Diving Certification in Edmonton

[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.