lerpy - 2/07/2012 10:21 AM
WarmWaterTurner has is right, just dive, get comfortable with your gear your skill and just being under water before worrying about more cards. As Rich-D-Fish says the card has more to do with boat captains and where they will drop you in than your ability to dive. The majority of my diving is in Lake Ontario, cold, deep, dark and I was doing that on my OW with no issue, and 60-70 feet down in lake Ontario is a low light, somedays getting cloe to no light dive. When you head south however the card might be needed, as it was mentioned, often captains, unless they know you, just go on your card, not your experience. I know people that go on vacation and get their OW, and right away the Advanced, but that does not make them "advanced" divers. It is however a great way to see what options there are in diving, while under the supervision of an instructor.