What is PADI Adventure Diver??

[Venus]

I was chatting with a friend the other day who told me that she is now certified to dive to 40 meters

She only took her Open Water last year so I questioned her further
Then she produced a PADI Adventurer card

???? what is this

Thanks

Venus

 

[Cave Diver]

PADI Adventure Diver

 

[dhuskins]

Any PADI open water diver who has taken at least three adventure dive is an Adventure Diver. Five adventure dives (of which one must be deep and one must be navigation) is the requirements for Advanced Open Water.

If one of your friend's adventure dives was the deep dive, then she has "sufficient experience" to dive to 40m. Personally, one deep adventure dive hardly makes a person an expert at deep diving, but it is a good start.

 

[azchipka]

Although PADI Standards do state one deep adventure dive allows you to dive deep, most dive shops that go to deep sites on a normal basis will require either a Deep Speciality or at least two dives of 80' or more in the last year.

 

[dhuskins]

Although PADI Standards do state one deep adventure dive allows you to dive deep, most dive shops that go to deep sites on a normal basis will require either a Deep Speciality or at least two dives of 80' or more in the last year.

. . . or require nothing more than the person be a diver.

 

[TheScubaBOB]

I was chatting with a friend the other day who told me that she is now certified to dive to 40 meters
...

Then she produced a PADI Adventurer card

Here are the PADI Guidelines:

Open Water: 20 meters/60 feet

Advanced Open Water: 30 meters/100 feet

Deep Diver Specialty: 40 meters/130 feet (Recreational Diving Limit)

Now if you accept these to mean "Is Certified to Dive This Deep" then your friend would need to have the Deep Diver Certification for the 40 meter limit.

The prerequisites for Deep Diver are:

1) PADI (or equivalent) Adventure Diver Certification Level (Open Water plus 3 "Adventure Dives" with an instructor, an Adventure Dive is the first dive of any PADI Specialty Course) or above.

2) Be 15 years of age or older.

Maybe what happened is that she has her 3 Adventure Dives and thus the C-Card with one of them being Deep Dive #1 which would make sense if she's heading toward Advanced Open Water Certification.

This does not equate to having the Deep Diver Certification which required 4 dives and a separate book with material not included in the "Adventures in Diving" Manual.

I have the Deep Diver Certification. Some of the additional skills for the Deep Diver Certification are:

Using a Redundant Air Source (in my case Pony Bottle but using instructor's Octo also qualifies) for ascent & safety stop, extended safety stop, compass navigation at depth in excess of 20 meters/60 feet.


Tell her to complete 2 more adventure dives being sure that Deep & Navigation are in her list of 5 then she'll be "Certified to 30 meters" and if she really wants to be "Certified to 40 meters" then it's just 3 more deep dives with an instructor for the Deep Diver Certification.

Of you can explain that the agencies just provide guidelines and as a responsible diver she should remember to always dive within her limits & training. When she want to expand either there are many instructors & experienced mentors who will help her safely & gradually expand both.

 

[fisheater]

. . . or require nothing more than the person be a diver.

. . . with cash, that is.

 

[TheScubaBOB]

She only took her Open Water last year

BTW Venus,

I only got Open Water Certified last year, Oct 12th 2008 to be precise.

In that time I've:

Logged 90 Dives, totaling 1 Day, 22 Hours & 51 Minutes of Bottom Time.

Dove beyond 20 meters/60 feet 11 times, 3 exceeded 30 meters/100 feet and once was to 40 meters/130 feet.

Achieved AOW, Rescue & Master Scuba Diver Ratings.

Completed the following certifications: Nitrox, Equipment Specialist, Deep Diver, Peak Performance Buoyancy & Dry Suit Diver.

Started my Dive Master Candidacy.

Carved a Pumpkin underwater!

Additionally, I've seen my wife & oldest daughter complete Open Water, AOW & one specialty each just this season.

With availability to get to dives sites you can accomplish a lot in that first year. I have dive buddies who in their first year have logged 120+ dives! I also know divers who took 5+ years to get that far.

And am currently in the process of getting Wreck Diver & Underwater Navigation Specialties.

 

[Fish Flayer]

I had a delayed start with a similiar outcome Got certified in 2000 filled out my paper work in 2001 dove once a year until 2006 then in 2 years did 250 dives got a handfull of specialties and went on to become an instructor. Was I a better diver having dove 5 years than bob who has only dove a year? No, to be honest I was a horrible diver. Always having problems, ran out of air, didnt weight myself right, didnt have a clue about the gear but had been diving 5 years.

As far as adventure vs advanced.

its a money thing. Sign up for adventure diver pay the dive shop 200$ get 3 dives and a C-card. Then realise that the card isn't the next step but a baby step and spend another $200 and get the advanced C-card to be able to take all the specialty classes you want.