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Your post seems to reflect your avatar, oh master kenobi lol... Appreciate your answers breaking up my post and making direct answers to each questions posed! You answered all my initial queries. Yes, I think current AOW seems a misnomer and “Adventures in Diving” seems much more appropriate...

“Shore diving also rocks!!!!!!!”... by the looks of the picture, it definitely “rocks” lol Yeah, I like the almost no planning part of shoredives. Boat dives here for the most part need to be booked or take chance of availability on day of dive. And shore dives seem more adventurous...

Lol. I was thinking with boaters and jet skis... if something happens I don’t want it to fall on me

Thank you for sharing your aow experience. Sounds similar to mine, so it’s reassuring I’m not being “left behind” compared to other aow experiences.

Thank you for sharing your experience. I was fortunate to discover much improved buoyancy control as I continued to dive more often. But afterwards, yes, I see where your perfect buoyancy made diving that much more fun!

Enjoyed reading your dive experience. That seems very thorough. I was expecting more advanced classroom knowledge and skills learning when I signed up for aow. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for your input. Sounds like my experience also. Night dive was new experience but nothing new skills (able to carry two flashlights doesn’t count). It was compass that I learned the most so far. And no classroom time means it’s same with me. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for your sharing your experience!

I was hoping to experience this under supervision, but didn’t happen. How did you know you were narced? Deepest I’ve gone was about 118 feet but didn’t notice anything... but then again we weren’t there for too long at all. Thanks!

Thanks for all that info... insightful for sure. That’s a lot more detailed info especially the deep dive part that I never did. But I now have more questions for my instructor. Thanks!

Enjoyed reading your aow experience! Yes, the night dive was great! It was a first and followed a monster eel (had to be 7-8 feet) out in open water as we were headed back to shore! So it definitely topped off the end of an exciting dive!

Thats what it seemed like after my first dive of the AOW was the night dive

Appreciate your feedback! And yes, I think instructor is more on the fun experience diving you mention. Thanks!

Thank you! Altitude diving is not gonna be an option where I am . But, yes I see where you’re coming from! Thanks!

Buoyancy control seemed to come through trial and error for me. And discovering on my own that I can breath shallow or deep to control my buoyancy was like discovering some lost secret! I don’t know how or why I might have missed that in my ow course? The more I dove, I eventually realized I...

So was your AOW course similar to mine? No classroom time, basically supervised dives in different environment? Thanks

That was one way I was thinking, but I’m enjoying it, so I’ll take as supervised dives. Thanks!

Yes! I actually enjoyed playing with the compass. It was like a mini adventure finding that coral on so and so compass heading. Thanks!

Thanks for reply! That’s the thing... I don’t know what I’m supposed to get out of the AOW course. Whether my experience is similar to others was basically what I was trying to get at. It just seems awkward to ask instructor whether he is teaching me everything he’s supposed to. But I do...

Thank you ScubaBoard community for added insight and chuckles . I read every post and am grateful for you taking the time and effort in posting replies. So it seems there isn’t anything “wrong” with what I’m going through. So it sounds like AOW is supposed to be new dive experiences under...