Erich S
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Does anyone know the percentage of new OW divers that go on to get their AOW certifications?
OW to AOW?
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No, I don't believe that data is released to the public.
Some people go a lifetime OW certified with thousands of dives and other's get dozens of certs.
Are you considering an AOW training program?
Dive often!
Cameron
Some people go a lifetime OW certified with thousands of dives and other's get dozens of certs.
Are you considering an AOW training program?
Dive often!
Cameron
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Erich S
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No, just interested in what instructors or others see in their own classes. My guess is most divers stay at the OW level but I could be wrong.
When I got certified many years ago I couldn't wait to get my AOW along with some specialty certifications.
When I got certified many years ago I couldn't wait to get my AOW along with some specialty certifications.
2airishuman
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There's a figure floating around out there that 15% of the new certs are technical certs, which generally have AOW as a prerequisite. Then again typically people who have technical certs have more than one, so it's hard to draw many conclusions.
Which agency? Which country? Which region in country? Which shop/instructor?
You're asking for specifics and giving none.
You're asking for specifics and giving none.
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Erich S
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I saw some world-wide stats from PADI once but I don't remember well enough what was in them to give you a number. The impression that stuck in my head was, "surprisingly few".
At the place where I work the majority of divers we get seem to fall into two categories:
- Ones that take lessons because they are going on vacation and want to dive (the majority)
and
- Ones who decided to take up diving locally (the minority)
If people become active local divers they almost all take AOW within a year or so after their initial training and the majority of those take Rescue as well.
If they're doing it for vacation diving then a lot of them don't bother with AOW unless they want to dive deeper and if they do take it then they usually do it while on vacation. The impression I have about vacation divers is that they seldom if ever dive locally after their initial training so we normally only see them when they take a refresher before going on vacation.
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Erich S
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Thank you Diver0001, that makes sense and think only a minority of new divers go any further than OW.
Chip Elliott
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Being an older person yet a newbie, I have every intention of taking more advanced courses once I get certified OW. I have a whole list of specialty courses I want to take right after certification: photography, navigation, diver stress and rescue, react right, nitrox, perfect buoyancy, deep diving, etc. I feel the more I know the better a diver I will be.
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