As others have said, there is no rule from PADI. I'm a DM, and several of my friends are new-ish certified OW divers. We've gone on several night dives. They have not done a "night dive" course.
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Very interesting. I would assume if a company sets their own laws they must be compliant (at least on major points) with the government laws, correct? Numerous different laws around, I assume.John, I assume this was when you were diving in Queensland. The legislation there states that dive companies have to adhere to the government set rules about diving OR set their own rules/guidelines. If they set their own, these are then considered to be the law.
Therefore, it is possible that the company had set their own rules/guidelines (I suppose someone who did not know better could call them policies), so then they are law and must be followed.
This can cover anything from who can dive what sites or depths, what they have to carry as equipment, how long they can dive etc.
Therefore, it is likely that the person who told you this did not even know themselves the Queensland law relating to diving.
Luckily, in NSW we have no such rules and the dive operators I use in Queensland have very sensible guidelines.
This just begs for another OW/AOW depth limit discussion!Certified OW divers can do what they want,
Yes, they can make the laws tighter easily, but would need good justification to make them more lax.Very interesting. I would assume if a company sets their own laws they must be compliant (at least on major points) with the government laws, correct? Numerous different laws around, I assume.
Hi a quick question.
By padi standard, is open water certified divers allow to do night dives? Not based on their individual competency level.
Is it the same for SSI?
I will like to add on to my post. I am freshly certified padi dive master. In my organization, my instructors do not allow ow to do night dives. Nt sure if they lazy to take more divers or adhering the guidelines. I have been flipping thru my instructor manual but nothing recorded or i might have missed out. I need a confirmation so i do not give wrong information to my students
LOL. Do you mean it would be harder for the scuba police to see you at night, so you can go past the stone slab labeling - "60 ft. OW, thou shalt not pass"This just begs for another OW/AOW depth limit discussion!
Hi a quick question.
By padi standard, is open water certified divers allow to do night dives? Not based on their individual competency level.
Is it the same for SSI?
I will like to add on to my post. I am freshly certified padi dive master. In my organization, my instructors do not allow ow to do night dives. Nt sure if they lazy to take more divers or adhering the guidelines. I have been flipping thru my instructor manual but nothing recorded or i might have missed out. I need a confirmation so i do not give wrong information to my students
In my organization, my instructors do not allow ow to do night dives.
Nikole: Finding out what light to use is not that hard. There are lots of lights that will do and the back up light is not very difficult to. Your tank does not need a light and your flat only when a boat has to pick you up. Night diving is no rocket science. As we dive in murky waters, we always have lights with us so we can find our buddy when the distance is more than 6 ft And I can't read my computer in the dark, with my eyesight even if the light is on.
When diving from a boat, they should hang something from the boat, so it's recognisable as your boat and can be seen. So that has to have a light and some lable or flag below the surface. I swam to a wrong boat on more than one occasion when there are several boats moored at popular sights (like in Egypt). No big deal, but no fun either.