Advanced Open Water Course: Earn PADI Certification at Renowned West Bay Divers, Roatan

Earn your PADI Advanced Open Water certification at West Bay Divers in Roatan. Dive in calm and warm waters, and explore the vibrant marine life. Book now!

Duration: 2 days
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 6 Emerald Beach Rd - Once you are a certified Open Water Diver the next step is a PADI Advanced Open Water Course, which consists of 5 dives chosen from the PADI Specialties. Both the Deep and Navigation adventure dives are required for the Advanced Open Water certification. Alternatively, you can choose to complete each as a separate Adventure…
What's Included
  • Use of SCUBA equipment
  • Use of snorkeling equipment
Additional Information

PADI Advanced Open Water certification is for anyone already certified with any dive organization with a certification comparable to PADI Open Water. Get your advanced with the largest dive organization. West Bay Divers has been awarded the Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence for 5 years and is the number one dive shop on West Bay Beach, Roatan’s…

Location
6 Emerald Beach Rd
Emerald Beach Road
Dive Shop behind Beacher's on West Bay Beach.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Chanphengb
Aug 15, 2024
The best in Roatan, hands down!!! - We just returned from Roatan for the 3rd time, and each time we dove with WBD! We were lucky this year as Gaby was back, so we requested to dive with her again! We certified for the AOW and nitrox this year. I can’t say how much I love these guys! Gaby is the best (we certified with her, so patient, friendly and funny), Barney was so great with all the scheduling, and our kids always want to go on the boat with Captain Alex (say hi to Jeff 😂). Gaby even went with us on the shark dive, we all felt better with her joining us, and it was incredible! Their boats and equipment are far superior than other shops, while still being competitive in pricing. Muchas gracias WBD!! See you soon!
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Wanderer02020661839
Jul 4, 2024
Great experience with West Bay Divers - Great experience with West Bay Divers as usual. Friendly staff, professional and always safety focused. We learned so much with Joel during our advanced open water course. He's in an awesome instructor and a great guy. Lucked out and we were able to go on the day trip offered to Cayos Cochinos. What an amazing day. If you’re lucky enough to have it work out don't hesitate to go. The diving is amazing. Any time we dive in Roatan it will be with West Bay and Joel!
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327rosieh
Mar 19, 2024
Fantastic dive experience! - Our family did our advanced open Water certification here. It was such a great experience! Our dive Master, Joel Urbina was so much fun! It was a pleasure to spend several days diving with him and the rest of the crew. I felt very safe with him guiding us, and their equipment is nice and very clean. This should definitely be on everyone’s bucket list. The night dive was my favorite, and the wreck dive was a close second.
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Irishtrigirl
Jan 5, 2024
West Bay Divers - best concierge dive company in Roatan - We have been diving with West Bay Divers (WBD) for years now- over 6 different trips to Roatan. You will NOT find a better concierge dive company on the island in my opinion! What sets WBD apart is the fun and highly experienced Dive Masters and Instructors as well as the flexibility and attention to customer service by the boat captains and management! We are a family of discerning and experienced divers who dive all over the world. We look for dive companies that have the flexibility to accommodate small/private groups, experienced and flexible DMs /captains and well-maintained equipment and boats. WBD has it all! My husband and I got our advanced and rescue diver certifications through WBD with Master dive instructor Joel Urbina and our 13 and 11 yo sons have worked with both Joel and Baastian Ross Peers on their open water and advanced open water certifications. As a result - they are some of the most qualified, experienced and respectful young divers most DMs have ever seen. Joel and Bastiaan instilled in our whole family a love of the coral reefs and marine life around Roatan and a deep respect for conservation of this precious place and coral reefs around the world. Accordingly, we have since gotten certifications in PADI Aware, Divers Against Debris and Lionfish Awareness/Eradication. In addition to having some of the most talented DM/DIs on the island, they also have incredibly experienced, safe and fun boat captains - especially Captain Edwin - who recently braved rough surface surge and bad weather to ensure we have some of our most memorable dives - including a 60+minute night dive to experience the unique “String of Pearls”. Cpt Edwin also expertly and safely found us dive sites that had clear visibility and no crowds in the middle of a driving rain and windstorm. We deeply appreciate our WBD family (including Joel, Bastiaan, and Edwin (as well as Owner/ Management Wayne and Mike!) for making our most recent family dive trip to Roatan so special despite terrible weather and conditions! If you are looking for a dive company for your next trip to Roatan - book with WBD (and Joel or Bastiaan) and be prepared to have your expectations exceeded!
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David0ntari0
Oct 1, 2023
Amazing Dive Shop - Me and my wife started our experience with West Bay Divers before heading to Roatan on vacation by booking our Advanced Open Water and Enriched Air Nitrox courses with them. We initially communicated with Wayne over email who was very responsive and helpful in setting up our PADI study materials, in class reviews, and our certification dives. Upon arriving at the shop our first course was with Mayghan for our Enriched Air Nitrox and she was absolutely lovely. She took the time to review everything with us and was wonderful. When moving on to our Advanced Open Water dives our instructor was Bastiaan who was amazing. Our experience getting our Advanced with Bastiaan was fantastic and it definitely exceeded our expectations as he was patient, kind and always willing to go the extra mile. We didn't just get our Advanced, we actually further developed our skills and are now more confident divers because of his guidance. Basstiann is an unbelievable person and dive master to dive with. Any dive shop who has Bastiaan or Mayghan have gained two assets. We highly recommend West Bay Divers, and if you're thinking of doing courses with them rest assured you are in great hands with Bastiaan and Mayghan. We had such a positive experience with all staff members that we continued to dive with the shop for the remainder of our trip.
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487britnia
Sep 30, 2023
West Bay Divers is the BEST - We did our advanced open water certification with Joel, he is an outstanding teacher and takes his time with you to make sure you understand and you are comfortable. We always dive with West Bay Divers when we travel to Roatan for the exceptional service, the best equipment, and for the great experience.
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Explorer656734
Aug 20, 2023
Very Professional and Accommodating - Such a good time. Our instructor Bastiaan was great. He did a very good job explaining every dive in our advanced open water course. Entire staff was very helpful and offered really cool dive experiences and options.
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Haileyh513
Aug 20, 2023
Great Experience - Bastiaan was a great instructor for our Advanced open water Certification!! He also knew where some really cool seahorses lived and took us to a ship wreck! also highly recommend doing a night dive with them its an experience you wont forget!!!! Highly recommend this dive shop and this instructor!!!
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Mikkelejorgensen
Jul 22, 2023
Very good advanced diving program - My wife and I signed up for the advanced open water program. Bastian, our instructor was very professional and guided us to the perfect elective courses. We chose the Nitrox, peak performance buoyancy, and wreck. Such a cool experience. Thank you West Bay Divers and Bastian for the great dives!
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Luv2travel1967
Jul 7, 2023
The best of the best - We got Advanced Open Water certified with the best of the best, Joel! After getting our OW certification with him two years ago, we knew we would get the most amazing instruction and experience with him again. Joel has a gift of blending serious instruction with pure joy. He focuses on safety and skills, but he also shares his love of this beautiful, magical, and unique place. I cannot thank him enough. West Bay Divers also has a caring, helpful, and fun staff, including Angel who went out of his way to arrange a Mary's Place dive for us, Barney who burned my mask until it was perfect, Alex who is an incredibly skilled and thoughtful captain, and Ceci who led us on a thrilling night dive. Mia guided my family on a fun snorkel (and made sure they saw the Scorpion Fish she spotted) and Peter led my husband on a few extra dives (including West End Wall with the most fish he's ever seen at one time). Thanks for everything!
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