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Go with your conscience, lives are at stake. 'nuff said? If you are not ready, dive some more. Are you in a hurry?
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This comes up often. For PADI DM course you need 40 logged dives to start the course. For these courses that require a set number of dives, who knows what constitutes a dive that "counts". I've heard 15 feet for 20 minutes. Or 20 feet for 20 minutes. Or a certain SI in between 2 dives. Or solo dives do/don't count. I am not seeking opinions on what dives one thinks count, and not what dives you would include in your log-- ei. "I log a 5 minute dive if there was an equipment problem I had to solve because that's important". Is anything written down anywhere from any of the agencies that is official? Or is it just a vague guidline for an instructor to see that you actually have dived a lot? I know that once in a while, PADI is a bit vague.........
This maybe a bit off topic and it may just be me but I hate when people try to judge experience off of number of logged dives. We all know people who log eveytime they put their head under the water. Saying a person needs 40 dives to start a DM class is just wrong. You cant judge my experience based on a number. I tell people if you want to know how experienced a diver is then you have to dive with them. In the water is where the truth comes out.
. Then of course, someone usually asks how valid is anything if people can simply fake a log book. I have always wondered what would be the reason for doing that.