padi aow

Forfar Summer Dive Program Dive Into The Bahamas Stay on beachfront property, dive in the crystal clear Caribbean waters, and earn four dive certifications in just two weeks with International Field Studies’ Forfar Summer Dive Program hosted at Forfar Field Station on Andros, Bahamas. Designed...

I'm a new diver. About 50 "real dives" under my belt. (I volunteer dive at the NY aquarium, but I don't consider those "real" dives.) My only diving has been "vacation" diving, on easy dives. Which is fine with me. I don't intend to become a solo diver or a tec diver. (I took Nitrox and...

This is a video of my PADI AOW student learning how to deploy a DSMB in strong current conditions while maintaining position (vs drifting). I thought I'd share this with the community to help new divers learn this essential skill. The video includes a step-by-step "how to" of the skill...

On reading about the AOW everyone seems to be saying that it is just the different specialty dives as long as one is Deep and one is Navigation. So I have a sort-of rhetorical question: if over time I obtained 5 specialties on vacation including the Deep and Navigation, would I qualify for an...