hantzu701
Contributor
After I got my OW cert, the first thing my instructor did was give us a lecture about staying shallow. He gave us three reasons for this 1) In his experience, the most interesting things to see were above 60' 2) it's cold and boring below that depth. 3) the risk of decompression illness increases below 60'.
It wasn't until after my AOW cert that I dived below 60'.
I can understand why my instructor would want to deter newly certified divers from deep diving. Some of them hadn't (and still haven't) learned basic buoyancy control. But, I've run into the same attitude from other instructors as I've continued my dive education. It's left me a bit puzzled.
Anyone have an explaination?
It wasn't until after my AOW cert that I dived below 60'.
I can understand why my instructor would want to deter newly certified divers from deep diving. Some of them hadn't (and still haven't) learned basic buoyancy control. But, I've run into the same attitude from other instructors as I've continued my dive education. It's left me a bit puzzled.
Anyone have an explaination?