- Messages
- 305
- Reaction score
- 24
- # of dives
I would have to say "maybe".
I am an instructor now, but I went for the DiveCon (SSI equivalent, at the time), and it did help me be a better diver, because we keyed in, for a long time, all of the technical stuff of dive theory, as well as working on skill sets. But yes, there was a lot of other stuff involved, too (sales related), in that course, and the Instructor Course.
For my money+time, I'd just take private one-on-one lessons with a good instructor. However, if you want to know a lot, and learn a lot, the SSI course is a lot of bang for the buck.
I am an instructor now, but I went for the DiveCon (SSI equivalent, at the time), and it did help me be a better diver, because we keyed in, for a long time, all of the technical stuff of dive theory, as well as working on skill sets. But yes, there was a lot of other stuff involved, too (sales related), in that course, and the Instructor Course.
For my money+time, I'd just take private one-on-one lessons with a good instructor. However, if you want to know a lot, and learn a lot, the SSI course is a lot of bang for the buck.