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Tim Ingersoll
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That may be the way it is in Sydney but I repeat that I have never had to show an AOW card anywhere in the Caribbean.
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Northeastwrecks once bubbled...
I also agree with the earlier post. In a perfect world, rescue would be taught as part of OW. In a less than perfect world, more rescue skills would be taught in OW and the balance would come before AOW. After all, I really don't see anything in AOW as an absolute prerequisite to rescue.
Snoopy once bubbled...
While at a dive resort a few months back, there was a group of trainees doing what I thought was Rescue Diver stuff. When approached, they said that they were Open Water trainees, aiming for that NAUI c-card.
If I can turn back the clock and relook at agencies, I would have done the NAUI instead of PADI.
Sydney_Diver once bubbled...
If you dont show your AOW C card as you get on the boat for a +65ft dive, you just dont get on the boat