Hello everyone
My son (13) and I got our OWD certification last summer (2017) and are also father and son dive buddies like in the former thread and have only 10 logged dives so far.
We're from Croatia where we will do our diving for now. The plan is to get some specialties done before looking towards AOWD in 3-4 years when the boy is the right age and state of mind. Until then, it's only practice in shallow (18m max. because of my sons age and bodily development stage, so I learned during certification).
It's kind of great to have him as a dive buddy, but in the same time it's challenging because my primary focus is on his behaviour under water and his safety and not the dive itself, but every time we get back out it's only smiles for me
Best regards
Vedran
My son (13) and I got our OWD certification last summer (2017) and are also father and son dive buddies like in the former thread and have only 10 logged dives so far.
We're from Croatia where we will do our diving for now. The plan is to get some specialties done before looking towards AOWD in 3-4 years when the boy is the right age and state of mind. Until then, it's only practice in shallow (18m max. because of my sons age and bodily development stage, so I learned during certification).
It's kind of great to have him as a dive buddy, but in the same time it's challenging because my primary focus is on his behaviour under water and his safety and not the dive itself, but every time we get back out it's only smiles for me
Best regards
Vedran