Instructor wants me to do all pool sessions and 4 dives in one day

[Scuba J7]

If this is for a PADI cert,
as other have said PADI limits training dives to 3 in a day,
also if doing a pool session the same day as dives PADI limits training dives to two,

If the instructor is suggesting all dives in a day then they are breaking standards,
run..fast...call PADI and ask the shop for your $$ back.

 

[TMHeimer]

I won't even read the 4 pages of posts. All the pool and OW dives in one day can't even be done time-wise. Doing 4 OW dives in one day may be doable time-wise (if it were within standards). Then what do you do with the usual 5 hours of pool time. I've never heard of such a suggestion before--ever. Report the instructor and dive op to the agency--I can't recall the quality control details, but this can be done.

 

[Bubblesong]

Good choice to take it slow because
The short cut path to SCUBA never gets better: first there is the rushed OW cert., then there are the hurried DM's that barely look at you on "trust me dives", and then the insta-buddies that swim off out of sight and finally the cattle-boat captain that mis-counts divers and drives off leaving you alone in the ocean. With failing, shoddy equipment.
The real person that you must demand more from is your self, that you absolutely invest time and money into every stage of your own training and development and personal connections with solid reliable instructors and divers. Happy diving!

 

[bbarnett51]

Sounds like they are trying to fix their mistake and make it right. In doing so, they are making a poor recommendation. Don't do it. Plain and simple. Slow down and learn! That amount of learning in one day is impossible and as others have pointed out, most likely against protocol.

 

[oly5050user]

Thanks. I definitely am not trying to rush through anything, just trying to figure out how to spend my time tomorrow. My preference would be to do two ow dives tomorrow.

Have instructor issue a "scuba diver" certification if you do 2 ow dives. It is a limited certification that will allow you to dive with a professional , no deeper than 40 '. This way you only need to get last 2 dives done. Does not expire unlike a referral does in a year.

 

[Coztick]

In preparation for a group trip 12 yrs ago, 3 of us decided to get certified. All classroom and pool training was done locally and was quite thorough while our OW dives were done in Mexico.
We were told that we would get credit for 4 dives while only doing 2. They said the dives only had to be 20 min. long to count, so 2 40 min. dives qualified.
My point is, being a new diver in training, it is easy to be fooled by thieves into accepting inadequate instruction.
On the first dive, we all performed skills in the sand then the instructor left us there to go fetch us an octopus to see. While he was returning the poor thing to its home, 1 of my buddies decides he needs to puke so we take him to the surface. The instructor finds us a minute later and he is unwilling to continue but this still counted for 2 dives. Didn't swim a stroke!

 

[mmerriman]

The front office screwed up my scuba reservation and forgot to book someone to do the pool gives so now they want to rush me through all the pool and open water certification dives in one day (i was only in town long enough for two days of diving). I'm totally fine with that as long as it's safe. Just wondering if i should be concerned about doing 4 dives in one day as a beginner? Thanks in advance for any input.

what agency? If its PADI that instructor is violating training standards in a BIG way