Balicasag with only OW

[Hike]

I wasn't aware of that... it seems a little bit "un-PADI-like"? So a student could do 5x 'adventure dives'... not requiring a manual? And then be qualified to apply directly to PADI for AOW certification? Doesn't sound right...?

I checked into this option for my wife as sometimes she lioves diving and other times not so much. I figured she could do her aow slowly. It can be done by doing five separate specialties, but it will require more dives. In aow course you do one dive per specialty, but if doing it separately, each specialty is 2 or 3 dives, but you can combine nitrox along with another, killing two birds with one stone. This is because the nitrox course can technically be completed without diving as it is all pre dive

 

[Mucksavage]

Hike - it can be done by doing 5 separate dives from the AOW and no need for the specialty. You can do 5 dives over 5 years on 5 continents if you like. Each dive should be logged and signed by the instructor and the PADI and the student gets a special PADI Log sheet. Its is modular. After the 5th dive she can apply for AOW and obviously a manual will have to be purchased by then based on regional requirements. If she does 5 specialties she will be a Master Scuba Diver, higher then AOW.

 

[Mucksavage]

Spoke to PADI's Jimmy yesterday and this position may have changed with PADI Philippines so non book modular is no more. There are loopholes but thats another story.