Padi OW ----Then NAUI Advanced?

[Vercingetorix]

Originally Posted by digitalman

4. The quarry I did my PADI OW in was only 25 ft deep, so I had to finish my NAUI OW in a deeper quarry because there is a minimum of 40?? ft depth required for at least one of the NAUI dives.

No such requirement. I'm NAUI certed. Deepest we got was 20 feet.

Master for PADI requires the five specialties that you mention, but no academics. Master for NAUI is all the academics of the DM or Instructor program without the student supervision requirement.

I like that you went both PADI and NAUI to compare the differences.

[violakat03]

My OW (and AOW, soon) came from SSI. I'm intending to take Rescue from both SSI and one other agency, either PADI or NAUI. Since I'm intending to go all the way to instructor eventually, I want to make doubly sure that I am comfortable with a rescue situation. It's one of those things that you can never have too much training in, IMO. I will probably get instructor certified with PADI and SSI.

[awb]

yes NAUI does require a planned 40 ft. dive but the instructor has the ability to say no if conditions are bad, VIS. etc.

Originally Posted by Vercingetorix

No such requirement. I'm NAUI certed. Deepest we got was 20 feet.

Master for PADI requires the five specialties that you mention, but no academics. Master for NAUI is all the academics of the DM or Instructor program without the student supervision requirement.

I like that you went both PADI and NAUI to compare the differences.

[Staggs]

Got my AOW, and Nitrox Certs this weekend. Ended up going down to an old dynamite shack around 63ft for the deep dive. Was pretty cool.

[waytooslow]

Originally Posted by Vercingetorix

..............I'm NAUI certed. Deepest we got was 20 feet..............

So you did not make 40' ? pull that man's card

[dogseatmayo]

there is no reason why you shouldn't switch

(except padi is better)

[Heavy D]

Both agencies recognize each others certs so crossing over isn't a big deal. I've gotten certs with both and my personal preference is NAUI because I like their training requirements better. One example is for OW, NAUI requires a 400m swim that wasn't a requirement for PADI when I got my OW with them. Of course a lot of this will be dependent on the instructor because any instructor can say a requirement was completed whether it was or not. That is one reason that I love my LDS. If a certain level of cert says that you are able to do something then you ARE going to do it for your cert. For example, if you are getting your AOW and it says you can dive to 130', then you are going to 130' or as close to it as water depth will allow.