Jonathan Barlow
New
My girlfriend and I are on travel and want to try scuba diving. One shop offers a 1 day "discover" course which includes 2 open water dives. If we like it we can continue 2 more days to receive open water certification by NDL.
The other option is a padi shop which offers a similar discover course which transitions into certification as well, but it's more expensive and gives less time in open water, using a pool instead.
I like the first option much better but my only concern is that we might end up with a limited certification if we did choose to complete the full course. We will continue to travel many places and if I'm going to put the time and money into it, I prefer to have a certification that will allow us to dive unescorted anywhere we go.
What do you think?
National Dive League
The other option is a padi shop which offers a similar discover course which transitions into certification as well, but it's more expensive and gives less time in open water, using a pool instead.
I like the first option much better but my only concern is that we might end up with a limited certification if we did choose to complete the full course. We will continue to travel many places and if I'm going to put the time and money into it, I prefer to have a certification that will allow us to dive unescorted anywhere we go.
What do you think?
National Dive League