jlyle
Contributor
- Messages
- 2,245
- Reaction score
- 1,200
- Location
- Palos Verdes Peninsula, California
- # of dives
- 2500 - 4999
MikeFerrara:An instructor may do a large number of shallow dives but it's about as technical and demanding as it gets...it's the 20 ft teaching dive that requires the most skill and experience to do well.
I respectfully disagree. Yes, teaching OW students can be mentally and physically demanding, but the diving is hardly challenging. Would you want to buddy up with someone who had only done training dives on a deep dive, in cold water, on a wreck, in current, from shore, in low vis., and at night?
I guess I was trying to say that my radar goes up whenever anyone starts bragging about how "experienced" they are, especially those who claim to be instructors.
In general, the more diving you do, the better DM/instructor you are going to be. I would also suggest that in your DM training, you work with as many different instructors as you possibly can. It's amazing how many good techniques you can pick up from observing others.