Re: Florida PADI

Lee Bell wrote:
John Griffiths wrote

I'm going to Florida for several weeks and I've got some time to kill so I
want to do a basic and then an advanced PADI. Anyone have any advice
such as good schools, best value etc? I'll be staying in Miami but I'll be
mobile.

I'm not sure there's anyone from the Miami area in this group that has taken entry level courses from anyone still in the business of offering them. There are dive shops on every corner, well, almost every corner, down here and all of them are pretty good. Your best bet is probably to just call around and find one or more than can accomodate your schedule.

Having said that, I don't personally favor back to back PADI courses, particularly Open Water and Advanced. I think it's a good idea to get input from other agencies and even an even better idea to spend a bit of time diving between Open Water and Advanced. I think you'll gain more from the advanced course if you've had time to get comfortable with the equipment and entry level diving.

Lee


I disagree - the Advanced course is to MAKE you advanced, not intended for advanced divers (which is why Padi are trying to re-pitch it as 'Adventures in Diving').
Doing it as soon as possible adds confidence and skill to a new diver and introduces extra depth under supervision.
If its not done pretty soon after OW, I've seen plenty of students who NEVER do it - either they fall out of diving completely due to lack of confidence, or they have a chance to get cocky and think they don't need it.


.

Quantcast