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Here we pay $165 CAD for 30 fills. That's $5.50 CAD (about $4 U.S.) per fill. Is that about the only thing that's cheaper in Canada.....?
Bloody dive shops...
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DiverDaniel2485
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I think I can help. Just look at PADI's definition of "Confined Water" (or SSI/SDI - whatever body you dive with).
Off the top of my head it is water with good visibility like one would expect from a pool (at least 15m) and free of current, waves etc.
During the SARS-COV-2 attack and ongoing pandemic, a lot of swimming pools were closed in Australia (they are now open again in New South Wales and Queensland) so our dive shop was using a harbour that had swimming pool like conditions.
Is there any river, harbour or lake in Belgium that might be appropriate?
Off the top of my head it is water with good visibility like one would expect from a pool (at least 15m) and free of current, waves etc.
During the SARS-COV-2 attack and ongoing pandemic, a lot of swimming pools were closed in Australia (they are now open again in New South Wales and Queensland) so our dive shop was using a harbour that had swimming pool like conditions.
Is there any river, harbour or lake in Belgium that might be appropriate?
Where did you get that number? I’ve never seen PADI define it. SDI does define the required viz. I actually do have a secchi disk for measuring.
Belzelbub
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Either the standards have changed since I got my first cert, or the shop I used didn't need to be bothered with standards. I suspect some of A, and a lot of B.
My first cert involved a total of 2 dives. No pool work, so I'm not sure if these were supposed to be the confined water dives or open water. Dives were done in a total of about 8-12' depth off the shore in Tampa Bay. Visibility was maybe 3'. I recall I couldn't see my booties if I was fully extended, and they were fairly bright.
More like a lot of B!!! Two dives has never been the standard nor has zero confined water work.
Belzelbub
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That’s good to know. At the time, it was my only diving course, so I had no idea that it wasn’t to standard. It also turned out to be the last PADI course I did.
A few years later, I did another OW course through UF (offered YMCA, NAUI, & CMAS certs). This class was also atypical, but in the opposite direction. 6 week course with 2 3 hour work sessions each week (mostly pool work), and 5 OW checkout dives.
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