which specialities

[sleepyhead]

Hi
Any comments on the more 'popular' specialities?? Which ones are more fun?? Give me a dive on this

 

[srkdvr]

It all depends, what are your interests? How confortable are you underwater? What do you want to do? Answer these questions then look at specialities.


Rich

 

[lee08]

Deep Diving and Navigation are probably the two best specialties if you get an instructor that knows how to teach them.

 

[alijtaylor]

And if you have not done one already night is good too.

 

[Brian1968]

I'd definitely add Enriched Air (Nitrox) too, if you haven't already done it.

 

[spog]

I would imagine DPV is good fun. I didn't have that option - I did navigation with a compass that didn't work (got very good at navigating by the contours of the sea bed!)

 

[Coogeeman]

For me..DPV and Wreck. The DPV just for the thrill of it and the Wreck course because its every little boys dream to discover pirate booty...and there's still lots of it out there.

Coogeeman

 

[DiverDanC1]

Navigation is a great course b/c the skills you learn can be put into action each dive...night and wreck are also great

 

[AtomicWalrus]

Enriched air & wreck would be at the top of my list of specialty courses. In fact, the two go together very well. Wreck diving will teach you the proper techiques when diving around wrecks, and the enriched air course will give you the extended bottom time you need to explore the more interesting intact wrecks in the 80-100 ft range.

How useful other specialties will be to you depend on where you're going to be diving and what you're interested in. If you're a cold water diver, the drysuit course is a good one. Underwater photography is another good course - it'll give you a leg up on taking some good underwater photos.

 

[Diver Mike]

If you live like I do in Indiana and work in Seattle, dry suit diver is an excellent course. I also agree about DPV and Wreck Diver as good choices.