BAINBRIDGE ISLAND GUIDED TOUR FIELD GUIDE
Bainbridge Beneath the Tide: Five Focused Dives to Earn Your Advanced Open Water
A five-dive Advanced Open Water course on Bainbridge Island that develops specialties such as Night, Drysuit, Deep and Navigation—this guide explains what to expect and what to bring.
Bainbridge Beneath the Tide: Five Focused Dives to Earn Your Advanced Open Water.
On Bainbridge Island, the Advanced Open Water course builds on basic certification with five open-water dives designed to raise your comfort, skill and range. Over a series of guided dives you sample specialties—from Night and Drysuit diving to Deep and Navigation—so you leave both more confident and more curious about where diving can take you next.
Highlights
Outing Highlights
Five open-water dives to level up
The core of the course is five open-water dives structured to increase skill level and enjoyment of diving, each dive focusing on technique and applied experience.
Choose Night, Drysuit, Deep and Navigation
Students are introduced to a range of specialties — Night Diving, Drysuit Diving, Deep Diving, Underwater Naturalist and Navigation among others — letting you tailor the five dives to areas you want to expand.
Bring your own equipment or request rentals
Advanced Open Water students are expected to have their own equipment; if you do not, the booking process lets you indicate that you will need gear supplied.
What the day feels like
What the course feels like
Expect a compact, hands-on progression: five guided dives that put you in real conditions to practice navigation, manage deeper profiles, try drysuit protocols or experience night diving techniques. Each dive is designed to build confidence in specific skills while keeping the focus on applied experience rather than classroom lecture.
THE PROGRESSION
Five open-water dives to level up
The core of the course is five open-water dives structured to increase skill level and enjoyment of diving, each dive focusing on technique and applied experience.
THE SPECIALTIES
Choose Night, Drysuit, Deep and Navigation
Students are introduced to a range of specialties — Night Diving, Drysuit Diving, Deep Diving, Underwater Naturalist and Navigation among others — letting you tailor the five dives to areas you want to expand.
THE KIT
Bring your own equipment or request rentals
Advanced Open Water students are expected to have their own equipment; if you do not, the booking process lets you indicate that you will need gear supplied.
Suitability
Who it's for
Who this course suits and who should look elsewhere.
Practical planner
Details to review before reserving
Students are expected to have their own diving equipment; if you lack personal gear you should indicate during booking that you will require equipment.
Online booking is suggested to reserve space in the Advanced Open Water course.
Review cancellation policies before reserving.
Frequently asked questions
Planning Your Outing
How many open-water dives are in the course?
The Advanced Open Water course consists of five open-water dives.
What specialties will I encounter?
Students are introduced to specialties including Night Diving, Drysuit Diving, Deep Diving, Underwater Naturalist and Navigation, among others.
Do I need my own equipment?
Students are expected to have their own equipment; if you do not, you should indicate during booking that you will need equipment provided.
Is online booking required?
Online booking is suggested to reserve a spot in the course.
What level of diver is this course for?
This course represents the next step in diving education and is intended for divers looking to increase skill and enjoyment through focused specialty dives.