scrane
Contributor
As far as I can see, your highest certification level is a function of how much money you are willing to spend. PADI, I'm sure, would love to see mandatory depth limits for all certification levels.
I have never flashed a certification card above OW, and have never been denied any dives offered to my AOW cousins. As one would hope, all divers are watched pretty carefully and categorized by skilled divemasters on their first couple of dives. I would very quickly pull the plug on any operator who limited my diving using such arbitrary criteria as OW/AOW levels.
I have never flashed a certification card above OW, and have never been denied any dives offered to my AOW cousins. As one would hope, all divers are watched pretty carefully and categorized by skilled divemasters on their first couple of dives. I would very quickly pull the plug on any operator who limited my diving using such arbitrary criteria as OW/AOW levels.