Diving Certification in Edmonton

[TheReefGeek]

Thanks fof the info.

I just want the basic course, classroom and pool, so I guess I would be limited to 60ft. I don't know much about the diving in Dubai yet, I am going to get some information from www.scubaboard.com hopefully, I just signed up there. I want to do the 4 open water dives while in Dubai.

I have checked out both of those companies, I think I like Ocean Sports out of those two.

There is a cheaper company, http://www.aquatekscuba.com/
They offer Scuba Diving International (SDI) certification, and if I can get two people, it is only $115 vs. $170 at Ocean Sports.

I think Ocean Sports has more class and pool time though, might be worth it. I think I need to find out what dive school I will use in Dubai, then whatever their certification is (probably PADI) then I will take that.

[Beermaster]

I did mine throgh Ocean Sports, was fun and did it all in a couple weekends with the open water done in Jasper, but then again that was 10yrs ago now lol

Go with PADI, as of 10yrs ago when i took it, it was the most reconized cert out there, times might have changed though?

[TheReefGeek]

They are still the largest organization.

Now to convince the boss.....

[Matt]

Open Water, Advanced Open Water, Mixed Gas, Wreck Diving, Night Diving... is it any wonder that PADI = Put Another Dollar In?

If you're just going to have some fun, and you're a novice diver, why not just do your cert there? You'll probably save some bucks, and have a great time learning in warm water. Even on your first lesson, you'll probably get to see something more interesting than the bottom of a pool.

JMHO, YMMV

Matthew

[TheReefGeek]

I might end up doing it that way, I am researching my options now.

The goal of taking all the classroom stuff here, and some basic pools stuff, is to get the basics out of the way, then have fun doing the 4 required open water dives in Dubai. That way I don't waste time in a classroom in Dubai.

But I have to find out if there are any dive operations that will let me just do the 4 dives, so far I have only found complete open water certifications.

[fishguyxd]

I also heard ocean sports is good

[TheReefGeek]

I went with NorthWest Scuba, my lessons are next weekend, during the Edmonton reef meet

It was a toss up etween NorthWest and Ocean Sports, they have both been around a long time, both do PADI and both had classes the same weekend for pretty much the same price.