Is there a time limit after classroom and pool.

[deaf diver]

I have a friend who completed her class and pool work with Padi about 14 months ago. Does anyone know if she can still take her open water? Or does she need to do something before
Thank you
Greg

 

[TerryC]

Official Padi limit is 12 months.
Seriously though, does she think she is ready to safely go to Open Water with a 14 month gap between her pool session and her dives?
She will need to study her academics again and take her final exam, then complete a confined water session.

 

[northernone]

I have a friend who completed her class and pool work with Padi about 14 months ago. Does anyone know if she can still take her open water? Or does she need to do something before
Thank you
Greg

Generally it's 12 months but contacting your regional padi office with the situation may find an exception to this general guideline.

Cameron

 

[deaf diver]

Official Padi limit is 12 months.
Seriously though, does she think she is ready to safely go to Open Water with a 14 month gap between her pool session and her dives?
She will need to study her academics again and take her final exam, then complete a confined water session.

 

[deaf diver]

Yes she feels very comfortable going forward with het open waters. She has reviewed all of the books and has retaken all of the quizzes and tests and only missed 2 questions

 

[flyboy08]

Her DM will best be able to determine on the first dive...the internet wont. Have her proceed with a DM.

 

[oly5050user]

Standards are 1 year to complete . This can mean different things, can range from repeating course to taking a few pool sessions and final exam. Will Need to fill out all forms and liability release, safe diving practices, medical in a new student folder. If a medical release from Doctor originally required , a new one is required again.

 

[JackD342]

Her DM will best be able to determine on the first dive...the internet wont. Have her proceed with a DM.

First a small clarification: a Divemaster is NOT an Open Water Instructor.
I checked everywhere I could think to look, and did not find any PADI guidance on interrupted training. I swear I have read it in the past, just couldn’t find it. The one year limit that sticks in everyone’s memory I think comes from the paperwork limitations, and the stated “one year from last completed activity” on a referral. But I am pretty sure there was a specific article clarifying that interrupted learning does not have to start over again, but does require some common sense review and remediation to finish up.

 

[Barnaby'sDad]

Official Padi limit is 12 months.
Seriously though, does she think she is ready to safely go to Open Water with a 14 month gap between her pool session and her dives?
She will need to study her academics again and take her final exam, then complete a confined water session.

That would be my concern...assuming she can find an instructor that is willing to overlook the time since academics and pool sessions were completed.

Assuming she can find an instructor to do this, I'm guessing that it's going to have to be one on one...as it's not going to be fair to an existing OW class (just got done with academics and pool sessions) to roll someone that's in her boat into their class (she's going to require a significant amount of one on one instruction).

 

[Pedro Burrito]

From the 2019 PADI Instructor Manual.

Referral is the process of providing training documentation to another PADI Instructor when a student diver is part-way through a course and wants to finish the course at another location.

Referrals expire 12 months from the date of the last training segment.

If the instructor wants a waiver from the expiration:

Waivers from PADI Standards

To request permission to deviate from a PADI Standard, submit a written request to your PADI Office including a specific description of the situation and rationale for the exception or deviation. If approved, your PADI Office will issue a standards waiver that is granted only to you (the individual member) and is valid for one year. Reapply annually to extend the waiver.

As a PADI instructor, I would not take a diver on the Open Water portion of training with a 14 month layoff from the Confined Water portion without a waiver or the diver redoing the Confined Water portion of the training. If any instructor is willing to do it and there is a problem or incident or accident then the instructor will have to deal with the violation of standards.