Wow - dive training to 10'. This is brilliant. During the course of the course, as long as it didn't slow things down, you could get your students all worked up about the possibility of one day, perhaps, going to 20' AND living to tell about it.
'Super-cheap' dive qualification to only 3m/10ft
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I don't get this at all. In fact. I oppose this kind of thing. Why take quick class? To save money? Scuba is scuba. Safety issues and safe diving practices apply at 3 meters as well as 30 meters. I really think this is a "hook" to get someone to take an open water class. I can envision someone taking this class and then going to a dive destination only to find the only site they can do is the hot tub at the hotel, because the pool is 4 meters deep. What's the point?
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ianr33
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Do you mean like the way dive op will not let a diver go below 60 ft if they only have an OW certification?
Nirvana
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Amazing! They managed to subtract at least three days of OW course by covering less "extensive decompression theory". I guess ordinary divers over there must have a Ph.D in human physiology just to start the OW course.
Just wrong in so many ways. But do they offer the corresponding Nitrox course... 
while avoiding any theory.....
Our dive shop offers three flavors of courses, slow, medium, and fast. Fast is a Thursday night class, Saturday night 3.5 hours in the pool, Sunday morning 4 hours in the pool, Sunday afternoon 3 hours class, then two days OW the next weekend. JUst finished the Sunday class and I am very tired (finished at 11:00 last night, back to the shop, get tanks filled for the next morning, arrived at 7:00 to load the van). The very good students handle this schedule with aplomb, but there are always others that require that special touch (and time), and this schedule makes it hard.
Sorry to go slightly off topic, but just following up on several previous posters comments.
Terry
while avoiding any theory.....Our dive shop offers three flavors of courses, slow, medium, and fast. Fast is a Thursday night class, Saturday night 3.5 hours in the pool, Sunday morning 4 hours in the pool, Sunday afternoon 3 hours class, then two days OW the next weekend. JUst finished the Sunday class and I am very tired (finished at 11:00 last night, back to the shop, get tanks filled for the next morning, arrived at 7:00 to load the van). The very good students handle this schedule with aplomb, but there are always others that require that special touch (and time), and this schedule makes it hard.
Sorry to go slightly off topic, but just following up on several previous posters comments.
Terry
This strikes me as something which started out as a solution to a different problem. If you follow the RYA (UK Royal Yacht Association) articles and then watch the videos this started as a solution to giving power-boaters an air source to breath from when they had flipped their powerboats and were unstrapping and getting out of the canopies.
I guess some bright guy had a brain wave and said "Hey - I can use this to go down to clear my prop of that rope I fouled !" - this led to the mini B 3 metre course.
In my view it was never intended to be a fast track into traditional scuba, and I really can't see the RYA wanting to get into that field at all. The company has then seen a marketing opportunity to take it beyond this concept and extend it to open water. Interestingly if you check the graphics ONLY the mini B 3 metre course has the RYA link on it.
I have to say though that I would NOT want to be dropping into most UK waters with only one day of training and then be planning to work under a boat in tides and current and cold water to cut a rope off a prop !
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edited to put the NOT in !
I guess some bright guy had a brain wave and said "Hey - I can use this to go down to clear my prop of that rope I fouled !" - this led to the mini B 3 metre course.
In my view it was never intended to be a fast track into traditional scuba, and I really can't see the RYA wanting to get into that field at all. The company has then seen a marketing opportunity to take it beyond this concept and extend it to open water. Interestingly if you check the graphics ONLY the mini B 3 metre course has the RYA link on it.
I have to say though that I would NOT want to be dropping into most UK waters with only one day of training and then be planning to work under a boat in tides and current and cold water to cut a rope off a prop !
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edited to put the NOT in !
This is a horrible idea IMO. The first atmosphere down is the most dangerous as it has the largest pressure change and due to the shallow depths you get a false sense of security. This has the potential of creating a lot of issues for new divers.
phoenix31tt
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As if new divers weren't abused enough for having "dumbed" down training.
Lets hope this doesn't take/spread
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Kharon
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The only way it might be safe is if they were required to use a system that stopped breathing deeper than 3 meters. Otherwise they better have a ton of liability insurance. On second thought, were it me, I'd take out my own policy on anyone I certified. Might be a get rich quick scheme. LOL
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