Most of this has been pretty well covered. But I get a kick out of these "experienced" (maybe elitist) divers who carry on about the '80 feet is out of reach for an OW diver'. Get a life Dudes. Most of the divers who I have dived with have said that they were diving 100 feet or more by the time they had 10-15 dives under their belt. I'd bet that most of these people making these silly statements about the limits one should dive would be wearing the same hat.