A climate controlled room helps as well
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I'm renting my room from my parents X'DA climate controlled room helps as wellView attachment 683037
Oh they aren't hung up upside down?A climate controlled room helps as wellView attachment 683037
No. You only do the first dive of each specialty.They make you do Nav and Deep (I believe you finish those two completely),
Advanced is four specialties plus 25 dives.Advanced looks like what used to called master diver when I did it in 2010.
Oh ok, kinda like Boy Scouts with ticking off the box items. Makes sense. Based on the convo here I'll probably speak to my local shop and figure out how they schedule the individual specialties and start with BuoyancyAdvanced is four specialties plus 25 dives.
Master is four specialties plus Rescue plus 50 dives.
Neither is a certification level, just a recognition level.
You'll spend a lot more money and time doing the specialties prior to Rescue.Oh ok, kinda like Boy Scouts with ticking off the box items. Makes sense. Based on the convo here I'll probably speak to my local shop and figure out how they schedule the individual specialties and start with Buoyancy
StuartScuba, they have a different instructor for each specialty. I was leaning towards doing Buoyancy, Deep Diver, and then either Wreck or Night based on whichever appeals more. I'd thought about drysuit or FFM, but the shop offers neither of these and I figured it would be something to think over as I get more dives done and decide if I can take the FL winter water or not.You'll spend a lot more money and time doing the specialties prior to Rescue.
If your goal is Rescue then just do your 40 dives -- in varying environments, if possible -- and work on buoyancy/trim.
If your goal is learning some new kinds of things underwater, then the Advanced Adventurer is the fastest, easiest way to taste what some of them are like so you can hoose among them wisely.
If you already know what specialties you want to do, then just do them.
Note that your shop may not teach all the specialties equally well. For example, they can probably do Deep just fine, but Wreck is best taught by someone who seriously dives a lot of wrecks.
Careful of what you say.....bashing is not nice, especially if you are basing it on hearsay.Luckily this isn't PADI where they just increase everything by 25% in price