I bet!!! That takes the cake for the highest cost for Open Water that I have ever heard of...by just over $150...
sounds about right to me. By the time you figure out the cost of the academics/confined water, crewpack,dvd,ow training dives. add in the cost of mask, snorkel, fins, boots and perhaps a 3mm wet suit you are close to a grand$$$$.
Its really not anymore expensive than it was in 1978. When I first became a certified diver back in 1968 it cost $50. + cost of mask,snorkel,fins,boots..If you made $180. a week that was good money back then. I was 17 years old in 1968 making $80. a week..so I had to work something like 25 hours just to pay for the course. same job today at senior level makes $1500.+ a week. So for close to 6-8 hours or less is what it takes today to pay for a course that cost $269. for the academics and pool requirements..
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