Hi all,
I just wanted to pass along my experience with EASE down in Vero Beach. I attended their week long divemaster course, and we finished yesterday. I am usually pretty underwhelmed by most recreational scuba courses, but this one was pretty legit. I had to do all the watermanship skills in one day (which is a challenge) and my demonstration quality skills were worked over and over until I could produce a 4 or 5 quality skill consistently. I stayed at their privately owned house with a few other people, and it was a blast. The course directors and instructors frequently cooked meals for us, and breakfast, lunch, and dinner were included with the lodging. There is a 12 foot deep pool attached directly to the house for pool work, swimming, and skills practice. My charter to lead dives in West Palm Beach was included in the cost of the course, as were all my fills. If you have read many of my posts, you know that I am usually very critical of the quality of courses in the scuba industry. The bottom line is that this course was top notch, the two course directors and one instructor were top notch, and the facilities made learning easy. My course director has been instructing diving since I was 11 years old. I learned a lot, and I am a better DM for it. So if you need a place for IDC or DM that is affordable, well run, and staffed by genuinely intelligent people, you found it.
I just wanted to pass along my experience with EASE down in Vero Beach. I attended their week long divemaster course, and we finished yesterday. I am usually pretty underwhelmed by most recreational scuba courses, but this one was pretty legit. I had to do all the watermanship skills in one day (which is a challenge) and my demonstration quality skills were worked over and over until I could produce a 4 or 5 quality skill consistently. I stayed at their privately owned house with a few other people, and it was a blast. The course directors and instructors frequently cooked meals for us, and breakfast, lunch, and dinner were included with the lodging. There is a 12 foot deep pool attached directly to the house for pool work, swimming, and skills practice. My charter to lead dives in West Palm Beach was included in the cost of the course, as were all my fills. If you have read many of my posts, you know that I am usually very critical of the quality of courses in the scuba industry. The bottom line is that this course was top notch, the two course directors and one instructor were top notch, and the facilities made learning easy. My course director has been instructing diving since I was 11 years old. I learned a lot, and I am a better DM for it. So if you need a place for IDC or DM that is affordable, well run, and staffed by genuinely intelligent people, you found it.
