I was a boat captain in the keys. We ask the question to determine where to dive and how likely we’ll be performing CPR on you. While I hate the questions, they are valid.
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I was a boat captain in the keys. We ask the question to determine where to dive and how likely we’ll be performing CPR on you. While I hate the questions, they are valid.
Usually a blank look of, huh. Had that when I used my Altitude Diver card years ago in Cozumel.
I heard someone went to dive center down south and asked for nitrox and was denied so he gave them his tri mix card and said can we take out the helium. I remember seeing it on this forum don’t remember the rest.@Capt Jim Wyatt is right on.
I'm generally a recreational diver. I have a PADI card from 2004 that shows the combo of Rescue and Nitrox, I don't think they offer the combo card anymore. It's the only card I generally show anywhere in the world.
I take my Solo card if I intend to dive solo and the operator does not know me. I have taken my DPV card on a few occasions when I wanted to rent a scooter, to avoid having to do a check out dive first. Nobody has ever cared to see my Deep card, I don't carry it, AOW seems sufficient for rec limits.
but that's the full course, right? I was thinking of the 2-dive certification where you still need a dive pro to dive with you.Kosta, I recently came across a small stack of these blank cards tucked into the binder pocket of my 1974 YMCA Instructor's looseleaf manual, so for an exorbitant fee....
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I usually show them this card to get a laugh about the 70s mustache and sideburns. In Grand Cayman once an attractive female less than half my age said it looked like a 70s porn actor. I was too slow on the uptake to ask her if she liked my work.
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Yeah I've heard of that happening--getting paired with a newbie. I have been lucky in that department.Why? If the majority of recreational deep dives offered by dive operators to people showing AOW are done safely, then what's the point in asking for certs or courses above that? If people are killing mosquitos with fly swatters why ask if they own elephant guns!
I always offer my master diver cert to boat operators because that is the highest cert I have and I'm proud of it. On one trip that was a negative designation for me. As I was assembling my equipment on the boat before departure, the captain said "Where is my master diver?" I raised my hand. The captain buddyed me up with a newbie who had less than a month of diving. Our dive lasted 15 minutes and I had 1900 psi left in my tank! It was probably a great comfort to the crew that I was paired with such a novice diver.