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Old 07-21-2009, 08:22 AM   #3
mrreindeer
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Default Re: THE official DIVE thread! SCUBA-DIVERS uni

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Originally Posted by ade06 View Post
West Coast Lobsters are wack! Where are the claws!!! Lol


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Originally Posted by shilala View Post
I got certified in 2007. If I could be in the water right now, I would be.
I love it.
I grew up on a lake and did a lot of snorkeling growing up.
Nice!

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Originally Posted by PeteSB75 View Post
I don't know where exactly in Aruba we went. Was in/around an old wreck right off the resort beach area, maybe 5-10 minute boat ride from our hotel.

I was actually thinking about taking the course online, maybe doing the pool work locally, and just doing the open water dives the next time we are on an island near some good dive sites. There's a couple of Padi shops near where I live, but, tbh, I don't really want my diving to be in Long Island Sound...
I didn't even know you could do it online....the pool work & open water dives are part of the Certification so I'm not sure how they manage certifying you or even partially certifying you without pool/open water dives paired with the instruction...and when you go to that island paradise and want to dive, you'd need to either do a Resort Course at a resort (for a nominal fee & they rent you the gear & have a set, rather shallow (about 20 feet), area that you swim around to get your whistle whet), or pay to get certified while there. You can't just rent gear and go to any site on your own because shops won't rent to you without a C-card. I don't blame you about LI divin'!
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