I have mixed feelings about the OW course I took a few years back. On the one hand I feel like I got better practical experience than my daughter and her husband but on the other I feel like they got better theoretical.
My son and I were certified in Taganga, Colombia. The owner of the DC would have preferred for us to get the books before our arrival but we didn’t (can’t remember why).
We arrived early evening before Day 1 and were shown some videos and then told to read some chapters.
On each subsequent day (3 of them). We’d arrive early, take a quiz on what we read the night before, (very briefly go over any wrong answers) and then do two dives. After getting back we’d watch more videos and read the next assignment.
Didn’t even see a pool during my entire OW all of it was in ocean. Yeah the first two were in confined water but it was choppy and we got the experience of diving off a boat and getting back on, stuff you miss in a pool and less challenging than in fresh water so I feel that this was a plus over my daughter’s experience who I believe did her check dives at Blue Grotto.
So to summarize I feel that in getting certified in 3 days I missed quite a bit but on the other hand no pool time was a plus.
My son and I were certified in Taganga, Colombia. The owner of the DC would have preferred for us to get the books before our arrival but we didn’t (can’t remember why).
We arrived early evening before Day 1 and were shown some videos and then told to read some chapters.
On each subsequent day (3 of them). We’d arrive early, take a quiz on what we read the night before, (very briefly go over any wrong answers) and then do two dives. After getting back we’d watch more videos and read the next assignment.
Didn’t even see a pool during my entire OW all of it was in ocean. Yeah the first two were in confined water but it was choppy and we got the experience of diving off a boat and getting back on, stuff you miss in a pool and less challenging than in fresh water so I feel that this was a plus over my daughter’s experience who I believe did her check dives at Blue Grotto.
So to summarize I feel that in getting certified in 3 days I missed quite a bit but on the other hand no pool time was a plus.