Scuba Lessons Dublin Ireland

> I'm amazed from your post that ......... "One guy came to us for his
> rescue
> course and kept hitting the surface his buoyancy was that bad, then packed
> in after the first day because 'it was too cold'. If this guy was doing
> his "rescue course" does this mean that he was qualified as Advanced Open
> Water? If this is the case that's F**king Scary!!!!

What's worse is if this guy was your buddy and he had spent the entire boat
trip telling
you how good he was. This happens honest. Have been through the BSAC bit I
think it
would be harder to get a C card without being able to dive a little.

tamlinek started this thread :-

Please advise me, where to go first? I want to start training, and I
just need a recommendation :D. I live on the north side, Dublin 9, also
NAC is good location for me. Just tell me, where is the best:D

I cant help you in Dublin but a Padi course will get you into the water
quicker
I would do that first it would help you work out if diving is for you.
with some of the other agencies you can get bogged down with politics.
go diving have some.

David

> I'm amazed from your post that ......... "One guy came to us for his
> rescue
> course and kept hitting the surface his buoyancy was that bad, then packed
> in after the first day because 'it was too cold'. If this guy was doing
> his "rescue course" does this mean that he was qualified as Advanced Open
> Water? If this is the case that's F**king Scary!!!!

What's worse is if this guy was your buddy and he had spent the entire boat
trip telling
you how good he was. This happens honest. Have been through the BSAC bit I
think it
would be harder to get a C card without being able to dive a little.

tamlinek started this thread :-

Please advise me, where to go first? I want to start training, and I
just need a recommendation :D. I live on the north side, Dublin 9, also
NAC is good location for me. Just tell me, where is the best:D

I cant help you in Dublin but a Padi course will get you into the water
quicker
I would do that first it would help you work out if diving is for you.
with some of the other agencies you can get bogged down with politics.
go diving have some.

David

> I'm amazed from your post that ......... "One guy came to us for his
> rescue
> course and kept hitting the surface his buoyancy was that bad, then packed
> in after the first day because 'it was too cold'. If this guy was doing
> his "rescue course" does this mean that he was qualified as Advanced Open
> Water? If this is the case that's F**king Scary!!!!

What's worse is if this guy was your buddy and he had spent the entire boat
trip telling
you how good he was. This happens honest. Have been through the BSAC bit I
think it
would be harder to get a C card without being able to dive a little.

tamlinek started this thread :-

Please advise me, where to go first? I want to start training, and I
just need a recommendation :D. I live on the north side, Dublin 9, also
NAC is good location for me. Just tell me, where is the best:D

I cant help you in Dublin but a Padi course will get you into the water
quicker
I would do that first it would help you work out if diving is for you.
with some of the other agencies you can get bogged down with politics.
go diving have some.

David

> I'm amazed from your post that ......... "One guy came to us for his
> rescue
> course and kept hitting the surface his buoyancy was that bad, then packed
> in after the first day because 'it was too cold'. If this guy was doing
> his "rescue course" does this mean that he was qualified as Advanced Open
> Water? If this is the case that's F**king Scary!!!!

What's worse is if this guy was your buddy and he had spent the entire boat
trip telling
you how good he was. This happens honest. Have been through the BSAC bit I
think it
would be harder to get a C card without being able to dive a little.

tamlinek started this thread :-

Please advise me, where to go first? I want to start training, and I
just need a recommendation :D. I live on the north side, Dublin 9, also
NAC is good location for me. Just tell me, where is the best:D

I cant help you in Dublin but a Padi course will get you into the water
quicker
I would do that first it would help you work out if diving is for you.
with some of the other agencies you can get bogged down with politics.
go diving have some.

David

> I'm amazed from your post that ......... "One guy came to us for his
> rescue
> course and kept hitting the surface his buoyancy was that bad, then packed
> in after the first day because 'it was too cold'. If this guy was doing
> his "rescue course" does this mean that he was qualified as Advanced Open
> Water? If this is the case that's F**king Scary!!!!

What's worse is if this guy was your buddy and he had spent the entire boat
trip telling
you how good he was. This happens honest. Have been through the BSAC bit I
think it
would be harder to get a C card without being able to dive a little.

tamlinek started this thread :-

Please advise me, where to go first? I want to start training, and I
just need a recommendation :D. I live on the north side, Dublin 9, also
NAC is good location for me. Just tell me, where is the best:D

I cant help you in Dublin but a Padi course will get you into the water
quicker
I would do that first it would help you work out if diving is for you.
with some of the other agencies you can get bogged down with politics.
go diving have some.

David

> I'm amazed from your post that ......... "One guy came to us for his
> rescue
> course and kept hitting the surface his buoyancy was that bad, then packed
> in after the first day because 'it was too cold'. If this guy was doing
> his "rescue course" does this mean that he was qualified as Advanced Open
> Water? If this is the case that's F**king Scary!!!!

