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My wife

Hi! On my advanced adventure course test day, I struggled with using the compass . It was at night and I was supposed to get from shore to an island just by compass navigation but every few kicks the magnetic card would rotate 40, 50 degrees messing up everything and I just couldn't get it back to the right bearings. I adjusted my swimming direction and it didn't work. Funny that earlier that same day, when I was practicing, it was another destination, the magnetic card rotated a litte bit but I was able to correct it and get to the destination.

My wifr

My finances are in the toilet now. I am not sure if I can afford to take the AOW Class?? Quarry Fees, Rental Gear, Hotel room, Food and gas. June 7 I had my car towed to a body shop. I've been renting ever since.

I think AOW is such a pretentious title ……. Maybe after 20 dives at least? Better 40 dives

OW and AOW should really be one course.

It's a shame you didn't get to dive in one of the few healthy patches of kelp forest. They're absolutely stunning!

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That's funny.

If don’t say why , how , where and when ?! Then Zero 0️⃣ 😅 information

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I heard you either pee your wetsuit. Or Lie about it

It always feels so good to get positive feedback from outside sources! <3 I recently went snorkeling for the first time and loved it! Now, I'm really interesting in diving! I'm very excited, but also have this high respectful fear (if that makes any sense). I would've loved to take a beginners course with you, but I reside in Florida! If I ever travel nearby I'll definitely go take a refresher (or advance class, if I pass my first, lol) with you! You're so informative, calm, and well educated of the ocean world. Keep doing what you do, girl! You're amazing! <3

I’ve just finished my OWC and although I’ve learned a lot, it is still not up to what I would be comfortable at. Would you recommend going straight to AOW or get more dives logged in and start practicing on my own? By the way I would invite you all to explore diving in the Red Sea in Yanbu, it’s truly outstanding experience.

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Scuba diving is one of the things I live for👍

In all the years I have been diving, I’m still terrible at navigating. I’ll end up somewhere and not anywhere too far off but damned if I end up where I’m going

Those are nespresso pods so they are aluminum and recyclable :)

"Cats are not made to eat plants" Neither are humans made just to eat plants. Eating meat and cooking our food is what made us human. 👍

This is not good buoyanci you should be flat not straight up

My wife

Sonar is literally torture for them. Sonar is so loud if a active pin happens while a person is in the water it can explode your lungs, blow eardrums and scramble the brain. These animals function with sonar communications so the damage and pain would be 100 time worse. Ya'll really are dumb if you dont know this by now. These government subs and commercial fishing is killing sea life.

@oceanpancake hello I listened and watched your video and I can certainly understand your point of view on this subject and I can respect it. I can definitely see your point of view that I didn't see before but with that said I respectfully disagree that you need this as a way to improve. I say this for a few reasons and the first reason is it's a certification in my opinion that really is kind of a money-making outfit. I say that because this course is designed for you to take five specialty Dives you mentioned Peak Performance buoyancy well that is one that you can take however it's one you don't have to take. I can definitely see the benefits of taking it but again I also have to disagree that this one is necessary because if you practice enough you will get better just by trial and error. Now if you're somebody that goes every once in a while then yes maybe it would be in your best interest to take this course. The other reason I say this Advanced certification is pointless is because when I signed up for it I really only did it because you have to have it in order to take deep diving. And I already had several specialty certifications before I even took this course so I feel like essentially I paid for the card. I know that you also need it if you do want to go for other things like rescue diver and if you want to be an instructor and all that and that's fine I understand. But to me this certification in particular isn't really much of a certification if you think about it because you're taking five specialty Dives and making a certification card out of it. Now I can't remember 100% but I do believe that underwater navigation and one Deep dive were required for this course and the Deep dive couldn't go to the official deep dive certification and I can understand why. But for someone like me I already had a couple of specialty certifications already and those count towards your Advanced open water so basically I feel like you're just paying for the card. I'm not saying that you're wrong I'm not saying that you're giving disinformation or anything like that. I'm just saying that from my perspective it really didn't serve much purpose. I have night diver side mount diver boat driver and I even have a specialty that my one shop made called yoga diver which officially counted towards this thing. As I mentioned I only took it because I wanted to do deep diver and this was the requirement. Now if you're somebody who's just regular open water and you want to learn a few specialty things I can see the benefit maybe. If you want to do a night dive as one of your specialties and then you want to eventually become night diver certified I can see that. Or maybe you want to do a wreck dive as one of your choices and then you want to get wrecked diver certified. I'm just saying this card isn't really for everybody in this regard somebody like myself didn't really benefit from it. It was just a requirement if I wanted to do more and if anybody else wants to do more for that matter. So in a way I do think it is a big waste of money but I guess it's only for somebody like myself others it might be beneficial so I see your point of view and I wanted to comment. I enjoy your videos and your advice and I look forward to more content from you.

