Hi everyone, new to the forum but made some posts about belize and mexico. I am in Belize right now, with a program called Blue Ventures, to help survey the reef at Bacalar Chico Marine Reserve. Anyway, I have no certifications but we are heading out to the dive camp on Sunday for 4 weeks. I will be doing my Ow and Advanced openwater withing the first week and a half. After that I will join the science dives for a week and then will have an option to do the EFR and Rescue Diver courses. By this point I would have the dives from the first 2 courses and then about 14 other dives. Is there any reason to wait until a later time to do my rescue diver course or will i have enough experience by then?
This is just an idea and wanted to discuss the possibility with you. What other things should I consider before committing? How should I assess myself during this first classes and dives and how should i assess my instructor?
The course also costs 275 pounds which I'm not sure how much that will be once converted to USD, but probably arond $385 and I'd have to buy the book on San Pedro, Belize which might cost a bit. I'm pretty sure it'd be cheaper to do this in the US so it might be worth waiting for that reason or I might just take advantage of the oppurtunity now.
I will be able to check this thread tomorrow and possibly sunday but I am going to the dive camp on sunday or monday and wanted to hear your thoughts on this.
This is just an idea and wanted to discuss the possibility with you. What other things should I consider before committing? How should I assess myself during this first classes and dives and how should i assess my instructor?
The course also costs 275 pounds which I'm not sure how much that will be once converted to USD, but probably arond $385 and I'd have to buy the book on San Pedro, Belize which might cost a bit. I'm pretty sure it'd be cheaper to do this in the US so it might be worth waiting for that reason or I might just take advantage of the oppurtunity now.
I will be able to check this thread tomorrow and possibly sunday but I am going to the dive camp on sunday or monday and wanted to hear your thoughts on this.