Night Diver Specality - Sandals - Certification cards????

[tursiops]

While it is true that you do not need a night diver specialty to do night dives, the class can be very useful in expanding your knowledge, skill and comfort level. Either way, night dives are fantastic experiences, if you are properly prepared, properly equipped, and mentally ready. For some people, no course is needed, if they have good mentor or divemaster. For others a class leads to more enjoyable diving. Have a great trip.
DivemasterDennis

In addition, without some kind of training, a newbie night diver is usually terrible at their use of lights.....they don't know how to signal, they shine them in people's faces, they let them dangle from lanyards and swing all around, and they have no knowledge of how marine life at night tends to avoid bright lights, so the newbies are the ones with the brand new 1000 lumen light on that cool octopus, making it disappear before anyone else can see it.

Yeah, sure, just jump in and dive, no knowledge needed.

 

[BDSC]

In addition, without some kind of training, a newbie night diver is usually terrible at their use of lights.....they don't know how to signal, they shine them in people's faces, they let them dangle from lanyards and swing all around, and they have no knowledge of how marine life at night tends to avoid bright lights, so the newbies are the ones with the brand new 1000 lumen light on that cool octopus, making it disappear before anyone else can see it.

Yeah, sure, just jump in and dive, no knowledge needed.

Pretty much everything you just mentioned has always been addressed in the dive briefing before jumping in. It matters not to me if the OP takes the course but I would rather see them put the money toward another course like AOW or nitrox that could open doors to other diving opportunities. A night diving course is right up there with boat diving and drift diving.