Opinion: Diving without a DM (or instructor, etc.)

[rockjock3]

I think I had about 20 dives, right after my ow cert, before I dove with a DM/instructor around. My dives were in similar areas to where I had done my OW dives and I dove with a good friend that had been a certified diver for a couple of years.

 

[MSilvia]

Not counting supervised "classroom" dives, my first dive with a DM was more than 6 years after I got AOW. If your C-card is worth the plastic it's printed on, you should be able to do a simple open water dive as an open water diver. If you can't, you should take it up with whomever certified that you could.

 

[John_B]

Wow, somebody found an old thread, huh?

John

 

[alexisisa8]

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[John_B]

Alexisisa8, what's with all the Spashvision spam?

John

 

[porsche060]

As long as you have a buddy. Not big on solo diving

 

[RadRob]

TDI has a course, extended range, that teaches how to dive to 180' on air. They teach you -

Equipment requirements and configuration
Decompression options
Use of surface marker buoys
Buddy rescue
Narcosis checks and management

So you CAN dive to that depth and deaper on air.