What's worse is if this guy was your buddy and he had spent the entire boat
trip telling
you how good he was. This happens honest. Have been through the BSAC bit I
think it
would be harder to get a C card without being able to dive a little.

tamlinek started this thread :-

Please advise me, where to go first? I want to start training, and I
just need a recommendation :D. I live on the north side, Dublin 9, also
NAC is good location for me. Just tell me, where is the best:D

I cant help you in Dublin but a Padi course will get you into the water
quicker
I would do that first it would help you work out if diving is for you.
with some of the other agencies you can get bogged down with politics.
go diving have some.

David

Euge wrote:
> That wasn't the case here. After I got my O.W. in Oct 2002 in Sharm I didn't
> dive again till Sept 2003 in Dubrovnik ,Croatia (water temp early 20'sC). I
> didn't have to do a refresher course. For the first dive they just stayed
> close to me to see if I was good, bad or indifferent. As it turned out I was
> pretty comfortable. I had signed up for a lucrative dive package so I
> suppose they didn't want to say no to money. After Croatia I didn't dive
> till summer 2004 in Dublin Bay (water temp 14C-16C). Again I didn't have to
> do a refresher course. I grabbed my gear and in I went. I seemed to be that
> once you had your PADI card and or log book, not many questions were asked.
> Probably one of the reasons why I went over to CMAS...... ;)
> I was lucky with the instructor I had in Sharm, he was pretty good. Scottish
> guy who was in the Military. Great discipline. I know that "All instructors
> are equal, it's just that some a more equal than others" and it's the luck
> of the draw but "most" of the ones in our scuba college in Sharm were pretty
> decent.
> I'm amazed from your post that ......... "One guy came to us for his rescue
> course and kept hitting the surface his buoyancy was that bad, then packed
> in after the first day because 'it was too cold'. If this guy was doing his
> "rescue course" does this mean that he was qualified as Advanced Open Water?
> If this is the case that's F**king Scary!!!!

He did his OW and AOW in five days in the Red Sea!
It gets worse, he came to us for some courses then went back to the Red
Sea for another holiday and was going to do his Wreck spec and something
else with the same centre that did his OW/AOW, but they were washed out
because of the weather and he didn't even do ANY of the dives.
They then supposedly offered to pass him off on the specs if he gave
them 70% of the course fees! Oh, and pass him off on his rescue if he
did one unconcious body lift! Thankfully he had the sense to decline.
If it wasn't just third hand sayso I would report the centre involved,
disgraceful behaviour if true.

> To be fair also to you Sharky, from my experience and from others in my
> club, being a regular Northern European diver diving in "colder" waters DOES
> carry a bit more "clout" when you go abroad to operators diving in "warmer"
> friendlier waters.
> Euge.
>
Yes very true, and I make sure I only hand over my lowest spec card,
last thing you need on holiday is someone saying "oh, your an
instructor, can you look after this bloke for me"!

Euge wrote:
> That wasn't the case here. After I got my O.W. in Oct 2002 in Sharm I didn't
> dive again till Sept 2003 in Dubrovnik ,Croatia (water temp early 20'sC). I
> didn't have to do a refresher course. For the first dive they just stayed
> close to me to see if I was good, bad or indifferent. As it turned out I was
> pretty comfortable. I had signed up for a lucrative dive package so I
> suppose they didn't want to say no to money. After Croatia I didn't dive
> till summer 2004 in Dublin Bay (water temp 14C-16C). Again I didn't have to
> do a refresher course. I grabbed my gear and in I went. I seemed to be that
> once you had your PADI card and or log book, not many questions were asked.
> Probably one of the reasons why I went over to CMAS...... ;)
> I was lucky with the instructor I had in Sharm, he was pretty good. Scottish
> guy who was in the Military. Great discipline. I know that "All instructors
> are equal, it's just that some a more equal than others" and it's the luck
> of the draw but "most" of the ones in our scuba college in Sharm were pretty
> decent.
> I'm amazed from your post that ......... "One guy came to us for his rescue
> course and kept hitting the surface his buoyancy was that bad, then packed
> in after the first day because 'it was too cold'. If this guy was doing his
> "rescue course" does this mean that he was qualified as Advanced Open Water?
> If this is the case that's F**king Scary!!!!

He did his OW and AOW in five days in the Red Sea!
It gets worse, he came to us for some courses then went back to the Red
Sea for another holiday and was going to do his Wreck spec and something
else with the same centre that did his OW/AOW, but they were washed out
because of the weather and he didn't even do ANY of the dives.
They then supposedly offered to pass him off on the specs if he gave
them 70% of the course fees! Oh, and pass him off on his rescue if he
did one unconcious body lift! Thankfully he had the sense to decline.
If it wasn't just third hand sayso I would report the centre involved,
disgraceful behaviour if true.

