Non-Diving PADI specialties

[crazed_dolphin]

Does anyone know of any dive shops that teaches PADI specialty classes that require no dives such as Project AWARE in the southern Maryland/northern VA area? I live in St Mary county but am willing to go as far as Baltimore or Fairfax. Actually LDS near Solomons is offering a free Project Aware course but so far we don't have enough people.

 

[archman]

Can a non-diving specialty be used towards getting PADI Master Diver? Ha ha! That would be SWELL.

 

[CRDiver]

Put Another Dollar In strikes again....

 

[Otter]

Troll Alert

 

[Don Burke]

One wonders if there is a specialty for collecting underwater-related stamps.

 

[glbirch]

Can a non-diving specialty be used towards getting PADI Master Diver? Ha ha! That would be SWELL.

Dang, I just saw a thread on this a week or two ago. Seems like it may be possible to get a PADI 'Master Diver' rating without doing any diving. Have to see if I can find the link.

 

[Otter]

Dang, I just saw a thread on this a week or two ago. Seems like it may be possible to get a PADI 'Master Diver' rating without doing any diving. Have to see if I can find the link.

Lets not forget that you must be RESCUE certified first....which, if done properly, is not a walk in the park.

 

[glbirch]

Lets not forget that you must be RESCUE certified first....which, if done properly, is not a walk in the park.

Sorry, I meant the certification itself. From PADI you need OW, AOW, RD and 50 logged dives. But from what I undersood you can get the 'Master Diver' qualification by choosing five specialties that don't require any more dives than that.

 

[archman]

Rescue Diver is the only cert I've taken where I've gotten sunburned... most likely from spending almost the entire time floating on the surface. I really wouldn't refer to it in a strict sense as being a "dive" specialty as little diving is actually done. I must be a complete freak to have taken the class four times.

 

[Snowbear]

Rescue Diver is the only cert I've taken where I've gotten sunburned... most likely from spending almost the entire time floating on the surface. I really wouldn't refer to it in a strict sense as being a "dive" specialty as little diving is actually done. I must be a complete freak to have taken the class four times.

... and it involved 6 dives over 2 days...Yes, it was a PADI class. How did you demonstrate bringing an unresponsive diver to the surface or doing a search pattern without diving? I've said before that my rescue class didn't improve my actual dive skills much, but it was definitely a worthwhile class. And it involved diving