Ocean gear company

[Flamebug818]

hi im a naui mastar diver and a sophmore in highschool
they have a dive program at my school which pleased me "more dive buddies" but the guy that does this from ocead gear company seamed to be a competent diver but seemed to advocate things that are dangerous, it might have been a joke but he advocated, speratating from ur buddy and penetrating a wreck. THis all seems dangerous but he also said the cert program doesn't have any books and only a 10 question class and you get certified with only a few open water dives, i'm not sure how this will play out but it looks like this could be one of the dangerous uber fast cert programs that creates dangerous divers, i was also certified by naui and remeber a 75-100 question test he claims only true false ten question
just my .o2$
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[drglnc]

sounds like a trip to the chamber waiting to happen. You may want to speak to a counsler or principle about the problem. they may not care now, but the first student who gets hurt (or worse) and they will care.

 

[pt40fathoms]

I think your right in questioning the logic of this individual and the stated wreck diving scenario. Although it is true that in a wreck or a cave you will not be side by side with your buddy for many aspects of the dive, what is not true is diving solo. Occasionally a buddy will do a short penetration into an area that will accommodate only one person, this is done with the other buddy at the entry point, often shining a light into the entryway as added illumination. If you venture into technical diving, one of the philosophies that you will dive by, is that you are always prepared to complete your dive alone. This does not mean you dive alone! It means you carry enough redundant gear to get yourself safely to the surface in the event that your buddy has met with tragic circumstances.

As for the validity of the wreck diving course this person is talking about, I’m afraid I can’t comment on that, as I don’t know what agency he would be talking about. However, many courses offered by various agencies will focus more on in water training and lectures, rather than study materials and videos. It doesn't make it a bad course, but you really need to have a good instructor to teach it as not all instructors are good with teaching via lectures and supervised skills development.

I hope this clears up a few things.

 

[mike_s]

hi im a naui mastar diver and a sophmore in highschool

You're a NAUI Master Diver at age 14, 15 or 16 as a sophmore in high school?

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[ScreamingDiver]

Something is not "right" with this picture.

 

[pt40fathoms]

You're a NAUI Master Diver at age 14, 15 or 16 as a sophmore in high school?

????

PADI has the "Junior Master Scuba Diver" rating as well. The minimum age is 12 years old, and the prerequisite number of specialties and dives remain the same. At 15 years of age they can then be upgraded from the "junior" status to full status, following proper paperwork a new C-card would then be issued.

I see nothing strange that NAUI follows very similar standards.

 

[mike_s]

PADI has the "Junior Master Scuba Diver" rating as well. The minimum age is 12 years old, and the prerequisite number of specialties and dives remain the same. At 15 years of age they can then be upgraded from the "junior" status to full status, following proper paperwork a new C-card would then be issued.

I see nothing strange that NAUI follows very similar standards.

I thought you had to be older, but after my first post, I went to both PADI and NAUI's web site and each only requires you to be 15. I'm kinda surprised by that. I figured it would be 18/legal-age. Especially for liability issues.

I also found it odd that Naui didn't require a minimum number of dives as a prerequisite to the course. This means you can start your NAUI Master Diver certification with as little as 10 previous dives (open water + advanced requirements) and be certified as a Master Diver with as little as 18 dives. (Padi requires 50 previous dives and Rescue Diver as prerequisite).

Kinda suprising is all.....