Gg_mf
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Has anybody ever done this?
I go on holiday next week and I think id like to try it...Just wondered if any body had ever done it??? 
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dna23
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yeah  i'm a qualified PADI Rescue Diver go pretty much every year love it
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morpheus22
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i tried it in turkey a few years back.didnt like it for some reason i couldnt get my head round the fact i could breath under water.freaked myself out.and had to sit in the boat rest of the day.sounds daft i know
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Gg_mf
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Is it quite expensive to do? And do u do it over the course of a day?
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Gg_mf
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Im just scared that I wont like it and waste my money.
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dna23
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It's pretty expensive to be honest but depends on where you do it
You can do just intro courses which u won't get qualified on and take a few hours or u can get a proper open diver qualificationw hich involves an exam and so on.. takes about a day i think (long time ago since i did it lol)
www.padi.com shud help u out some more... dont use some shoddy dive school please  look into them and whether they use PADI/BSAC
[Edited on 04-05-2006 by dna23]
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Lynny
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yeah done it, amazing! just wouldnt advise it in ibiza, all you see underwater is condoms etc 
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Gg_mf
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quote:
Originally posted by dna23
It's pretty expensive to be honest but depends on where you do it
You can do just intro courses which u won't get qualified on and take a few hours or u can get a proper open diver qualificationw hich involves an exam and so on.. takes about a day i think (long time ago since i did it lol)
www.padi.com shud help u out some more... dont use some shoddy dive school please look into them and whether they use PADI/BSAC
[Edited on 04-05-2006 by dna23]
Im going to Portugal. Thanks for the website I will have a look in to it.
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Cosmo
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did it when in St Lucia on a trip to the Grenadines and also done it in Mexico, excellent!
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Dean_W
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I did my PADI diving course in Cozumel, Mexico.
It's one of the best things i have ever done in my life! We went to around 95 Feet. I was hovering on the edge of a ledge that seemed endless at one point. I asked how deep it went when out of the water. It was a 1,000Ft sheer drop!
I would really recommend it. Worth every penny
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Tiesto
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Brother works at the Dive Centre down at Stoney Cove. Its pretty good, wrecks etc at the bottom to explore war tank, plane, ship etc. If i remember they have a 3 day course were you're fully trained up and ready to go, though i think you have to have so many dives for full PADI not sure.
Heres their website http://www.underwaterworld.co.uk/
[Edited on 04-05-2006 by Tiesto]
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dna23
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i've dove stoney cove but back in 1997 time i think how longs he worked there?
As tiesto said to be an open water diver you need the following:
-Number of Dives: Five Confined Water Dives and Four Open Water Dives
-Knowledge Development: Five sessions
-Prerequisites: 10 for Junior Open Water Diver and 15 for Open Water Diver. Good health, reasonable fitness and comfort in the water.
-Materials You’ll Need: PADI Open Water Crew-Pak, PADI Open Water Video or DVD, Log Book.
-Equipment you’ll use during the course includes: mask, fins, snorkel, tank, regulator, buoyancy compensator, submersible pressure gauge and exposure protection as required by the local environment.
It then increases as you get a higher level, i'm currently on i think 100 odd dives so i could effectively go for divemaster but i cba
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Tiesto
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quote:
Originally posted by dna23
i've dove stoney cove but back in 1997 time i think how longs he worked there?
As tiesto said to be an open water diver you need the following:
-Number of Dives: Five Confined Water Dives and Four Open Water Dives
-Knowledge Development: Five sessions
-Prerequisites: 10 for Junior Open Water Diver and 15 for Open Water Diver. Good health, reasonable fitness and comfort in the water.
-Materials You’ll Need: PADI Open Water Crew-Pak, PADI Open Water Video or DVD, Log Book.
-Equipment you’ll use during the course includes: mask, fins, snorkel, tank, regulator, buoyancy compensator, submersible pressure gauge and exposure protection as required by the local environment.
It then increases as you get a higher level, i'm currently on i think 100 odd dives so i could effectively go for divemaster but i cba
He's only been there 3 years.
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James@CCC
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my dad does it and fucking loves it.
if u wanna try it before u go maybe look for a local club or something, my dads a member and u can do bubble runs or something which is just in a swimming pool to try the basics.
i did it on holiday with him once and was freaked out the first few minutes, breathin really quick and panicing. then i got used to it and really liked it
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JM_16v
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did it in greece. all gd fun
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Colin.S
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I done my discover scuba in turkey a few years back, fcuking loved it apart from the bad head it gave me for 2 days (i dont think i was equalizing properly). Not as bad as my mate tho, he came up with his mask full of blood  popped a blood vessel in his nose from trying to equalize too much.
The instructor even taught us how to do rings
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