I am taking a trip with my family to the Cairns/Port Douglas area in March. We traded a timeshare to get a place pretty close to the water for a week and then we will go inland. My brother is 9 years old right now and has been dying to dive ever since the rest of my family learned in December. He will be 10 and a couple months by the time of our trip. He also has a passion for Australia and told us before we were even planning on going there that one of his dreams was to live and dive in Australia and he is only 9! haha. He has been doing the PADI Seal Team and has loved it and feels pretty comfortable. I know that you can get certified when you are 10 to dive to 40 feet with a parent but what do you guys think about it. My mom(about 40 dives), my sister(about 30 dives), and I(around 45 now but will hopefully have my rescue and a lot more dives by then) will all be diving with him. I have seen a minimum age of 12 for the classes in Australia so does anyone know any shops or ops that might do a private class for a 10 year old. Do you guys think it would be better to maybe do a private class for him before we go on a trip so he has some experience and do a trip down to florida or something or try to do it in Australia? Any opinions you have on this will be very much appreciated. We are trying to get this all figured out early so that we can get him a class over here if we have to. Thanks
