Dive school, Seville Spain

"Conor Herlihy" <8theoaks@eircom.net> wrote in message
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> Hello
>
> My girlfriend and I I will be in Spain in July and would like to do an
Open
> Water course. Can anyone recommend a dive school close to Seville. We have
> never dived and speak very little spanish so language wise the instruction
> would need to be in English. Nightlife is not a priority for this part of
> our holiday.
>
> Please reply to the group or herlihy@NOSPAMdublin.ie
>
> Thanks a million for any advice and/or recommendations you can give us.

Never having been to Spain or Ireland, I'll still recommend that you take at
least the class/pool portion of your open water class back home where you
should be able to understand the instructor even with a thick Irish brogue,
and get a referral for the open water dives. That way, you'll actually be
diving on your vacation (or holiday, as you may call it), instead of sitting
in class, doing homework, etc. The language barrier will be much less
apparent underwater.

Hello

My girlfriend and I I will be in Spain in July and would like to do an Open
Water course. Can anyone recommend a dive school close to Seville. We have
never dived and speak very little spanish so language wise the instruction
would need to be in English. Nightlife is not a priority for this part of
our holiday.

Please reply to the group or herlihy@NOSPAMdublin.ie

Thanks a million for any advice and/or recommendations you can give us.

Conor.

Thanks but unfortunately that's not an option this close to the holiday. So
given that neither of
us minds doing the course on our holiday, and the number of English & Irish
people
living in Southern Spain means there is a reasonable chance of there being
an english
speaking class can anyone give us a recommendation based on personal
experience.
At a push hearsay will do fine. Thanks again.
Conor


"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
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> Never having been to Spain or Ireland, I'll still recommend that you take
at
> least the class/pool portion of your open water class back home where you
> should be able to understand the instructor even with a thick Irish
brogue,
> and get a referral for the open water dives. That way, you'll actually be
> diving on your vacation (or holiday, as you may call it), instead of
sitting
> in class, doing homework, etc. The language barrier will be much less
> apparent underwater.
>
>

"Conor Herlihy" <8theoaks@eircom.net> wrote in message
news:nIlKa.19956$pK2.29224@news.indigo.ie...
> Thanks but unfortunately that's not an option this close to the holiday.
So
> given that neither of
> us minds doing the course on our holiday, and the number of English &
Irish
> people
> living in Southern Spain means there is a reasonable chance of there being
> an english
> speaking class can anyone give us a recommendation based on personal
> experience.
> At a push hearsay will do fine. Thanks again.
> Conor

Wrong answer. In the three days you took to respond to my post, you could
have been certified. PADI turns out plenty of weekend warriors and the
training is still probably better than what you would get on your trip (I
mean holiday) in an instructor's second language. But suit yourself. I for
one personally will withhold giving you my personal recommendation based on
personal experience because I have none.

Yeah, no doubt I could do a course in that time, if there was one available.
If you can't answer the question fair enough but don't make assumptions
about what's available here. In fact if you can't answer the question asked
why don't you move on to a post where your advice will be of use to someone.



"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
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> "Conor Herlihy" <8theoaks@eircom.net> wrote in message
> news:nIlKa.19956$pK2.29224@news.indigo.ie...
> > Thanks but unfortunately that's not an option this close to the holiday.
> So
> > given that neither of
> > us minds doing the course on our holiday, and the number of English &
> Irish
> > people
> > living in Southern Spain means there is a reasonable chance of there
being
> > an english
> > speaking class can anyone give us a recommendation based on personal
> > experience.
> > At a push hearsay will do fine. Thanks again.
> > Conor
>
> Wrong answer. In the three days you took to respond to my post, you could
> have been certified. PADI turns out plenty of weekend warriors and the
> training is still probably better than what you would get on your trip (I
> mean holiday) in an instructor's second language. But suit yourself. I
for
> one personally will withhold giving you my personal recommendation based
on
> personal experience because I have none.
>
>

"Conor Herlihy" <8theoaks@eircom.net> wrote in message
news:6lCLa.20559$pK2.30545@news.indigo.ie...
> Yeah, no doubt I could do a course in that time, if there was one
available.
> If you can't answer the question fair enough but don't make assumptions
> about what's available here. In fact if you can't answer the question
asked
> why don't you move on to a post where your advice will be of use to
someone.

