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Good question. I doubt that’ll ever happen to ALL agencies, I hope you realize just how many agencies are out there. But as far as should there be at least one alternative to SDI course - definitely, yes. Make it a survey, see what you get. It is surprising that more agencies are still not on board with it, especially PADI (Put Another $ In), since there’s a ton of money to be made here for them. I mean, I will definitely get this cert when I’m ready, no doubt about it. And if my only option is SDI, then that’s what it’s gonna be. Hey, it’s well known that any instructor essentially is a solo diver, and a lot of non-pro divers dive solo without any solo cert, like you said. So I think it wouldn’t hurt to give us a real alternative here to the current SDI monopoly on this course, and I think it’ll happen, question is when.
To simplify, there seem to be 2 schools of thought on this subject.
- One is (all other agencies): Solo Diving is not safe, period, so one way to discourage it is to not offer a course.
- The other one is (SDI): divers that really wanna dive solo WILL dive solo anyway, so why not give those guys proper solo education and make them safer solo divers (after they put in at least 100 dives) and make some money in the process, it’s a win-win.
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