Advanced Diving at the Solitary Islands Marine Park, Coffs Harbour NSW Australia!
The Solitary Islands Marine Park on New South Wales' North Coast offers Fantastic Adventure Scuba Diving all year round!
"Deep Diving 'Manta Arch' at South Solitary Island, we passed nine Grey Nurse Sharks on the way to 30 metres!" -4th July 08
"Whilst Drift Diving along 'Boulder Wall', we saw two Huge Cuttlefish pulsating amazing Colours" -28th May 08
"During a Fish ID Dive at 'Shark Gutters' we counted five rare Black Cod" -21st Feb 08
"On our Navigation Dive at 'Split Solitary', we saw three Turtles!" -7th August 08
"My picture of a Nudibranch on 'Buchanan's Wall' turned out great on our Advanced U/W Photography Dive" -20th Nov 07
The Solitary Islands have the best fishlife of the Great Barrier Reef, like Cairns, along with fish from Sydney. But our water temp is as warm as the Great Barrier Reef!
How would you like to dive Deep to Manta Arch with Grey Nurse sharks! Navigate vast Coral Reef like the Great Barrier Reef! and enjoy the diverse fishlife of the Solitary Islands Marine Park!
Advanced Open Water Scuba Diver Course content
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver course requires five dives (we give you a bonus one FREE), which must include a
Advanced Deep Dive to a depth near 30m
Advanced Navigation dive using a compass and the surroundings
Then YOU select from a wide range of Elective Adventure Dive choices for the remaining three dives - options include:
Advanced Multilevel and Computer Diving,
Advanced Drift Diving
Advanced Underwater Naturalist
Advanced U/W Digital Photography
Advanced Fish ID
Advanced Peak Performance Buoyancy (highly recommended!)
and many more. Your Sixth dive is a fun dive and can be a part of another specialty!
Is there any classroom time?
The theory component of the Padi Advanced Open Water course is all self study of the relevant chapter in the "Adventures in Diving" manual to the Advanced Adventure Dive you did! Real Easy!
When can I Start?
Now! Advanced Courses can start daily with every Charter Dive trip to the Solitary Islands Marine Park. Bookings are Essential
The Advanced course takes a total of three days to complete and can fit even the busiest of schedules: you could spread your course over a number of days or weekends, and can be combined with other charter trips.
Course Pricing
PADI Advanced Open Water Course - $395.00
That's with SIX Advanced Dives at the the South Solitary Islands!
What’s Included?
PADI 5 Star Gold Advanced Diver Certification Card.
All Equipment Hire
Five Dives at South Solitary Island aboard one of our comfortable dive boats. PLUS a bonus SIXTH fun dive FREE.
Adventure and Excitement!
FREE Photos for your certification Card and 6 months membership to our Dive Club.
PADI "Adventures in Diving" Text Book is extra at a cost of $49.50
(not required if using E Learning Advanced course)
Prerequisites
No Doctor's Dive medical is required. A minimum certification of Open Water Diver or Equivalent is required to commence this course. Min. Age: 12. We'll provide the ADVENTURE, you bring your swimmers, towel, sunscreen and a sense of humour!
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Jetty Dive Centre
398 Harbour Drive
The Jetty Strip
Coffs Harbour
New South Wales (NSW) 2450
AUSTRALIA
Tel (+61) 02-66-511-611 (All hours)
Fax (+61) 02-66-525-702 webmail send questions to mail@jettydive.com.au
Located in Coffs Harbour and diving the Solitary Islands, we have divers from all over Australia dive our amazing sites. Easy and cheap flights for Divers to the Banana Coast in from Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
"During a Fish ID Dive at 'Shark Gutters' we counted five rare Black Cod" -21st Feb 08
