specialties

[hydroslyder]

I am just about done with my PADI AOW Class, and after a little while I am gonna be looking for specialties to complete. I would like to eventually get to padi master diver, and then move on to some more technical aspects of diving from more advanced certification agencies, but for the time being I was wondering which specialties people have done, and what was most beneficial to their diving, and if you are a tec diver, which specialties do you recommend to get leading up to some of the more advanced diving.

Thanks

 

[metridium]

You don't really need any specialties to take tech classes. Nitrox and drysuit are the most useful ones I can think of. Rescue might be nice, but it's not required.

 

[hydroslyder]

Thanks for your reply, but I would personally like to get the specialties just because I want the divemaster rating so that I could possibly be the mate on a dive boat, and to do that I need the 5 specialties. This is kind of a ways away, because you need at least 50 dives, i have like 1/8 of that, but it never hurts to plan. So any other feedback on the original question.

Thanks again everybody

 

[Scubaroo]

hydroslyder once bubbled...
Thanks for your reply, but I would personally like to get the specialties just because I want the divemaster rating so that I could possibly be the mate on a dive boat, and to do that I need the 5 specialties. This is kind of a ways away, because you need at least 50 dives, i have like 1/8 of that, but it never hurts to plan. So any other feedback on the original question.

Thanks again everybody

"Master Diver" and "Divemaster" are two totally seperate things - Master Diver is AOW, Rescue, and 5 specialties - purely a non-professional level, whereas Divemaster is a seperate course designed for assisting with diver education, allowing you to assist with open water courses, etc, and a pre-requisite for instructor training (in general).

A PADI Master Diver rating will not get you a job on a dive boat.

 

[Northeastwrecks]

nt

 

[hydroslyder]

Yeah I know this my mind left me for a little while, they both have just about the same requirements, divemaster does not need the 5 specialties, or the 50 dives it needs 20, and you have to be 18 to be a divemaster, sorry for the mix up. I would actually like to get both ratings, master diver while im still under 18, and divemaster when I turn 18.

Sorry again, and any other suggestions are always, appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Northeastwrecks]

nt

 

[hydroslyder]

Northeastwrecks, just wonderin which agencys masterdiver rating were you reffering to because it seems a lot different from PADIs, but anyway thanks for the info.

 

[hydroslyder]

there i go again, i meant divemaster, which agency were you talking about for the divemaster rating because it seemed a lot different from padis

 

[Northeastwrecks]

nt