Papa3
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I have been diving for almost a year and have accumulated 140 dives in that time. I recently completed my PADI AOW course including the night dive.
This was something of a superfluous outing having already logged 30+ night dives for which I had no special training, just an explanation of the different signals and light control/usage.
This week I was chatting to a local DM, not my regular outfit but a friend with whom I have dived before, about arranging a night dive in the near future and inviting 2 divers who have completed their OW cert and have 15-20 dives each. He became quite offhand and refused to lead a dive where participants were not suitably qualified as they would require their AOW to dive at night.
This is not something I have encountered before and certainly not what my regular operator enforces.
Who's right?
This was something of a superfluous outing having already logged 30+ night dives for which I had no special training, just an explanation of the different signals and light control/usage.
This week I was chatting to a local DM, not my regular outfit but a friend with whom I have dived before, about arranging a night dive in the near future and inviting 2 divers who have completed their OW cert and have 15-20 dives each. He became quite offhand and refused to lead a dive where participants were not suitably qualified as they would require their AOW to dive at night.
This is not something I have encountered before and certainly not what my regular operator enforces.
Who's right?