Advanced ADVENTURER COURSE
SSI ADVANCED ADVENTURER
Want TO BOOST YOUR SKILLS? THE SSI ADVANCED ADVENTURER IS CALLING YOUR NAME
Loved your Open Water course and ready to level up? Want to boost your skills, build confidence and dive deeper into the underwater world?
This course is all about enhancing your dive skills and unlocking new adventures. You’ll complete five epic training dives—three right off the beach on Magnetic Island’s stunning shores and two from a local dive boat, taking you to some of the region’s best sites. Each dive helps you hone your techniques, expand your knowledge and take your diving to the next level.
By the end of it, you’ll be certified to dive to 30 meters, opening up a whole new world of deep-sea exploration. More depth, more adventure, more unforgettable dives—let’s do this!
Itinerary - Two incredible days, five unforgettable dives—your advanced diving journey starts here!
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SHORE DIVE TRAINING
Meet at Pleasure Divers Magnetic Island – 8:30 AM. Gear up and get ready! Today’s 3 training dives take place right off the beach in Alma Bay or Geoffrey Bay, where you’ll learn a new set of dive skills! Wrap-up at 4:30 PM – Time to chill and soak in the island vibes!
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BOAT DIVING
Board the vessel from either:📍Townsville – 7:00 AM PM | 📍Magnetic Island – 7:45 AM.
Set sail for an epic day of boat diving! You’ll complete two more training dives and experience your deep dive.
Return to shore:📍 Magnetic Island – 4:45 PM | 📍 Townsville – 5:10 PM.
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Details
SSI ADVANCED ADVENTURER COURSE
Cost $860 (incl GST)
Duration 2 days
When By request, minimum 3 participants
Includes
Digital e-learning materials from SSI
SSI Certification
Full gear hire for 2 days
Boat travel on Day 2 (including lunch on board)
EMC “Environment Management Charge”
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Open Water Diver licence, from any agency
Complete medical screening questionnaire (and possibly get a dive medical, if the screening questions indicate this is necessary)
The SSI Pre-Dive Medical screening questionnaire can be downloaded here.
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To secure your place in the course, we require a non-refundable $265 deposit.
See our T&C’s and cancellation policy.
NOTE: We need at least three students to run this course, so grab a couple of dive buddies and let’s make it happen! For the boat day, we also follow the guidelines set by the vessel operator. Be sure to check out their Terms & Conditions on our booking page. If you have any questions, just reach out—we’re happy to help!
FAQs
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Its important to understand that different agencies use different terminology! The SSI Advanced Adventurer course is the equivalent to the PADI Advanced Open Water course. It consists of 5 dives over two days, one of which is your deep dive qualifying you to dive to 30m.
The SSI Advanced Open Water certification is not a course, but an achievement based rating. Once you log 24 dives and complete 4 different specialties, you can earn the rating of SSI Advanced Open Water Diver.
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This changes depending on many factors such as dive conditions and experience level of participants. Most often we complete a Buoyancy Dive, Navigation Dive and Wreck Dive on Day 1. And on Day 2, we complete our Deep Dive and Boat Dive. Get in touch with us if you have more questions regarding the particular dives.
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Whilst you will need to come to the island to complete Day 1, you may opt to board and disembark the vessel on Day 2 from the mainland - Townsville marina.
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Maybe! But maybe not. The tour operators we use for Day 2 of our course do not visit this site every single day of the week. So it will be dependant on a few factors such as day of the week, weather conditions etc.
If this shipwreck is on your bucket list, we recommend getting your Advanced certification first. And then booking it separately, as an Advanced qualified fun diver! Thats where you’ll get the most out of diving the Yongala wreck.
