Hi all,
In my plight to find a decent club near me in the uk i visited a SAA club(sub aqua association).As all the ones near me are PADI iwas very impressed with there ways and training.With them you pay a joining fee/training fee and a yearly subscription(equal price as padi aow) from then all your training is free up to dive Master.ther idea is that as you progress and become experienced you then pass back the knowlege to new divers.They also believe in teaching medic and rescue at ow level as one instuctor explained"If i take you out diving for training and i get into trouble i want to know you can get me out of the water alive".This made perfect sense to me and they also teach smb from the start.Most of the divers use wings and twins,at sport level they allow you to go down to 50 m.They also had different people who specialised in different field of training,Upon talking to the equipment officer he told me they do not advise getting their regs serviced after two years but instead just buy new ones as after the service they never come back any better.i was about to purchase apex atx200 and 40 octo which will be expencive but worth it but the thought of having to buy again in two years time has given me second thoughts .
They seem very professional any i will probably join the club as the padi seems to cost me money every time i sneeze and i have no intrest in making a living out of diving but to become the best diver my ability allows.
Any thoughts on the above info would be grateful.
Regards,
MAL..
In my plight to find a decent club near me in the uk i visited a SAA club(sub aqua association).As all the ones near me are PADI iwas very impressed with there ways and training.With them you pay a joining fee/training fee and a yearly subscription(equal price as padi aow) from then all your training is free up to dive Master.ther idea is that as you progress and become experienced you then pass back the knowlege to new divers.They also believe in teaching medic and rescue at ow level as one instuctor explained"If i take you out diving for training and i get into trouble i want to know you can get me out of the water alive".This made perfect sense to me and they also teach smb from the start.Most of the divers use wings and twins,at sport level they allow you to go down to 50 m.They also had different people who specialised in different field of training,Upon talking to the equipment officer he told me they do not advise getting their regs serviced after two years but instead just buy new ones as after the service they never come back any better.i was about to purchase apex atx200 and 40 octo which will be expencive but worth it but the thought of having to buy again in two years time has given me second thoughts .
They seem very professional any i will probably join the club as the padi seems to cost me money every time i sneeze and i have no intrest in making a living out of diving but to become the best diver my ability allows.
Any thoughts on the above info would be grateful.
Regards,
MAL..