Question Transfer PADI open water cert to SDI?

[mattfish]

Howdy folks! I'm still new to SCUBA, and I'm getting ready to continue my learning and gain experience. I started out getting certified with PADI, and now I'm looking at continuing my education with SDI. I was wondering, do I just start things with the Advanced Adventure over on SDI, or do I need to transfer my Open Water cert over to SDI before I can get started?

 

[Marie13]

There is no transferring OW. Just do your AA with SDI and off you go!

 

[tursiops]

Your PADI OW card satisfies the prerequisites for the SDA Adv Adventurer. No need to trasnfer anything, and you can't do that anyway.

 

[Centrals]

Howdy folks! I'm still new to SCUBA, and I'm getting ready to continue my learning and gain experience. I started out getting certified with PADI, and now I'm looking at continuing my education with SDI. I was wondering, do I just start things with the Advanced Adventure over on SDI, or do I need to transfer my Open Water cert over to SDI before I can get started?

You will find the answer near the bottom left of the page:

SDI Advanced Adventure Diver - International Training - SDI | TDI | ERDI | PFI

www.tdisdi.com

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

You can train with any agency you wish. After getting OW certification with PADI, I've trained through GUE, TDI/SDI, SSI, and NAUI.

The most important card is the credit card.

 

[mattfish]

Thanks everyone! I'm glad I can just keep going and don't have to move a completed cert to another agency.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Just a thought to consider. With some instructors your basic OW card doesn't tell us anything other than you survived your checkout dives.
We may still require a pool evaluation to see if your skills are up to snuff for con-ed.
I have had to take a number of people back into the pool and then do an OW dive or two before I let them take further training. Otherwise they would have been frustrated and not made it through the subsequent class.
Most common issue? Buoyancy and trim not up to my standards.

 

[mattfish]

I would love it if my instructor asked me to do a pool dive before we started continuing education. Not because I doubt my current abilities (such as they are for a 12-dive newbie), but because it'll give them a chance to see where I'm at and hopefully tweak the coverage to focus on my weakest points.