That's twice that you could have taken the course now.

Why are you making the assumption that it will be easier for you to take the
course in a foreign country in a foreign language? As for what's available
there, I know Ireland is a bit backward and all, but I'm certain they have
dive instruction there. That's not an assumption.

And my advice is of use to you. You're just too stubborn to take the
advice.

Greg Mossman wrote:

> As for what's available there, I know Ireland is a bit backward and all,
> but I'm certain they have dive instruction there. That's not an
> assumption.

Though I'm sure Conor could find an instructor who would be willing to do
things a little quicker, a recently-certified Irish diver I met a few weeks
ago told me that his OW course took four months and included 16 confined
water sessions. He said that was typical for Ireland.

--
Shawn

There are only 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand
binary and those who don't.

"Conor Herlihy" <8theoaks@eircom.net> wrote in message news:<_WmJa.19563$pK2.28376@news.indigo.ie>...
> Hello
>
> My girlfriend and I I will be in Spain in July and would like to do an Open
> Water course. Can anyone recommend a dive school close to Seville. We have
> never dived and speak very little spanish so language wise the instruction
> would need to be in English. Nightlife is not a priority for this part of
> our holiday.
>
> Please reply to the group or herlihy@NOSPAMdublin.ie
>
> Thanks a million for any advice and/or recommendations you can give us.
>
> Conor.


You will find it difficult in Seville as its 100Km from the Atlantic
coast and there's not much water around to do your open water dives.
Your best bet would be to head to the Med "Costa Del Sol" but thats
not of the doorstep. If you do head to the Costa then I can recommend
ScubaNerja Its a joint operation with native english speakers running
the Training.

Thanks Michael, we've sorted something near Grenada. As for Shawn's post,
that gives a fair reflection of the
situation here. And Greg, wht don't you read the posts you're responding to
and if you've nothing constructive to add
keep your paws of the reply button. As for the backward Irish, well they say
the old jokes are the best.
Clearly this is the exception that proves the rule.

"michael2" <colinpjenkins@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Conor Herlihy" <8theoaks@eircom.net> wrote in message
news:<_WmJa.19563$pK2.28376@news.indigo.ie>...
> > Hello
> >
> > My girlfriend and I I will be in Spain in July and would like to do an
Open
> > Water course. Can anyone recommend a dive school close to Seville. We
have
> > never dived and speak very little spanish so language wise the
instruction
> > would need to be in English. Nightlife is not a priority for this part
of
> > our holiday.
> >
> > Please reply to the group or herlihy@NOSPAMdublin.ie
> >
> > Thanks a million for any advice and/or recommendations you can give us.
> >
> > Conor.
>
>
> You will find it difficult in Seville as its 100Km from the Atlantic
> coast and there's not much water around to do your open water dives.
> Your best bet would be to head to the Med "Costa Del Sol" but thats
> not of the doorstep. If you do head to the Costa then I can recommend
> ScubaNerja Its a joint operation with native english speakers running
> the Training.

"Robert "Doc" Adelman" <lawyers-guns-money@att.net> wrote in message
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> Good for you, Conor. You saw through that rubbish that old poseur Greg
> Mossman was dishing out as fact. He is your quintessential usenet SCUBA
> expert and knows relatively little first hand information that would be
> of value for the novice.

And I'll withhold my most important advice for Conor: when he orders an
omelet in Spain, he'll end up with nothing but more potatoes.

But I do wish him good luck with his classes, or buena suerte in this case,
and may all his ocean dives be in green water.