dane_stone Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Hi all I'm thinking of joining the army end of the year and going into the royal engineers. Once in the engineers I want to try and get in to diving so though might be best if I already have my licence/experience in diving will help. Already do some scuba diving in swimming pools and done lots of snorkelling. Does anyone know of some good websites for diving info and what licence I’m best to go for. Any scuba divers on her who could help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 I've got the PADI open water license and that allows me to dive pretty much anywhere in the world. After you've got that you can go in any one of several directions, the world is your lobster. Diving is my second favourite thing to do in the whole world, it's fantastically addictive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSupTT Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Whats the other organisation apart from PADI. One of my friends has done the licence, but its not PADI? How many organisations are there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Whats the other organisation apart from PADI. One of my friends has done the licence, but its not PADI? How many organisations are there? There are a few but PADI is the most recognised all over the world. I've dived in Turkey, Corsica, Thailand, Dubai and several other places on my PADI license. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSupTT Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 How much does it cost to get your Open water Licence, from scratch? What cost is involved? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 PADI info: http://www.padi.com/padi/en/kd/openwater.aspx This place does the licenses, they're local to me but you'll have ones local to you as well. This is just an idea for prices: http://www.oceanturtlediving.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee P Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 pm scubaman (James) he is a diver and can tell you all you need to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dane_stone Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 cheers all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 There's PADI, BSAC, NAUI and a bunch of others. They are all pretty much of a muchness, but have their own variations, different styles of logs and dive tables. PADI is probably the most common. Remember that civvy diving systems and equipment is very different to professional rigs. Also different to military diving - those guys are super-fit. It'll generally cost a couple of hundred pounds to get certified - open water requires several pool theory/practice sessions, a couple of days in the classroom (with tests), and 4 open water dives, and it certifes you to dive to 18 metres. To go deeper (30 metres), you need Advanced Open Water, which requires you to do more classroom stuff and 4 specialist dives including buoyancy and deep diving training (we also did underwater navigation and drift diving). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSupTT Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Once you have your cerificate for say Open Water, do you have to complete so many dives a year to keep current? Does it have an expiry date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dane_stone Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 There's PADI, BSAC, NAUI and a bunch of others. They are all pretty much of a muchness, but have their own variations, different styles of logs and dive tables. PADI is probably the most common. Remember that civvy diving systems and equipment is very different to professional rigs. Also different to military diving - those guys are super-fit. Do you have any info on becoming a army diver when I try and talk to the army carrees officer they never know that much info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Once you have your cerificate for say Open Water, do you have to complete so many dives a year to keep current? Does it have an expiry date? No, it doesn't expire, but you are expected to demonstrate the key skills to an instructor or take a 30 minute refresher course if you go more than 6 months without diving. Most dive resorts will require you to do those skills in the pool before they let you anywhere near the dive boat. Remember: they are completely within their rights to forbid you if they think you're likely to be a liability - lives are at stake. Do you have any info on becoming a army diver when I try and talk to the army carrees officer they never know that much info. No, sorry. Did you read this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dane_stone Posted August 18, 2008 Author Share Posted August 18, 2008 No, it doesn't expire, but you are expected to demonstrate the key skills to an instructor or take a 30 minute refresher course if you go more than 6 months without diving. Most dive resorts will require you to do those skills in the pool before they let you anywhere near the dive boat. Remember: they are completely within their rights to forbid you if they think you're likely to be a liability - lives are at stake. No, sorry. Did you read this? Cheers will have a look at that later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubaman Posted August 18, 2008 Share Posted August 18, 2008 Military diving and civilian diving are sooooooooooo different from each other that it would actually make almost no difference to your army diving application if you could already dive. That said EVERYBODY should learn to scuba as it is the greatest thing in the World!!! I am a PADI and BSAC instructor and I would reccomend learning with a PADI centre, you can now do what they call e-learning too where you can do all of the written/classroom side of things on your computer rather than having to go to a dive centre!!! You are looking at about £300-£375 to do your open water course all in and this can be done in 2-3 days if you chose the e-learning option!! If you want any more specific advice pm me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Internet learning for Scuba? Intriguing. However, I would recommend from experience, going face to face. You pick up so much more, and especially from British instructors you get a lot more emphasis on safety, technique and good habits. Why? Because diving in Britain is cold and murky, requiring much higher standards, but it's worth it. I've got something like 100 logged dives now, and it's funny to see foreign trained divers, especially the ones who learned on their holidays...they're just so sloppy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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