Diving only in what you trained in ignorance

[tursiops]

swimming under the salt pier on bonaire...

What does swimming under the salt pier have to do with it? That is not an overhead environment; you have direct access to the surface.

 

[divad]

I was certified in Vortex springs, I felt like I did pretty well in comparison to the rest of my colleagues. I came back and my next dives post cert. were in the Tennessee river with current in 4' vis. the LDS offered a river diving course and recommended it but insisted I dive with someone with experience in those conditions. Diving went great at the river then my next dives were ina 70' rock quarry. I then headed to Naples florida and my first saltwater dives were also my first boat dives and I also went spearfishing. I feel like if you limit yourself because its something new then you can never grow as a diver. At the very least I made sure I went with someone who knew the area and conditions but I didn't let that stop me from new experiences.

You sound proud of yourself.

 

[phoenix31tt]

Oh sh*t, the scuba police's gonna get me for all these 80' dives and boat drifts and nights and swimming under the salt pier on bonaire...

not to mention i was giving an example of what diving within your training means... but ok...

got me with the salt pier though...

 

[dmaziuk]

What does swimming under the salt pier have to do with it? That is not an overhead environment; you have direct access to the surface.

Yeah, well, it was hard to resist and besides someone asking for a diving advice on facebook likely wouldn't know the difference.

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not to mention i was giving an example of what diving within your training means... but ok...

It's my training. E.g. my OW instructor explained how boats work. I understand somebody might need more training before getting on one, but for me that seemed enough.

 

[NAM001]

The last class i sat in on was . Certifies you to dive in conditions equal to or better than those trained in. There is not much you cant do when you certed in 3-5 ft vis, cold water and 60 ft, on a single tank rig. As mentioned before it is meant to tell the student that if you did not penatrate in class dont do it on your own with out proper training..

 

[Kharon]

The last class i sat in on was . Certifies you to dive in conditions equal to or better than those trained in. There is not much you cant do when you certed in 3-5 ft vis, cold water and 60 ft, on a single tank rig. As mentioned before it is meant to tell the student that if you did not penatrate in class dont do it on your own with out proper training..

Spot on. There's a huge difference between certifying in cold, murkey water and then diving in the Caribbean and taking a resort course in the Caribbean and trying to dive in cold, low vis water with some current.

 

[Sonnylynnvick75]

You sound proud of yourself.

Except, I don't. I was simply supplying my background as to why I felt the way on the situation that I do. You however sound condescending.

 

[tursiops]

we covered all aspects of boatdiving in open water certification

Really? This seems so unlikely. How do you even know you covered ALL aspects? Or is this just hyperbole?

 

[Texanguy]

I think it was a lot to do with the diver. Some are comfortable in water some are not. Some are more fit than others some are able to stay calm other can't. There is a lot of different types of people. Because one dive can quickly adapt to a different environment doesn't mean that all divers can.

 

[NAM001]

You probably got taught to use a compass also. But you in no way was taught everything you had to know for navigation. Anything you got taught in OW or AOW was just the highlights of more comprehensive courses. The same thing can be said for buoyancy, rescue, equipment specialist.

I understand what you are saying completely. we covered all aspects of boatdiving in open water certification though which I feel like should be mandatory for all certification courses no matter who the orginization is.