KatieMac
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It's DANIf he has insurance he should write and confirm his own policy with his insurance company.
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It's DANIf he has insurance he should write and confirm his own policy with his insurance company.
Just to be clear on something many people don't understand....It's DAN
UK DANThanks, I will let my brother know he's okay to go to the wreck.
The upcoming dives are “Trust Me Dives”
Just to be clear on something many people don't understand....
DAN has a number of policies with different names and different requirements. That is because the policy a diver chooses as to be legal in the state or country in which they have their primary residence.
I think you misunderstand the expression "trust me dive". It's not simply a dive where you trust your buddy. It's not a dive at the edge of your comfort, training and skills that you only would do with a good trustworthy buddy of equal or higher skill/experience.All dives are trust me dives.
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You want to really trust your buddy on those dives as you can easily be separated and the vis at times can be down to a few meters.
Op here. Its a couple months later now. I'm now AOW certified with a handful of 'deep' dives under my belt. One pretty big criticism I have about the PADI OW -> AOW pathway now is that they don't even ATTEMPT to explain why 60 vs 100ft. I was overly concerned about being narced at depth and was also paranoid about other concerns I might not have been aware of. Having done these dives now, I find it a bit laughable that I ever really had a concern - especially knowing the conditions on my first 'deep' dive vs what I had previously been (visibility was the best I've ever experienced at 50'+, vs diving in muck ridden inland lakes with 10' vis)
I just want to say that I really do take what people say on this board seriously, but at the end of the day I have to use my own judgement and risk assessment as well. Unfortunately PADI has me tainted as a money grab at this point. I think they provide VERY valuable training, but its diluted by ********.