I'm planning a trip to Utila in a few months to pursue my PADI Open Water and Advanced Open Water certifications (Intro to SCUBA 101 & 102, as I see it). I did a full-day Discovery Dive earlier this year and enjoyed it enough to where I'd like to repeat the experience and be able to book dive trips in my future travels. My goal is to gain sufficient knowledge and experience so as to be reasonably confident, safe and capable enough to relax and enjoy any future recreational diving I do.
I'm thinking I'd like to complete the eLearning courses offered by PADI at my own pace, and then follow up with the classroom sessions in Utila, both as a refresher and chance to ask questions, but also as a means of "cementing" what I learned online. It looks like a few shops offer the online courses for much less than PADI does themselves - Saguaro SCUBA and Divers Direct as an example. Does anyone have any experience with these to suppliers or any others that offer the PADI eLearning courses at a discount?
Thanks!
I'm thinking I'd like to complete the eLearning courses offered by PADI at my own pace, and then follow up with the classroom sessions in Utila, both as a refresher and chance to ask questions, but also as a means of "cementing" what I learned online. It looks like a few shops offer the online courses for much less than PADI does themselves - Saguaro SCUBA and Divers Direct as an example. Does anyone have any experience with these to suppliers or any others that offer the PADI eLearning courses at a discount?
Thanks!