I'm going to the classroom portion of PADI OW training on July 19th locally. I really want to fly to Florida and do the OW and AOW back to back shortly after I get through the class portion of OW. Due to work obligations, it may take a month or so to arrange a time that I can take off to do this. I'm excited about getting this process started. So, is there any disadvantage (or advantage) to taking the OW portion in a local quarry and then going to Florida a few weeks or month later to complete the AOW training?
I know that the basic skills will be taught and practiced either way, but the thought of getting my OW cert in a cold/dark lake with no sealife and maybe not much sense of adventure doesn't seem as appealing. At the same time, maybe it doesn't matter at all from a functional and solid training standpoint??
I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. Perhaps I'm being too anxious instead of just taking the time and waiting to head to Florida? Of course doing it locally will be less expensive, but that's generally not very important to me.
Thoughts??
Steve
I know that the basic skills will be taught and practiced either way, but the thought of getting my OW cert in a cold/dark lake with no sealife and maybe not much sense of adventure doesn't seem as appealing. At the same time, maybe it doesn't matter at all from a functional and solid training standpoint??
I'd like to hear your thoughts on this. Perhaps I'm being too anxious instead of just taking the time and waiting to head to Florida? Of course doing it locally will be less expensive, but that's generally not very important to me.
Thoughts??
Steve