THE official DIVE thread! SCUBA-DIVERS unite!

[PeteSB75]

Originally Posted by mrreindeer

I didn't even know you could do it online....the pool work & open water dives are part of the Certification so I'm not sure how they manage certifying you or even partially certifying you without pool/open water dives paired with the instruction...and when you go to that island paradise and want to dive, you'd need to either do a Resort Course at a resort (for a nominal fee & they rent you the gear & have a set, rather shallow (about 20 feet), area that you swim around to get your whistle whet), or pay to get certified while there. You can't just rent gear and go to any site on your own because shops won't rent to you without a C-card. I don't blame you about LI divin'!

I checked their site and there's a Padi shop about 10-15 minutes from my apt, so I'll probably just pop in there to ask about it, and look at gear. Not in any rush right now, as it will likely be next summer at the earliest before I am looking at actually doing the certification.