RAID Advanced 35 Dive Theory
A unique innovation that makes materials available to everyone – from non-divers to instructor-trainers – every level of the RAID online academics and quizzes are FREE!
THE LEARNING PATH
An insight into the shallow water dive 1:
- Entries and forward descents
- Buoyancy and trim workshop
- Neutral buoyancy and hovering
- Finning techniques:
- Full flutter kick
- Modified flutter kick
- Frog kick.
- Dive light use and signals
- SMB deployment underwater
- Weighting for high tidal volume
An insight into the shallow water dive 2:
- Negative entry and forward descents.
- S-Drill
- Compass work:
- Reciprocal course
- Square
- Gas depleted – gas sharing ascents
- SAC rate
- No mask swim
- Unresponsive diver underwater (lift)
- Basic Life Support review (on land)
An insight into the Buoyancy dive:
- Finning techniques
- Ascent & Buoyancy skill:
- Stop at 10m / 33ft for 3 minutes
- Stop at 5m / 15ft for 3 minutes
- Flexible skill: Deployment of surface marker buoy Underwater from 5m / 15ft
- Final ascent more than 1 minute
An insight into the Navigation dive:
- Distance measurement
- Straight and Reciprocal course
- Tour with natural & compass navigation
- Flexible skill – Out of gas – alternate gas supply ascent, provided by donor
An insight into the Rescue dive:
- Exceeded NDL problem
- Out of gas problem
- Gas share to 5m / 15ft safety stop.
- Ascent & Buoyancy skill:
- Stop at 10m / 33ft for 3 minutes
- Stop at 5m / 15ft for 3 minutes
An insight into the Deep dive 1:
- Timed task for narcosis
- Test Effects on colors
- Effects of pressure
- Monitor gas consumption
- Failure or alarm skill – flexible
- Ascent & Buoyancy skill:
- Stop at 10m / 33ft for 3 minutes
- Stop at 5m / 15ft for 3 minutes
An insight into Deep dive 2:
- Record gas, depth & time at bottom
- Narcosis test
- Buddies signal ascent at correct plan time
- Navigation to ascent point
- Failure or alarm skill – flexible
- Ascent & Buoyancy skill:
- Stop at 10m / 33ft for 3 minutes
- Stop at 5m / 15ft for 3 minutes
This is know as the ‘elective’ dive which you can choose based upon your interest. The choice is between the following dives:
- Wreck Dive
- Diver Propulsion Vehicle Dive (+ €40)
- Night Dive
- Photo Dive
- Ecological Dive
- Enriched Air Nitrox Dive (+ €10)
The academic portion of this course is broken is into 9 sections covering the following subjects:
- Diving In General
- Environment
- Equipment
- Physics
- Physiology
- Management
- Rescue
- Confined Water Training
- Open Water Training
how the booking Process works
It's As Easy As ABC!
1. Choose your course option
Click ‘Request to book’ button and complete the booking request form. Only 1 form per group required.
2. Booking approval
Within 3 working hours your booking request will either be approved or an alternate date suggested.
3. Pack your towel!
Once the booking is approved, a payment request is sent. Upon payment, your booking is confirmed.
Choose your course option
Bespoke or Standard?
Bespoke
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3 Day Dive Course
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2 Shallow Water Dives
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6 Open Water Dives
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RAID Advanced 35 Certification Fee
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Premium Dive Equipment Supplied
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You Choose the Days
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Private Transfer Service
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Private Tuition
Standard
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3 Day Dive Course
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2 Shallow Water Dives
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6 Open Water Dives
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RAID Advanced 35 Certification Fee
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Premium Dive Equipment Supplied
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You Choose the Days
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Daily pick up/drop off within Transport Zone*
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Class size up to 4
*View Transport Zone
The equipment!
You will train using a Halcyon Buoyancy Compensator which we (& many others) believe to be the world’s leading brand of buoyancy compensators.
Your Halcyon Infinity will offer the unparalleled underwater performance of a back mounted harness with the easy adjustability of a standard jacket BC. The systems narrow profile prevents unnecessary drag and minimizes in-water effort.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Qn: Do I get a paperback manual for the theory section of this diving course?
Ans: No. All academic materials are completing through an online training package.
This on-line training package includes:
- PDF Manuals
- Quick Quiz and Exam (open book)
- 12 month access to manuals (which can be download for future reference)
Qn: Is this diving certification recognised around the world?
Ans: Yes. This is a world wide certification.
Upon successfully passing the practical training, you will receive the following:
- International Diver Certification
- On-line logbook
- Electronic Diver certification
