Pretty much what I got...Here is a rarely asked question regarding the AOW. What you were expecting out of the course?
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Pretty much what I got...Here is a rarely asked question regarding the AOW. What you were expecting out of the course?
...from what I experienced and have read it is difficult to get a shop to credit you money-wise for having already done dive 1.
I am going to do Rescue next. That’s why I have to do the AOW.
I believe Rescue, with the associated CPR & First Aid courses, will be a valuable experience. I was a Paramedic in the late 70’s so I am looking forward to it.
I have completed all the eLearning courses. I was just not sure if they were required.You'll have a good mindset and response mechanism for Rescue... enjoy!
But to repeat previous comments... do the entire book... what else do you have to do
I am completing the full specialty for each of the five. You can do this and just have the instructor record 1 of the dives from each specialty you complete as a dive toward the AOW. This way you can complete both dives of each specialty and the AOW at the same time. My LDS will do it this way..from what I experienced and have read it is difficult to get a shop to credit you money-wise for having already done dive 1
Deep is required, and an instructor (not DM) must directly supervise you. For the others, an instructor must indirectly supervise, which means,If you spend a week in Coz you will more than likely do Nav, Deep, Boat, Drift, Fish ID, Wreck, Digital Imaging, PPB, U/W Naturalist and Night Diving as part of your regularly scheduled 2-tank dive activities. No biggy. I will now just have a DM scorecard me.
Oh I agree. Just pointing out the PADI as I recall makes a point of how you can get "credited" for dive 1 toward the full specialty. Have yet to hear of this actually happening with anyone.Since it was considered a convenience, and did not change the price, I opted to do the entire specialty and repeated the dive. The instructor was a bit surprised, but he got over it. If there is a significant amount of time between the training it’s good to get the review.
True, so long as one of the dives is Navigation.Oh I agree. Just pointing out the PADI as I recall makes a point of how you can get "credited" for dive 1 toward the full specialty. Have yet to hear of this actually happening with anyone.
Gamechanger-- Not that it matters, but I believe all you need to do Rescue in recent years has been "Adventure Diver".