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PADI Advanced Open Water Tobermory 2022

Join us this summer and take your PADI Advanced Course in beautiful Tobermory, Ontario world reknowned for it’s amazing blue water and shipwrecks. Our PADI Advanced Open Water course is the most thorough and progressive PADI Advanced Open Water Course available in the dive industry. The PADI Advanced Open Water Course introduces divers how to be more aware and how to participate in bigger, better diving. The course focuses on using more precision techniques, while exposing you to different diving environments.

We have two trip dates to choose from this year: July 8- 10, 2022 or September 23 -25, 2022

The training dives are designed to allow you the opportunity to gain experience under the direct supervision of one of our PADI Instructors. Our course allows students to experience different environments including: Deep Diving, Wreck Diving, Boat Diving, Drift Diving, Night Diving, Peak Performance Buoyancy Dives, Underwater Navigation, Discover Enriched Air Nitrox, Search and Recovery, Diver Propulsion Vehicle Adventure Dive and more.

During your training dives attention is paid to proper buoyancy and fin techniques, specialized equipment, air management, proper gas reserves, dive planning and safety.

What’s unique about our Advanced Open Water course is that we also allow you to complete your class in a Drysuit if you would prefer to stay warmer and more comfortable than you would in a wetsuit.

Pre-requisite

Open Water Diver with 10 dives minimum including at least one cold water dive. Minimum age 15 years old.

Training Agency

PADI

Additional Details

The Advanced course begins Friday at noon shore diving in Tobermory and continues Saturday with a full day of boat diving. By Saturday afternoon your Advanced course will be complete and you can enjoy the rest of the weekend diving the beautiful wrecks of Tobermory as an Advanced Diver.

Drysuit Option: Dan’s Dive Shop also offers all of our Advanced Open Water Course participants the opportunity to take advantage of a Drysuit Upgrade Option where divers can take your entire Advanced Open Water Course in a DUI Drysuit (requires an additional orientation dive session).

Cost:

PADI Advanced Course including manual and certification card $350+HST

add PADI Dry Suit to your course for only $225+HST. Includes Drysuit Rental for Open Water Dives, DrySuit manual and certification card.

Additional Costs:

Tobermory Extravaganza Dive Weekend includes accommodation, boat charter and most meals for only $475 + HST. Or book your own accommodation, boat only is $250+HST. Rental scuba equipment is not included.

PADI standards now suggest that all students have an smb (surface marker buoy) and a whistle. We’d also suggest for safety a reel to attach to the smb to deploy in an emergency situation from depth. All students must have a Dive Computer for the Deep and Wreck Dives, if you don’t own one, one will be provided for you. Students will also need a minimum of 2 lights (1 primary and 1 backup).

PADI Drysuit Specialty Option includes use of drysuit, undergarment, larger fins, but does not include any additional rental equipment as many of our divers already have begun to purchase some or all of their dive gear package.

DDS Divers exploring the Niagara II in Tobermory.
DDS divers exploring the Tugs, a popular dive site for shore diving in Tobermory.
DDS Divers returning to the boat after a great dive.

PADI Advanced Open Water Tobermory 2022

Join us this summer and take your PADI Advanced Course in beautiful Tobermory, Ontario world reknowned for it’s amazing blue water and shipwrecks. Our PADI Advanced Open Water course is the most thorough and progressive PADI Advanced Open Water Course available in the dive industry. The PADI Advanced Open Water Course introduces divers how to be more aware and how to participate in bigger, better diving. The course focuses on using more precision techniques, while exposing you to different diving environments.

We have two trip dates to choose from this year: July 8- 10, 2022 or September 23 -25, 2022

The training dives are designed to allow you the opportunity to gain experience under the direct supervision of one of our PADI Instructors. Our course allows students to experience different environments including: Deep Diving, Wreck Diving, Boat Diving, Drift Diving, Night Diving, Peak Performance Buoyancy Dives, Underwater Navigation, Discover Enriched Air Nitrox, Search and Recovery, Diver Propulsion Vehicle Adventure Dive and more.

During your training dives attention is paid to proper buoyancy and fin techniques, specialized equipment, air management, proper gas reserves, dive planning and safety.

What’s unique about our Advanced Open Water course is that we also allow you to complete your class in a Drysuit if you would prefer to stay warmer and more comfortable than you would in a wetsuit.

