So Who Were You Trained Through???
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KevinNM
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PADI OW through self-reliant.
GUE fundamentals.
Oh, forgot NSS-CDS cavern.
GUE fundamentals.
Oh, forgot NSS-CDS cavern.
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Stuart
Live in Northern Virginia
2014 SDI OW, Northern Virginia
2016 TDI Helitrox
2017 SDI Divemaster (almost done)
Not sure which counts as "highest" level certification.
Live in Northern Virginia
2014 SDI OW, Northern Virginia
2016 TDI Helitrox
2017 SDI Divemaster (almost done)
Not sure which counts as "highest" level certification.
OP
Thank You guys and gals for all the responses. I am going to let this thread go for a week or so to see how many responds and then per request, I will collect all the data from both YouTube and ScubaBoard and make a graph. I predict as most would probably agree, PADI will have the most just due to their presence in the industry, but I am very curious to see how many others outside the big boys (PADI, SSI, SDI, NAUI) are still active in teaching students. I am also going to post a request through our FaceBook for response as well and will add those into the totals. Thank You guys and gals agains for all the responses.
AZNetEng
Contributor
Tony and Kathy - Phoenix AZ
PADI - OW in Gilbert AZ
PADI - AOW in Roatan Honduras
PADI - Nitrox in Mesa AZ
PADI - OW in Gilbert AZ
PADI - AOW in Roatan Honduras
PADI - Nitrox in Mesa AZ
BabyDuck
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marci. eastern nc.
padi jan '05. in florida but through olympus in morehead city.
nitrox and aow that fall. aow was padi, nitrox maybe sdi? i don't recall.
cavern/intro '06, nacd, god rest it's soul.
blah blah blah
now full cave rebreather trimix through nacd/nss-cds/tdi/tdi.
padi jan '05. in florida but through olympus in morehead city.
nitrox and aow that fall. aow was padi, nitrox maybe sdi? i don't recall.
cavern/intro '06, nacd, god rest it's soul.
blah blah blah
now full cave rebreather trimix through nacd/nss-cds/tdi/tdi.
Kodad
Contributor
Michael-- Ft Myers, FL
OW- NAUI 1/16
Nitrox- NAUI 7/16
AOW- NAUI 7/16
All classes in Ft Myers
All check-out dives in the Keys
OW- NAUI 1/16
Nitrox- NAUI 7/16
AOW- NAUI 7/16
All classes in Ft Myers
All check-out dives in the Keys
Lawrence - Atlanta
PADI OW: June 1998, San Diego, California
PADI AOW: April 2004, Utila, Honduras
PADI Nitrox: April 2004, Utila, Honduras
PADI Rescue: May 2004, Utila, Honduras
PADI Deep: August 2012, Morehead City, NC
GUE Primer: July 2013, High Springs, FL
GUE Fundamentals (Rec): May 2014, High Springs, FL
TDI Cavern: May 2015, High Springs, FL (did not complete)
To answer your specific question, I consider GUE Fundies to be my "highest level of certification" but dive operators generally take the position it's PADI Rescue.
PADI OW: June 1998, San Diego, California
PADI AOW: April 2004, Utila, Honduras
PADI Nitrox: April 2004, Utila, Honduras
PADI Rescue: May 2004, Utila, Honduras
PADI Deep: August 2012, Morehead City, NC
GUE Primer: July 2013, High Springs, FL
GUE Fundamentals (Rec): May 2014, High Springs, FL
TDI Cavern: May 2015, High Springs, FL (did not complete)
To answer your specific question, I consider GUE Fundies to be my "highest level of certification" but dive operators generally take the position it's PADI Rescue.
Martin - Dubai, UAE
While Living in the UK:
PADI OW 2007 - El Gouna, Red Sea, Egypt
PADI AoW 2011 - Doha Qatar
After Moving to Dubai
PADI Nitrox 2013 - Dubai
BSAC Boat handler 2014 Dubai
PADI Rescue - 2015 Dubai
BSAC Accelerated Decompression 2015 Dubai
PADI Drysuit 2016 Dubai
BSAC Dive Leader 2016 Dubai
PADI Dive Master (in Progress to be completed this month) Dubai
PADI Place reserved on the IDC in August 2017 for IE in the same month
As to my current highest cert:
BSAC Dive Leader and Dive Master are Equivalent
Accelerated Deco and Dive Leader (plus post Qualification dives) Allows Depth rating of 50m with Deco on O2 greater than 40% So I guess equivalent to PADI Tec 50?
While Living in the UK:
PADI OW 2007 - El Gouna, Red Sea, Egypt
PADI AoW 2011 - Doha Qatar
After Moving to Dubai
PADI Nitrox 2013 - Dubai
BSAC Boat handler 2014 Dubai
PADI Rescue - 2015 Dubai
BSAC Accelerated Decompression 2015 Dubai
PADI Drysuit 2016 Dubai
BSAC Dive Leader 2016 Dubai
PADI Dive Master (in Progress to be completed this month) Dubai
PADI Place reserved on the IDC in August 2017 for IE in the same month
As to my current highest cert:
BSAC Dive Leader and Dive Master are Equivalent
Accelerated Deco and Dive Leader (plus post Qualification dives) Allows Depth rating of 50m with Deco on O2 greater than 40% So I guess equivalent to PADI Tec 50?
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vjongene
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Victor, living in Curacao
PADI OW in 1999, in Oman
CMAS 2* in 2000, in Switzerland
PADi Nitrox in 2002, in Egypt
PADI Divemaster in 2017, in Curacao
PADI OW in 1999, in Oman
CMAS 2* in 2000, in Switzerland
PADi Nitrox in 2002, in Egypt
PADI Divemaster in 2017, in Curacao
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