ADVANCED OPEN WATER

The Advanced Open Water at Scuba Point is described as an intermediate certificate that introduces search and rescue components. It builds on the Open Water certification and takes you into more varied diving scenarios off Tenerife's south coast. The course runs from the Costa Adeje base and uses the same Atlantic dive sites that the school operates for guided excursions — meaning course dives happen in real conditions, not controlled pool environments.

Scuba Point prices the Advanced Open Water at €440 (€396 online), the same rate as the Open Water and Rescue Diver courses. For those who want to run both Open Water and Advanced back-to-back, the hostel pack combining both courses with 7 nights at the Endless Summer hostel and pick-up/drop-off is available for €859 — a practical option for divers who want to train efficiently during a single Tenerife trip.

The Advanced Open Water is the natural next step after the Open Water card, extending both depth range and skill set. On Scuba Point's Tenerife sites this means access to deeper sections of the rocky south coast and the wrecks and caves the team mentions in their excursion listings. The minimum age applies consistently across all Scuba Point courses — 10 years old — and the same health considerations as the Open Water course.

All instruction is PADI-certified. The team at Scuba Point is small, with Marcos at 17 years of personal diving experience leading the school. The Advanced course here is a stepping stone toward the Rescue Diver if you are working through the recreational leadership track, and Scuba Point offers all three courses — Advanced, Rescue, and Divemaster — giving you the option to continue at the same centre.