advance card question

[RJP]

Would a Capt or someone look at my card and say that because my specialties are not listed, I can't do the Deep or Wreck Dives?

They might, but I'd think that any operator that fastidious would want to see a full specialty c-card, not just that it was one of your five AOW dives. (Of which Deep is a requirement, so that wouldn't be an issue.)

 

[Walter]

Would a Capt or someone look at my card and say that because my specialties are not listed, I can't do the Deep or Wreck Dives?

If you just have an AOW card, you don't have any specialties.

 

[all4scuba05]

If you just have an AOW card, you don't have any specialties.

well then now its confusing.

this is from the SDI website...

Advanced Diver Development Program
The SDI Advanced Diver Development Program was created to make truly “Advanced Divers”. Under the old way of training a student could take an Advanced Course right after an Open Water course and only have a total of 9 dives all under the direct training of an instructor. The SDI Advanced Diver Development program requires a new Open Water student to take 4 SDI specialties or equivalent, along with having a total of 25 dives. SDI feels a diver will truly be “Advanced” after this is accomplished.

SDI specialties:
Advanced Adventure
Advanced Buoyancy
Altitude Diver
Boat Diver
Computer Diver
Computer Nitrox Diver
CPROX Administrator
CPR1st Administrator
Deep Diver
Diver Propulsion Vehicle
Drift Diver
Dry Suit Diver
Equipment Specialist
Ice Diver
Marine Ecosystems Awareness
Night- Limited Visibility Diver
Research Diver
Search & Recovery Diver
Shore/Beach Diver
Underwater Hunter & Collector
Underwater Navigation
Underwater Photography
Underwater Video
Visual Inspection Procedures
Wreck Dive

 

[Walter]

Sounds like SDI is similar to SSI with regard to its Advanced program. If that is the case, you'll actually have an Advanced card and 4 specialty cards.