Popototan Island, Philippines
Getting advanced open water was a breeze with an instructor like Steve. He was very attentive and helpful through the whole course.
The criteria needed to achieve the advanced OW certificate is to have 5 specialty dives, and some textbook work on those subjects. Luckily, there's no exam.
The 2 Compulsory dives is Deep Water dive- where you go to a depth of at least 30 meters
And Peak Performance Buoyancy.
Steve pretty much chose the other 3 for me an with goo...