#113
GADiver - 7/09/2008 9:30 PM


I have NAUI OW, AOW, and PADI Rescue. I won’t make distinctions between the agencies... I believe the course’s effectiveness boils down to the instructor.


In answer to the OP’s original question... I don’t think the basic classes (OW and AOW) fully prepare new divers. It takes diving, practice, and more diving, to perfect the basics - buoyancy, trim, task loading, etc. 4 check-out dives doesn’t do it. I’ve seen instructors take OW students, certified one dive ago, down to the Spiegel... uh-uh...