stiebs
Contributor
Hi Summer,
Not sure if I can really recommend a school at the moment. I did mine with D.I.S in 1990, but they've since been taken over by Dive Victoria, and are a PADI agency instead of a FAUI/NASDS agency. I am doing a course with A.B. Ocean Divers this weekend, so can let you know how I go there.
I would probably stay away from Dive Vic now - a couple of weeks ago I was diving with them on a Saturday, and they were pushing 60 students through in one weekend!
A.B. Ocean's student-instructor ratio seems a lot more reasonable.
I would also suggest getting cert'd in Victoria instead of on the GBR. I believe you gain a lot more from learning in the harsher conditions in Victoria, then go up to Cairns to have a whale of a time in the warm water with great vis!
Not sure if I can really recommend a school at the moment. I did mine with D.I.S in 1990, but they've since been taken over by Dive Victoria, and are a PADI agency instead of a FAUI/NASDS agency. I am doing a course with A.B. Ocean Divers this weekend, so can let you know how I go there.
I would probably stay away from Dive Vic now - a couple of weeks ago I was diving with them on a Saturday, and they were pushing 60 students through in one weekend!
A.B. Ocean's student-instructor ratio seems a lot more reasonable.
I would also suggest getting cert'd in Victoria instead of on the GBR. I believe you gain a lot more from learning in the harsher conditions in Victoria, then go up to Cairns to have a whale of a time in the warm water with great vis!
