My wife, myself and our 12 year old daughter have been contemplating getting SCUBA certified for some time now. We're quite active and have done white water rafting on the ottawa for 15 years regularly, rock climbing, canyoning and many other adventure sports - and we really want to get int scuba...Our interest in this activity is primarily for vacation/recreation and we have 2-3 opportunities per year where we could go diving. While we understand the risks, we are still super-paranoid about safety and will always error on the side of caution.........
With that in mind are there a lot of differences with the Scuba outfits and certifying outfits in Nassau? I've done my research and the Stuart's seems like a good choice but lookig at the forums there are reports of accidents, inattentive DM's, and a hit-and miss depending instructors on who you get. Is this a product of their size/age and do most reputable companies have this issue? Are there any good recommendations out there for other outfits for our situation?
Also - we've read a lot about this "Spare Air" product and are contemplating purchasing one for each of us before we go there? Will look totally paranoid showing up with this in hand for a first time course?? Will they even let us use it and does it even make sense to have this with us so early in the process?
Any advise is greatly appreciated - we're looking to book somethn in Nassau in the first 2 weeks in November.
With that in mind are there a lot of differences with the Scuba outfits and certifying outfits in Nassau? I've done my research and the Stuart's seems like a good choice but lookig at the forums there are reports of accidents, inattentive DM's, and a hit-and miss depending instructors on who you get. Is this a product of their size/age and do most reputable companies have this issue? Are there any good recommendations out there for other outfits for our situation?
Also - we've read a lot about this "Spare Air" product and are contemplating purchasing one for each of us before we go there? Will look totally paranoid showing up with this in hand for a first time course?? Will they even let us use it and does it even make sense to have this with us so early in the process?
Any advise is greatly appreciated - we're looking to book somethn in Nassau in the first 2 weeks in November.