> To be fair also to you Sharky, from my experience and from others in my
> club, being a regular Northern European diver diving in "colder" waters DOES
> carry a bit more "clout" when you go abroad to operators diving in "warmer"
> friendlier waters.
> Euge.
>
Yes very true, and I make sure I only hand over my lowest spec card,
last thing you need on holiday is someone saying "oh, your an
instructor, can you look after this bloke for me"!

Euge wrote:
> That wasn't the case here. After I got my O.W. in Oct 2002 in Sharm I didn't
> dive again till Sept 2003 in Dubrovnik ,Croatia (water temp early 20'sC). I
> didn't have to do a refresher course. For the first dive they just stayed
> close to me to see if I was good, bad or indifferent. As it turned out I was
> pretty comfortable. I had signed up for a lucrative dive package so I
> suppose they didn't want to say no to money. After Croatia I didn't dive
> till summer 2004 in Dublin Bay (water temp 14C-16C). Again I didn't have to
> do a refresher course. I grabbed my gear and in I went. I seemed to be that
> once you had your PADI card and or log book, not many questions were asked.
> Probably one of the reasons why I went over to CMAS...... ;)
> I was lucky with the instructor I had in Sharm, he was pretty good. Scottish
> guy who was in the Military. Great discipline. I know that "All instructors
> are equal, it's just that some a more equal than others" and it's the luck
> of the draw but "most" of the ones in our scuba college in Sharm were pretty
> decent.
> I'm amazed from your post that ......... "One guy came to us for his rescue
> course and kept hitting the surface his buoyancy was that bad, then packed
> in after the first day because 'it was too cold'. If this guy was doing his
> "rescue course" does this mean that he was qualified as Advanced Open Water?
> If this is the case that's F**king Scary!!!!

He did his OW and AOW in five days in the Red Sea!
It gets worse, he came to us for some courses then went back to the Red
Sea for another holiday and was going to do his Wreck spec and something
else with the same centre that did his OW/AOW, but they were washed out
because of the weather and he didn't even do ANY of the dives.
They then supposedly offered to pass him off on the specs if he gave
them 70% of the course fees! Oh, and pass him off on his rescue if he
did one unconcious body lift! Thankfully he had the sense to decline.
If it wasn't just third hand sayso I would report the centre involved,
disgraceful behaviour if true.

> To be fair also to you Sharky, from my experience and from others in my
> club, being a regular Northern European diver diving in "colder" waters DOES
> carry a bit more "clout" when you go abroad to operators diving in "warmer"
> friendlier waters.
> Euge.
>
Yes very true, and I make sure I only hand over my lowest spec card,
last thing you need on holiday is someone saying "oh, your an
instructor, can you look after this bloke for me"!

Euge wrote:
> That wasn't the case here. After I got my O.W. in Oct 2002 in Sharm I didn't
> dive again till Sept 2003 in Dubrovnik ,Croatia (water temp early 20'sC). I
> didn't have to do a refresher course. For the first dive they just stayed
> close to me to see if I was good, bad or indifferent. As it turned out I was
> pretty comfortable. I had signed up for a lucrative dive package so I
> suppose they didn't want to say no to money. After Croatia I didn't dive
> till summer 2004 in Dublin Bay (water temp 14C-16C). Again I didn't have to
> do a refresher course. I grabbed my gear and in I went. I seemed to be that
> once you had your PADI card and or log book, not many questions were asked.
> Probably one of the reasons why I went over to CMAS...... ;)
> I was lucky with the instructor I had in Sharm, he was pretty good. Scottish
> guy who was in the Military. Great discipline. I know that "All instructors
> are equal, it's just that some a more equal than others" and it's the luck
> of the draw but "most" of the ones in our scuba college in Sharm were pretty
> decent.
> I'm amazed from your post that ......... "One guy came to us for his rescue
> course and kept hitting the surface his buoyancy was that bad, then packed
> in after the first day because 'it was too cold'. If this guy was doing his
> "rescue course" does this mean that he was qualified as Advanced Open Water?
> If this is the case that's F**king Scary!!!!

He did his OW and AOW in five days in the Red Sea!
It gets worse, he came to us for some courses then went back to the Red
Sea for another holiday and was going to do his Wreck spec and something
else with the same centre that did his OW/AOW, but they were washed out
because of the weather and he didn't even do ANY of the dives.
They then supposedly offered to pass him off on the specs if he gave
them 70% of the course fees! Oh, and pass him off on his rescue if he
did one unconcious body lift! Thankfully he had the sense to decline.
If it wasn't just third hand sayso I would report the centre involved,
disgraceful behaviour if true.

> To be fair also to you Sharky, from my experience and from others in my
> club, being a regular Northern European diver diving in "colder" waters DOES
> carry a bit more "clout" when you go abroad to operators diving in "warmer"
> friendlier waters.
> Euge.
>
Yes very true, and I make sure I only hand over my lowest spec card,
last thing you need on holiday is someone saying "oh, your an
instructor, can you look after this bloke for me"!