DevonDiver
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Thanks for the Tip, I didn't know Mark still was Teaching, he is closer than you and John from where I'm now.
Do bear in mind that the quality of a wreck course is also determined by the characteristics of the available training wrecks.
The best wreck instructor in the world can't extract much training value from a sh*tty wreck. I've seen wreck classes taught on purpose-sunk buses in freshwater quarries and 30' wooden fishing boats... there's virtually zero training value.
Depth is also important. Shallower wrecks enable longer in-water training. A student benefits much more from 60 minutes practice per dive than 25 minutes. Again, you might have the best wreck instructor in the world, but your ability progression is ultimately determined by the in-water time you have with them.
World-class specialist instructors will either travel to conduct their training at optimum locations... or they will have permanently re-located themselves to the best places for what they teach.
That's why I opted to live here in Subic Bay... which is the wreck-diving equivalent of a cave instructor moving to the Mexican cenotes or Florida.
Even if a wreck instructor is conveniently located, be aware that a high quality instructor may still schedule classes in a more distant geographical location...to ensure the best training opportunity.
Just as a cave student would accept a need to travel to an optimum cave diving location for their training... the serious wreck student should make accept that specialist diving tends to require specialist locations... and travel may be part of the sacrifice you make to get the best tuition.
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