Scuba Diving Info…………..?
I’m going on vacation to Bermuda and want to go scuba diving. Which class would i need to take to be able to go scuba diving? they offer PADI courses for adults:
Discover Scuba Diving
Scuba Diver
and Open Water Diver
which one would I do?
Reconsider your PADI choice. There are other certifying agencies out there. Most of the certifying agencies, PADI, NAUI, etc, train divers to be "buddy dependent". ANDI training is more in depth, and trains you to be "self reliant".
For example, you and your buddy are diving and you run low on air. So, you’re a new diver and you weren’t watching your air pressure gauge. You go to your buddy to "share air". But, your buddy was diving as deep and as long as you! So, he’s low on air, too! This scenario assumes that you could actually FIND your buddy.
ANDI teaches you to carry a "pony" tank. This extra tank is a completely separate air source with its own regulator system. If you run low on air, you switch to your pony, find your buddy and call the dive. You and your buddy surface safe and sound.
ANDI is internationally recognized and costs no more than getting certified through the other agencies.
The Open Water course is the one to take if you want to get certified. Discover Scuba is just an introduction so people can try it and decide if they want to take a full course for certification.
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Discover Scuba Diving is like a "test drive" of diving. You get some very basic instruction. You stay shallow. Technically, you can do the discover scuba completely in the pool. This is not a certification. You could do a discover scuba at this resort, go to another resort and have to repeat the discover scuba.
Scuba Diver is the first half of the Open Water Diver course. This is a certification; however, the certification has restrictions on depth (fairly shallow) and you have to dive with an PADI professional in the future.
Open Water Diver is the certification that trains you to dive with a buddy independent of an instructor.
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Open water like the guys above me said, next would be advanced open water which will take you to deeper depths. If you get to know a instructor in your area they will probably take you deeper if they feel comfortable enough that you can handle it. It can get pretty dangerous if you don’t know what your doing.
Once you get advanced there are numerous classifications you can get from deep diver, cave diver, and cold water to name a few. You won’t regret your get certified, but consider how much you dive before investing on equipment. I’m jealous of you right now.
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Reconsider your PADI choice. There are other certifying agencies out there. Most of the certifying agencies, PADI, NAUI, etc, train divers to be "buddy dependent". ANDI training is more in depth, and trains you to be "self reliant".
For example, you and your buddy are diving and you run low on air. So, you’re a new diver and you weren’t watching your air pressure gauge. You go to your buddy to "share air". But, your buddy was diving as deep and as long as you! So, he’s low on air, too! This scenario assumes that you could actually FIND your buddy.
ANDI teaches you to carry a "pony" tank. This extra tank is a completely separate air source with its own regulator system. If you run low on air, you switch to your pony, find your buddy and call the dive. You and your buddy surface safe and sound.
ANDI is internationally recognized and costs no more than getting certified through the other agencies.
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