pbrindsurch
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Hi there
I am a 21 year old guy living in Leicestershire in the UK, having always wanted to go diving I booked a try dive with my girlfriend. We both loved it and are really keen to go on to do an open water or similar qualification.
We are all set to go with the dive centre we did the try dive with but on speaking to a friend of my girlfriend she is very concerned that PADI has a 'pay and pass' mentality, her friend has even gone as far as to say that "most places will make you do a test dive if you have a PADI certificate because its not always a guarantee that you are a good diver"
This has scared me somewhat as I am all too aware of the dangers of diving living down the road from stoney cove where seem to hear of fairly frequent injuries or even deaths. I am reluctant to sign up and do a course that will not equip me and would put either my own or my girlfriends lives in danger.
The dive school I am looking at has a 5 star Instructor Development Centre does this mean anything to me?
They describe themselves as:
Their website is www[dot]divemasterscuba.co.uk
Please advise....
Phil
I am a 21 year old guy living in Leicestershire in the UK, having always wanted to go diving I booked a try dive with my girlfriend. We both loved it and are really keen to go on to do an open water or similar qualification.
We are all set to go with the dive centre we did the try dive with but on speaking to a friend of my girlfriend she is very concerned that PADI has a 'pay and pass' mentality, her friend has even gone as far as to say that "most places will make you do a test dive if you have a PADI certificate because its not always a guarantee that you are a good diver"
This has scared me somewhat as I am all too aware of the dangers of diving living down the road from stoney cove where seem to hear of fairly frequent injuries or even deaths. I am reluctant to sign up and do a course that will not equip me and would put either my own or my girlfriends lives in danger.
The dive school I am looking at has a 5 star Instructor Development Centre does this mean anything to me?
They describe themselves as:
We are a PADI 5* Training Centre, issuing over 2,200 PADI certifications. Recently we were in the top 5 certifying PADI Dive Centres in the UK. See the latest course dates.
We are one of the largest and longest established independent Dive Clubs in the Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and South Yorkshire area with over 1300 members joining since 1999. We have had members join from as far apart as Devon, Scotland, Ireland and Holland!!! See our media page.
Their website is www[dot]divemasterscuba.co.uk
Please advise....
Phil