mY " instructor " SABOTAGE me he was very unprofessional and FLIRTY, then isolated me from The group and knocked mY mask off multiple times til I pointed upwards then he acted like it was mY fault! traumatic experience 😅

My wife

So you're telling me to not fart

It's the most useful course if you do it in less than one meter visibility ^_^

A greatly underestimated and learned skill. I prided myself on descending then ascend up the anchor line when boat is anchored and not drift diving. No long surface swims, easy deco/safety stop on anchor line!

Hello Katt. Stopped by Lang's Ski and Scuba today. He told me Tentatively on Aug 3 and 4

They get a card to do something once or twice a year or bragging rights to say they a diver the good ones dive more

PADI National Geographic Diver. The most useless course ever. Don't know why people want to take that course. A lot of dive centres just refuse to sell this course.

How is it holding up? Still working as before or having any issues?

I'd love to be taken to new depths for my scuba diving journey. Currently I'm working on my open water diver certification

I’d love to dive with you

Exactly. When the dive certificates are expensive, the divers felt they are entitled for the certificates no matter how bad or good they are, the instructors and dive shops felt the pressure of must give them a "card" after the course. else might get complaint or bad reviews. So regardless of the skills and knowledge. As long as they do not endanger themselves, all will get a card after the course

In my opinion this is definitely a big problem. So many of the divers I see diving are crashing into the sea floor or kicking up clouds of sediment with every kick. It’s no fault of theirs (unless they refuse to try to learn) because they just aren’t taught it.

100% true. My OW instructor certified students who couldn't clear their mask, one person dropped their weights and rocketed to the surface (without any emergency), still got the card.

My advanced was alright, only problem was the implication that it was three cert courses rolled in one.

Good video. I would add that ALL divers should take rescue, emergency oxygen provider, separate class on Peak Performance Buoyancy, EFR - Primary Care (CPR) & Sec Care (1st) w/ AED. Good buoyancy takes time, especially if diving in cold and then warm, boat, shore, etc.. I’m Avelo certified, and in my opinion that type of system is the way of the future for buoyancy (and diving).

What do I need for scuba diving and can I wear wetsuit and dive gloves and dive hood and dive boots and dive fins and dive mask and scuba tank and bcd and regulator to breath from and breath underwater with scuba regulator for warm water diving

I have a couple of concerns that this video brings out. "Students not quite nailing it down like you would have" implies that some instructors will give a pass on OW when they did not meet your standards. I do not know what the PADI standards are exactly but when I passed my OW it would not have been safe for me to dive buddied with another newly qualified OW diver, especially in UK waters (where I qualified) although my certificate said I was. Was this because the PADI standards are too low or I was incorrectly given a pass? Fortunaltely I joined a club where I could dive with a DM or instructor until it was safe to dive with less experienced divers. Another concern is AOW is often pushed onto students who are not ready for it. Diving to 30m is no joke and people need more than 9 dives to get comfortable enough with being underwater for it to be safe. Getting decent bouyancy control does take time you should be doing that before not at the same time as getting qualified to 30m, whether you do that as the PPB specialism or though practising diving, possibly with an experianced diver / instructor to give you tips and ideally stop you if you start to ascend / descend in an uncontrolled manner.

And then they put themselves and others in danger. I remember a dive with an AOWD certified to dive 40m (with air for sure...) he was walking with hands at the bottom... Agencies must stop delivering self-killing certifications !

My OW Pool Session was May 2023. The OW Checkout Dives Aug 2023 thanks to my Shops Schedule.

I got my Advanced Open Water and Nitrox certification in 2019. Since then, I have logged 166 dives and have been on eight different dive trips, including four international dive trips.