SSI in 1986

[diving_emtp]

I originally got certified in 1986 through SSI. I was looking through my original log book and Open Water Dive #5 was a night dive.

When did night dives get moved from the basic open water course to advanced?

I'm assuming this was industry wide or were there only a select few certification agencies that did night dives during basic open water training?

Thanks

Curt

 

[oly5050user]

never was part of certification for ow certification...

 

[diving_emtp]

It was. I have the original SSI log book training records. It says right on top Open Water Dive #5 - Night dive.

 

[diving_emtp]

Maybe I shouldn't have written "It was". However, I took SSI OW instruction in '86 and I remember doing a night dive as part of the OW instruction and I have the training records as I've already said. The other reason I know it was taken during the OW cert was the instructor was a young guy in his early 20's that did my entire OW course. A week or 2 after our OW cert a bunch of us did AOW and the instructor that did the OW course no longer worked at dive shop and the owner of the shop did the AOW.

Maybe someone could explain then, if it was never part of the OW curriculum, how is it that my training records reflect night diving as part of the OW cert.

Thanks

 

[SteveAD]

Maybe your instructor added it at his own discretion.

 

[oly5050user]

I was an NASDS (1026) and then an SSI instr back then..# was 1409...we did night as part of an advance course..was not a requirement for ow certification..I really do not remember if there had been 2 or 4 dives required for certification back then.Started out with no ow dives required for certification,then it was 2 then it became 4..Do not remember the dates when it all changed.Toooo looong ago.

 

[diving_emtp]

Toooo looong ago.

Yeah, tell me about it. I wish I never had given up diving way back when. In land locked Missouri as a 16-17 y/o kid it was hard to find a dive buddy even though I lived on a lake. None of my friends dove so it just went by the wayside.

As far as AOW I believe it was 2 dives. I'll have to look in my log book

The instructor that did my OW was #2800 and the owner of the shop was #45.

Thanks for all the info.

diving_emtp

 

[Scott]

When did night dives get moved from the basic open water course to advanced?

Now that was fun. Thanks for making me blow the dust off of an old manual. Somewhere between 86 and 95 it must have been dropped. My 1995 manual has no reference to a night dive as dive 5 but dive 6 was a dive to basically cut the umbilical cord.

 

[diving_emtp]

I still have the old Jeppesen manual and the Knowledge Review book that SSI used for the OW course.

I'm sure SSI / Jeppesen didn't call it Knowledge Review but that is essentially what it is.

diving_emtp

 

[oly5050user]

after I read that you had the old text book ,I had to see if I had one here myself..
Put out in 1981 called "Recreational Diving" a complete diving text..This is what we taught out of in that era. Written by Dr.Tom Jerussi,who was a personal friend of mine.
Tom was an instructor at a LDS where I also taught out of at the same time..Former officer US Navy Seal team.As far as I know he still does some competitive spearfishing.
Cost of book at the time (has a price sticker on it) was $11.