Advanced Open Water Course + Nitrox Combo
Go Deeper, Stay Longer - Earn Your PADI Advanced & Nitrox Certifications in Gili Air
Ready to take your diving to the next level? Join our PADI Advanced Open Water & Nitrox Combo Course at Blue Marlin Dive Gili Air and gain both your next certification and your Enriched Air (Nitrox) specialty. Learn to dive deeper, stay longer, and plan safer dives - all while exploring the incredible reefs and dive sites of the Gili Islands. It’s the perfect upgrade for divers who want to explore more of the underwater world.
Duration: 3 Days
Dives: 6 Ocean
Age: 12+
Course Highlights
- Flexible Course: Choose 2 adventure dives to add to the mandatory Nitrox, Deep (30m), and Underwater Navigation.
- Skill Enhancement: Build on your existing skills to become a more competent and confident diver.
- Experienced Instructors: Learn from our award-winning, multilingual PADI instructors.
- Stunning Dive Sites: Dive in the diverse and beautiful underwater landscapes around Gili Air.
- Flexible Learning: Customise your learning experience with a choice of adventure dives.
- Extended Dive Time: Stay underwater longer with enriched air nitrox.
- Safety Focus: Understand the benefits and precautions of diving with nitrox.
Prerequisites
- Be a minimum of 12 years old
- PADI Open Water Diver (or equivalent certification)
- Good general health (have a look at this medical form to see if you are fit to dive)
What You Learn
- Deep Diving: Techniques and skills for diving deeper than 18 meters.
- Underwater Navigation: Advanced navigation skills using a compass and natural references.
- Adventure Dives: Choose from various adventure dives, such as night diving, wreck diving, peak performance buoyancy, underwater photography, and more.
- Dive Planning: Improved dive planning skills, including managing your air supply and navigating dive sites.
- Safety Procedures: Enhanced safety protocols for different diving environments and situations.
- Enriched Air Nitrox Theory: Understand the principles behind enriched air nitrox and how it extends your bottom time.
- Oxygen Exposure Management: Learn how to manage oxygen exposure and stay within safe limits.
- Analyzing Nitrox Tanks: Practice analyzing the oxygen content in your scuba tank.
- Setting Your Dive Computer: Learn how to set your dive computer for nitrox.
- Dive Planning: Plan dives with nitrox and calculate maximum depths and no-decompression limits.
What Your Day Looks Like

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Day 1, 2 & 3
The PADI Advanced Open Water Course is designed to be highly adaptable and cater to each student. You will participate in six ocean dives over three days, each with a specific emphasis. Two of these dives will focus on underwater navigation and deep diving, and two will focus on Enriched Air Nitrox. You will develop new skills and learn to handle these advanced concepts.
Furthermore, you will have the freedom to select two additional adventure dives. We highly recommend including peak performance buoyancy as one of your choices, while other popular options here are wreck diving, night diving, drift diving, and underwater photography.

Classroom session