I'm taking a U-boat Diving Course right now. Completion will get me my SDI Wreck and SDI Deep full certifications. The way the course is taught, the instructor informed us that he can also issue us SDI Computer Diver and SDI Boat Diver certs at the end, if we want them. It would only cost the extra admin fees, which he said are around $15 - 20 per C card.
I can't see a reason why I'd bother to spend the extra money. Is there a reason that I'm just missing?
Background:
I already have SDI Computer Nitrox, SDI Advanced Buoyancy Control, and TDI Nitrox. I plan to take SDI Rescue Diver as soon as I have the required number of logged dives. At that point, along with the Wreck and Deep certs I'm working on now, I will just need to get to 50 logged dives to meet all the requirements for the SDI Master Scuba Diver card. And, yes, I do realize that Master Diver doesn't really get me anything except a shiny new card and the associated bragging rights (such as they are). And maybe, just maybe, an easier time occasionally getting on a dive boat for an advanced dive.
I fully intend to go on to TDI Adv Nitrox/Deco. At this time, I don't see myself ever investing in DM training, but I suppose I could always change my mind down the road. But even if I did, I don't see where having "Computer Diver" and "Boat Diver" C cards will ever afford me any additional opportunities beyond what I would have without them.
So, like I said, is there any reason at all I should consider spending the money, even though it's not much in the grand scheme, to get the extra actual cards and certs in my file?
Thanks.
I can't see a reason why I'd bother to spend the extra money. Is there a reason that I'm just missing?
Background:
I already have SDI Computer Nitrox, SDI Advanced Buoyancy Control, and TDI Nitrox. I plan to take SDI Rescue Diver as soon as I have the required number of logged dives. At that point, along with the Wreck and Deep certs I'm working on now, I will just need to get to 50 logged dives to meet all the requirements for the SDI Master Scuba Diver card. And, yes, I do realize that Master Diver doesn't really get me anything except a shiny new card and the associated bragging rights (such as they are). And maybe, just maybe, an easier time occasionally getting on a dive boat for an advanced dive.
I fully intend to go on to TDI Adv Nitrox/Deco. At this time, I don't see myself ever investing in DM training, but I suppose I could always change my mind down the road. But even if I did, I don't see where having "Computer Diver" and "Boat Diver" C cards will ever afford me any additional opportunities beyond what I would have without them.
So, like I said, is there any reason at all I should consider spending the money, even though it's not much in the grand scheme, to get the extra actual cards and certs in my file?
Thanks.