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Hey there out in cyberland. New to the boards and a newly minted Open Water Diver (And VERY irritated about it). I was first certified in 1972 at the ripe old age of 15, dove my brains out for the next 3 years while I lived on Guam then after we moved stateside I dove quite a bit in the Carribean, then here in SoCal after joining the Navy. After taking a few (OK, more like 20) years off to raise a family I re-started diving on my occasional vacations to Kona and Maui. Earlier this year I was getting ready for a trip to Kona and WTF??? Can't find my 35 year old c-card! So after the trip I tear the house apart and find it and decide I probably need an updated card (old pic is a "little" dated ) so I send everything into PADI and 3 weeks later what come in ths mail? A PADI c-card labeling me "BASIC SCUBA DIVER", what a kick in the nuts, so I look online and can find NOTHING on what this rating means. But on the 10th off to Maui I go, new card in hand. There the s**t hits the fan, I was turned away by the dive boat after they confused my cert with the new, lame "Scuba Diver" rating (after all, if a "scuba diver" can only go to 40' a "basic scuba diver" must be even more limited, of the 4 boats leaving Kehei that AM, none of the operators had a clue ). So after going back to the Grand Wailea and steaming for a while (This was a Sunday AM so PADI was closed) I headed to my favorite dive shop on the island (Maui Dreams) and Paul and Teri researched it for me and verified that my cert was fine and I should have been allowed on the boat but after discussing the situation I decided I NEVER wanted to be humiliated like that again, so open water it needed to be. Unfortunately their instructors were booked for the remainder of my trip so what's a guy to do? Well Maui Dreams ROCKS and they hooked me up with an independent instructor and we did the needed testing (only missed 2 questions, not bad for 35 years out of the classroom) and the 2 needed open water dives (EASY compared to what I went through to become a "basic scuba diver"). So here I am, now I'm thinking that maybe I'll give SoCal diving a try again, (maybe even retire the NIkonos V for something a "little" more modern) what the heck, the kids are grown now and it's Dad's turn for fun!
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Wow, note to self.."don't loose my cards"! Ocide Jimc, please make yourself comfortable here and drop on down to your new local dive forum... http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/socal/
Would love to you join in our fun here in So.Cal. .. check out our many planned dives.. and not so planned get togethers... In less than two weeks, we will be divin' and socializing at the Casino Point. Last of this years "wrinkle" BBQ/beach dives. Hope to see you in the water some day soon
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) so I send everything into PADI and 3 weeks later what come in ths mail? A PADI c-card labeling me "BASIC SCUBA DIVER", what a kick in the nuts, so I look online and can find NOTHING on what this rating means. But on the 10th off to Maui I go, new card in hand. There the s**t hits the fan, I was turned away by the dive boat after they confused my cert with the new, lame "Scuba Diver" rating (after all, if a "scuba diver" can only go to 40' a "basic scuba diver" must be even more limited, of the 4 boats leaving Kehei that AM, none of the operators had a clue
). So after going back to the Grand Wailea and steaming for a while (This was a Sunday AM so PADI was closed) I headed to my favorite dive shop on the island (Maui Dreams) and Paul and Teri researched it for me and verified that my cert was fine and I should have been allowed on the boat but after discussing the situation I decided I NEVER wanted to be humiliated like that again, so open water it needed to be. Unfortunately their instructors were booked for the remainder of my trip so what's a guy to do? Well Maui Dreams ROCKS and they hooked me up with an independent instructor and we did the needed testing (only missed 2 questions, not bad for 35 years out of the classroom) and the 2 needed open water dives (EASY compared to what I went through to become a "basic scuba diver"). So here I am, now I'm thinking that maybe I'll give SoCal diving a try again, (maybe even retire the NIkonos V for something a "little" more modern) what the heck, the kids are grown now and it's Dad's turn for fun!
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Hi Oside Jimc and Welcome to 
