DPV specialty - Scuba Forum

rye_a · 03-03-2008, 10:01 PM

How necessary is it to take a DPV course (such as the PADI specialty) to use a scooter safely?

texdiveguy · 03-03-2008, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by rye_a

How necessary is it to take a DPV course (such as the PADI specialty) to use a scooter safely?

If you don't own a DPV yourself and practice with it regularly it may help with the basics and to shorten the learning curve. A some shops will not rent a DPV to a diver that does not hold a basic DPV cert.. The course covers the basics and has several practice skill dives. I would think it is a good course from a knowledeble instructor and would be worth the time and money for a beginner.

jeepbrew · 03-03-2008, 11:23 PM

I took the DPV course and I didn't learn anything that I hadn't already figured out myself by playing with my DPV for an hour or so in a Florida spring.

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