drjtprice
Contributor
While scuba certifications may be forever, the knowledge of what they might mean is not. I have seen the 2007 article of equivalencies but what about older ones? I was certified NASDS Basic, Advanced, and Dive Coordinator. The cards say diver (which was certified), open water (which was advanced and required 10 open water dives including navigation, search and rescue, night, deep, etc), and Dive Coordinator training was really equivalent to what is now called Dive Master. I can't find any documentation of equivalencies that go back that far and am beginning to have trouble with shops accepting my certifications. I missed the SSI cut-off for crossing over so am beginning to feel a little put-out and not that happy. Does anyone have a publication of equivalencies from pre-2000?