UserNameBella
Contributor
Thanks for all the responses.
Just to reiterate, I have enough dives that are fun dives to start my divemaster. I actually have 70 full recreational dives right now, including my check out dives for advanced and OW. Of those dives, about 10 are in the Atlantic ocean, 50 are caribbean dives, and about ten are cold water river dives here in Canada. In addition to my full dives I have done four training dives at my local lake.
Because I was able to do that many dives since my original OW cert. I really want to get more experience and skill before I start my DM program this January.
The instructor is an old school guy, but he is not teaching my DM program. I will be going back to the Caribbean for that. If I'm diving every day I want the diving to be enjoyable.
Come to think of it. For divers who aren't so lucky to live on a shallow clear lake maybe the dive shops that offer classes or the dive clubs should have pool time for experienced divers to practice the skills, regardless of whether they are going to do DM in the future. It can be rather surprising to try these skills when you haven't used them since OW. And if you really want to peeve off a DM during a vacation dive, doing drills at 40 ft and screwing them up royally would be a great way to do it.
ETA: Almost everyone I know uses paper dive logs. I wanted to use the PADI scuba earth, but after an hour trying to log one dive and not being able to because the program actually isn't that great (it wouldn't recognize the dive site) I gave up. Paper is faster and easier. I will probably continue to log until I am old and grey. I like it, it's more like journalling for me.
Just to reiterate, I have enough dives that are fun dives to start my divemaster. I actually have 70 full recreational dives right now, including my check out dives for advanced and OW. Of those dives, about 10 are in the Atlantic ocean, 50 are caribbean dives, and about ten are cold water river dives here in Canada. In addition to my full dives I have done four training dives at my local lake.
Because I was able to do that many dives since my original OW cert. I really want to get more experience and skill before I start my DM program this January.
The instructor is an old school guy, but he is not teaching my DM program. I will be going back to the Caribbean for that. If I'm diving every day I want the diving to be enjoyable.
Come to think of it. For divers who aren't so lucky to live on a shallow clear lake maybe the dive shops that offer classes or the dive clubs should have pool time for experienced divers to practice the skills, regardless of whether they are going to do DM in the future. It can be rather surprising to try these skills when you haven't used them since OW. And if you really want to peeve off a DM during a vacation dive, doing drills at 40 ft and screwing them up royally would be a great way to do it.
ETA: Almost everyone I know uses paper dive logs. I wanted to use the PADI scuba earth, but after an hour trying to log one dive and not being able to because the program actually isn't that great (it wouldn't recognize the dive site) I gave up. Paper is faster and easier. I will probably continue to log until I am old and grey. I like it, it's more like journalling for me.