PADI certification delay

[Mike126]

My son started his PADI training a couple of years ago. He passed the classroom and pool training but life got in the way and never did his OW cert dives. Can he take a refresher and proceed to his OW cert dives? Or, does he have to start over?
Thanks

 

[flyboy08]

That would be up to the shop, but if it were me....or my son....I’d start over.

 

[tursiops]

12 months is the maximum allowed delay. He will have to start over. He'll probably learn a lot more, and have more fun, the second time through than he did the first time!

 

[Geobound]

A couple of years is a long time to go without practicing at all.

If it were me I wouldn't even allow him to pass go without taking the course all over again.

 

[Mike126]

Thanks for the responses. It does make sense to have him start over. Better safe than sorry....