Question for "Traditional" Cave Training Agencies -- Is the PADI Cavern Card accepted as a Cavern Cert which would allow the holder thereof to go on to Intro with any other agency?
PADI Cavern Cert Accepted by Others?
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I can partly answer this for the CDAA as I've been looking into doing their cave courses in Aussie.... yes, PADI Cavern plus logged cavern diving experience is considered equivalent to the CDAA "Deep Cavern" course that is a pre-requisite for CDAA Cave.
Interested on what the other agencies stance is.
Interested on what the other agencies stance is.
Sas
Contributor
I think that you still need to do some kind of crossover for the CDAA, not 100% sure though... PADI has only just been added to the list of ones that will be recognised by CDAA too. I would imagine to do Cave you would need the same dive prerequesites as someone who has Deep Cavern.
(off topic, who are you doing your cave course with Andy? Up in Mt Gambier? I just did my Deep Cavern there, heaps of fun!)
Yeah, the climbing/ropework needs to be covered in addition. And it's not a definite entry into Cave - it seems to be at the instructors discretion, or with approval from the CDAA standards director.
Not sure yet - I was hoping to come over in April, but I think that's off the cards now. It will probably be October and definitely Mt Gambier.... it's easier to fly to Mexico than get to Nullabor! I've narrowed it down to a few potential instructors - Jane Bowman and Warrick McDonald are certainly on the list. Jane is by all accounts a bit of a hard case, but very straight which would suit me quite well, I think. Who did your Deep Cavern?
Sas
Contributor
Yea I think that is how it works.
I did deep cavern with Andy Higgins, he was a really great instructor. I have heard that Jane + Warrick are good also. Anyway hope you can get over in October and enjoy the course
I only did cavern last week actually - aiming to go back in early Feb for some fun dives!I did deep cavern with Andy Higgins, he was a really great instructor. I have heard that Jane + Warrick are good also. Anyway hope you can get over in October and enjoy the course
Andy was one of the other people I was looking at.... I bet February won't come around quick enough for you!!!!
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Sorry for dragging this off topic, Peter!
BabyDuck
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peter, no. i don't think they are accepted unless the instructor giving the padi card teaches for multiple agencies & can issue another card. and the ones i've seen - there's definitely a reason for that.
you know, i'd send rob neto a pm if i were you. i'm sure he knows for sure. or jim wyatt, or rick murcar.
you know, i'd send rob neto a pm if i were you. i'm sure he knows for sure. or jim wyatt, or rick murcar.
bluewatertoy
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I did my PADI Cavern Cert with Dennis from Diablo Divers in Puerto Adventuras a couple of years ago. I was assured by both Dennis and a couple of other highly regarded instructors that they would accept the PADI cert if you decided to move on to other classes. But like any instructor, you may have to do a couple of checkout dives with them first.
Kelly
OP
Andy -- no worries about the hijack!
This is just, at the moment, an idle question but was prompted by "the wife" who commented that if my Tech 1 buddy came down to Mexico with us in April (as he is threatening to do), as an MSDT with a Full Cave Card, I could petition PADI to get my Cavern Specialty Card and do a Cavern course for him. I'm just curious if it would mean anything!
This is just, at the moment, an idle question but was prompted by "the wife" who commented that if my Tech 1 buddy came down to Mexico with us in April (as he is threatening to do), as an MSDT with a Full Cave Card, I could petition PADI to get my Cavern Specialty Card and do a Cavern course for him. I'm just curious if it would mean anything!
Have a good look at the instructor outline, Peter.... and make up your own mind as to whether the course is worthwhile!
Personally, I think the PADI Cavern course is fantastic, it's got all the skills that you would expect to see in any limited overhead environment course. The problem isn't the course, it's the people who teach it.
The first thing any cave instructor is going to do with a potential student is (or at least what I would do is...!) get the student to set up a line circuit and get them following the line, blind following, OOG following etc etc. I would guess that the how the student performed on the line is way more important than which agency issued their cavern card.
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