Dnaber
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Ok I'm AOW certified. Now let's say I want to vacation in the Keys and dive the Vandenberg or dive a deep 120' reef. Would I need to provide proof of any additional training?
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Ok I'm AOW certified. Now let's say I want to vacation in the Keys and dive the Vandenberg or dive a deep 120' reef. Would I need to provide proof of any additional training?
Ok I'm AOW certified. Now let's say I want to vacation in the Keys and dive the Vandenberg or dive a deep 120' reef. Would I need to provide proof of any additional training?
It is possible to take AOW in PADI without the deep water specialty. However, in my experience, operators seem to assume that if you have AOW, you have the training for deep diving.
It is possible to take AOW in PADI without the deep water specialty. However, in my experience, operators seem to assume that if you have AOW, you have the training for deep diving.
I thought deep was one of the required AOW dives, along with navigation, with PADI.
I have not done the Vandenberg. I have done the Spiegel Grove & Duane, with Rainbow Reef Dive Center. A few points from my limited experience:
1.) I'd giant stride off the back of the boat, then use a rope at the surface to get around the side of the vessel to the front, then to the mooring ball, then hand-over-hand down the line to the wreck. There may be current. This whole process can get my chubby self winded before I even go under. I was using 100 cf tanks; some op.s may have 100 cf tanks on request, so unless you are very petite and have great gas consumption rates, I'd suggest getting a big tank for a deep wreck.
2.) The lines from the mooring balls to the wrecks had on them what I thought at the time were barnacles, and someone else told me might be razor clams. Plus, there's always the chance of fire coral or something else unpleasant growing on permanent submerged lines. So a pair of gloves might be nice.
Richard.