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Been working on my Open Water (SSI) since early Summer of 2017 with my dive buddy. Enjoying it, but all our time is in the 10 foot pool. Now I don't mind having a gajillion pool hours (it's still fun), but my issue is that getting weather plus our schedule to allow the quarry dives to finish this thing up is a nightmare. I've heard that I only have 1 year to complete all the objectives before my class expires and I'd have to start again. It's looking like that's just not enough time to get those all done.
I really have no interest in the full Open Water certification limits themselves anyways. I'm only interested in doing local shallow lake/pond diving and have no need nor desire to go deeper than 10 feet. Is there some other program I could switch to that would fit those goals?
I feel like Open Water is the full blown "Private Pilot" of diving when all I really want is the "Sport Pilot" version. I want to be able to get my tanks filled and go down 5-10 feet in the pool and those shallow lakes with my dive buddy and that's it. Is there a different program that would be a better fit for me? I don't mind buying another class if it means I could get that done.
I really have no interest in the full Open Water certification limits themselves anyways. I'm only interested in doing local shallow lake/pond diving and have no need nor desire to go deeper than 10 feet. Is there some other program I could switch to that would fit those goals?
I feel like Open Water is the full blown "Private Pilot" of diving when all I really want is the "Sport Pilot" version. I want to be able to get my tanks filled and go down 5-10 feet in the pool and those shallow lakes with my dive buddy and that's it. Is there a different program that would be a better fit for me? I don't mind buying another class if it means I could get that done.