I'm ready to take my training beyond PADI OW and Nitrox. I'm planning a trip to the High Springs area in early '09 and want to take a class or two while I'm there. I want to be judicious with my class choices b/c scuba is only one of two of my expensive hobbies and I don't want to waste money. Here's what I am considering and why:
Any advice on how I should proceed? Would it be too much to take GUE-F first, practice a few days, then take the intro to cavern class all in the same trip? Should it be the other way around? Or should I take only one class (which one?) and take another during my next visit home. I'm planning on concentrating on my frog kick, trim and buoyancy. I think I'm doing okay but should I also work on anything else before my trip?
Thanks!
Aileen
- GUE fundamentals: Everything about my diving definitely improved after taking an intro to DIR class earlier this year. I learned so much. I'd like to take GUE-F in the next year instead of AOW. Is there any value in taking both? In what order?
- Intro to cavern 2-day course: I feel like I'd learn more in a 2-day cavern class than in a 1-day wreck. Don't they basically cover the same principles? And I would have to take PADI AOW before wreck.
Any advice on how I should proceed? Would it be too much to take GUE-F first, practice a few days, then take the intro to cavern class all in the same trip? Should it be the other way around? Or should I take only one class (which one?) and take another during my next visit home. I'm planning on concentrating on my frog kick, trim and buoyancy. I think I'm doing okay but should I also work on anything else before my trip?
Thanks!
Aileen