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What to expect from diving in Langkawi
PADI Advanced Open Water Diver Course
Prices season 2026-2027
Prerequisites:
Diving in Langkawi is great but we do have limited visibility. This makes it more challenging to do the Advanced course here. To get ready for this step, you make sure you:
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Are already confident with your Open Water skills, the next course is building on these skill, not repeating them.
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Have logged several fun dives after your Open Water course. At least 10 dives.
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Have dived recently (in the last year)
Homework PADI eLearning:
Before each adventure dive you will need to read a chapter in your PADI eLearning and answer knowledge reviews. Your instructor will discuss any questions during the predive briefing.
Course planning:
You can choose to do 1 or several adventure dives with Langkawi Scuba. To earn your PADI Advanced certification, complete 5 adventure dives. Each adventure dive completed will give credit towards your certification, even if you don’t do all 5 with us. It is possible for example to just add 1 or 2 adventure dives to some fundives.
Be aware that in Langkawi the water conditions can make it challenging to complete all adventure dives. There is only 1 location for the deep dive, and it is often not possible or safe to dive to the required depth.
Our boat-schedule:
Morning Trip (2 dives) (8:30am – 1:30pm)
Afternoon Trip (1 dive) (2:30pm – 5pm)
Available PADI Adventure dives: (*compulsory for AOW certification, **should be compulsory/strongly recommended)
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Buoyancy dive**; with limited visibility you will need to be very close to the corals, and your buoyancy skills will be even more important.
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Navigation dive*; learn little tricks for navigation the professionals use.
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Deep dive*; For this dive it is recommended that you dive deeper than 22m, we can’t get to that depth at our reefs. To solve this, we dive away from the islands, on the sand or “in the blue”. We will only conduct this dive if the water conditions are safe to do so.
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Fish ID dive; a fun challenge to start with learning about marinelife.
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Limited Visibility Dive; learn more about safety and techniques of the type of diving around Langkawi. More info on the full specialty course, see below.
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Digital Underwater Imaging; learn the basics of taking great photos or video during your dives. Bring your own camera or rent our camera.
Prices: (including equipment use)
Full course (5 dives): RM1730
PADI AOW eLearning & PADI certification fee: RM380
Each adventure dive: RM270
Digital Camera Rental: RM100/daytrip
For prices for normal fundives, click here.
Add on:
Marinelife Workshop: RM200. This program introduces any certified diver to the intricate underwater ecosystem. A very good combination with the PADI Fish ID Adventure dive or with fundives. More info here
PADI Limited Visibility Diver Specialty certification (see below): extra RM460. After the adventure dive, an extra certifying dive for this course is all it takes to get certified. for more info, see below.
Booking:
We dive with max 2 divers per PADI instructor and we only take 6 people on our boat; to make sure you have a spot, it is recommended to book in advance. A deposit is required.
When booking, please let us know your divehistory so we can offer an appropriate course.
PADI Limited Visibility Diver
Specialty Course
Prices season 2026-2027
Why do this course?
Diving in clear water is great, seeing as far as 30-40m, looking at the big pelagic animals swimming by. But did you know that there are places with incredible marine life (like Langkawi!) that do not have that amazing visibility?
There are incredible creatures and beautiful reefs living in waters where you can see just a few meters in front of you. You might think that diving these places is too difficult; what if you bump into something, what if you lose your buddy, what if you get disorientated?
The goal of the PADI Limited Visibility Diver Specialty course is to show divers they can enjoy diving in limited visibility, while learning skills like the use of buddylines and navigating like a pro.
Homework:
You will receive reading material and knowledge reviews to be completed before starting this course.
2 Dives:
After a theory session and a thorough briefing you will do 2 dives at the divesites of Langkawi. During both these dives you will learn practical skills for diving and navigating in limited visibility. After completion you will receive a PADI certification.
Duration: 1 morning (2 dives) 8:15am-2pm
Prerequisite: Open water diver certification
Included: Course materials, PADI certification fee, equipment rental, coffee/tea and snacks in the surface interval.
Price: RM690
Included: online learning materials, 1 adventure dive & 1 certifying dive, PADI certification.
Booking:
We dive with max 2 divers per PADI instructor and we only take 6 people on our boat; to make sure you have a spot, it is recommended to book in advance. A deposit is required.
Your health:
Medical questionair: Diving is a very safe and relaxing sport but can at times be physically demanding and you need to be in good health. Before each course you will have to fill in this medical form.
If you can answer all questions with NO(including the question about Covid19), then you can start your course right away. If you have to answer YES, then get the form signed by a physician to make sure it is safe for you to go diving.
Glasses: Do you wear glasses? You will not be able to keep them on during diving so it is recommended you wear contact lenses during the program.
Flying: For health-reasons, do not plan your dive on the day that you are flying. The current recommendation is to wait 18hours after diving.
Langkawi Scuba is PADI all the way:
Did you know you can check if your divecenter or instructor is registered with PADI? Langkawi Scuba is a PADI registered diveresort and we only let you dive with certified PADI instructors.
Check here for divecenters (S25081) or click here for instructors.(472140/482334)
Want to know more about our instructors: click here