Pre-requisite

Open Water Diver with 10 dives minimum including at least one cold water dive. Minimum age 15 years old.

Training Agency

PADI

Additional Details

The Advanced course begins Friday at noon shore diving in Tobermory and continues Saturday with a full day of boat diving. By Saturday afternoon your Advanced course will be complete and you can enjoy the rest of the weekend diving the beautiful wrecks of Tobermory as an Advanced Diver.

Drysuit Option: Dan’s Dive Shop also offers all of our Advanced Open Water Course participants the opportunity to take advantage of a Drysuit Upgrade Option where divers can take your entire Advanced Open Water Course in a DUI Drysuit (requires an additional orientation dive session).

Cost:

PADI Advanced Course including manual and certification card $350+HST

add PADI Dry Suit to your course for only $225+HST. Includes Drysuit Rental for Open Water Dives, DrySuit manual and certification card.

Additional Costs:

Tobermory Extravaganza Dive Weekend includes accommodation, boat charter and most meals for only $475 + HST. Or book your own accommodation, boat only is $250+HST. Rental scuba equipment is not included.

PADI standards now suggest that all students have an smb (surface marker buoy) and a whistle. We’d also suggest for safety a reel to attach to the smb to deploy in an emergency situation from depth. All students must have a Dive Computer for the Deep and Wreck Dives, if you don’t own one, one will be provided for you. Students will also need a minimum of 2 lights (1 primary and 1 backup).

PADI Drysuit Specialty Option includes use of drysuit, undergarment, larger fins, but does not include any additional rental equipment as many of our divers already have begun to purchase some or all of their dive gear package.

DDS Divers exploring the Niagara II in Tobermory.
DDS divers exploring the Tugs, a popular dive site for shore diving in Tobermory.
DDS Divers returning to the boat after a great dive.
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Northwind Shipwreck Dive Lake Huron North Channel

Northwind Shipwreck Dive Lake Huron North Channel

Dive the Northwind Shipwreck Dive Lake Huron North Channel. Join us September 1 – 5, 2023 for one of the most amazing wreck diving experiences exploring the shipwreck Northwind and other wrecks in the beautiful North Channel of Lake Huron.

The Northwind Shipwreck is one of the most exceptional intermediate to advanced and technical diving sites in the Great Lakes.

This wreck has it all, size, depth, beauty and tons of stuff to look at and is a must for any diver interested in amazing shipwrecks. For detailed information on this wreck check out the dive sites section and read the page dedicated strictly to the Northwind.

The Northwind is one of the best intermediate wrecks both depth-wise and size-wise, measuring 300′ length in depths of 75′-120′ with a maximum depth of 140′ for certified technical wreck penetration divers and few know it better than we do.

Diver Level

Divers must have a minimum Advanced Certification and cold water experience to dive the Northwind. This trip is open to divers of all levels passed Advanced but wreck penetration into the Northwind is only for divers properly trained with appropriate gear.

Inside the Northwind
Photo by Scott Wilson

Trip Details

Trip includes 3 days diving and 4 nights accommodation in shared lakeside cottages.  Accommodation available from Friday night to Tuesday morning so you can skip the traffic on the holiday Monday and have a nice evening after an epic three days of diving.

Not included are scuba gear, tanks, air fills, meals & gratuities. Please note: be prepared to bring enough tanks for 3 days diving with you in the event we are unable to get fills there. DDS has single and double tanks for rent.

Cost $675 + HST

Northwind Shipwreck

How To Sign Up for the Northwind

1. Phone, email or visit the shop to book.

2. Make full payment to confirm your spot.

3. Fill out the online Diver Registration Form.

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Terms and Conditions

Diver Responsibility: All Divers are responsible for insuring they have the appropriate scuba gear for cold water diving, redundancy and exposure protection. No scuba gear, tanks or weights are included. If rentals are needed the diver is responsible to pick them up in store during retail hours. DDS Charters are not guided, private Divemaster can be arranged for an additional fee. All divers are expected to only attend dives within their diver certification level and experience. Lastly, unsafe divers putting themselves and others at risk may be asked to leave.

Cancellation Policy: All Trip Payments are Non-Refundable. If the trip goes full, or you are able to fill your spot, you will be reimbursed for everything except your non-refundable trip deposit of $200. If the dive charter is cancelled by Dan’s Dive Shop or the boat operator due to unforeseeable circumstances a credit or full refund will be provided.