Five Essential Scuba Courses Every Diver Needs!!!

[@TampaBayDiving]

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[@geemac44]

In my opinion... I found Stress & Rescue Diver certification to be of greater importance in the order of must have certifications than deep or wreck diving. After all, knowing what to do if a dive buddy or another diver in a group gets into trouble and requires immediate assistance is priceless. I am Stress & Rescue certified and I have helped a diver in distress, and I’d rather have everyone head safely home after every dive session, over a discussion on how deep I dived or wow factor aspects of a wreck, during the trip back to shore.

[@TampaBayDiving]

@geemac44 I agree rescue is possibly the best & my favorite recreational course but all of these courses are specialty courses as have been in the last two. Rescue in SDI is a core course.

[@amadeuss3341]

When stuff hits the fan, humans fall back to muscle memory. 2 day course that you did 2 years ago will be no help for you. Same as mask clearing that was drilled in you during OW course. Try to pull someone's mask off and see. Most divers will bolt to the surface. There is a reason pilots do the sim sessions every 6 months.

[@geemac44]

@@amadeuss3341 I’m not sure if you're commenting to my Stress & Rescue experience and comments, and I hope not as I have already saved a distressed diver to get home alive after an issue at 25metres. Secondly, we address S&R in every predive check and chat. We also practice numerous diver stress issues, like mask removal and turn off gas/no gas scenarios with buddies and dive groups randomly every month. At least 30+ divers have experienced the random scenarios and have subsequently obtained their S&R certification in past 12-months. Only a hand-full of others have obtained either their Deep Diver and/or Wreck Diver certification. Preparation-Planning-Participation & Practice-Practice-Practice are key elements we emphasise to every buddy/diver in our group[s] because heading home safely from an enjoyable dive experience is the only way to tell family & friends about the fun you had. 😀🤿Safe & enjoyable bottom time to all divers👌🤿🇦🇺

[@jubjub13483]

Nice video man! Recently became certfied this year in the open water, have now done advanced open water, Nitrox. Next year plan on doing deep dive, wrecks and drysuit, loving the underwater world so far!

[@TampaBayDiving]

Congratulations on your progression! Take your time and just work on the fundamentals of Buoyancy, Trim, Propulsion, and Breathing. You're gonna be an awesome diver! Plan Your Dive and Dive Your Plan, Blake

[@jubjub13483]

@TampaBayDiving thanks that is awesome advice!

[@jeffconley6366]

I've been diving since 1976, use to be an Instructor and agree 100% with your list of specialty courses. Of course take the non specialty courses of Advanced Open Water and Rescue Diver. I would recommend in the following order: Open Water > Advanced Open Water > Navigation > Night/Limited Visibility > Nitrox > Deep > Wreck > Rescue Diver. And by that time you should have 50+ dives. Guess what you have also met the requirements for Master Diver. Just my suggested order. Note: you could do Nitrox anywhere after Open Water and before Deep.

[@TampaBayDiving]

@jeffconley6366 Thanks for acknowledging that Advanced and Rescue are not specialty courses. I believe you were the first lol. Plan Your Dive and Dive Your Plan, Blake

[@ttb1513]

@@TampaBayDivingOk, can you clear up my confusion? I thought if I did open water then nitrox, deep, night and navigation then I would have added 4 specialties and combining that with 24+ dives would qualify me as an advanced open water diver. Clearly I have misunderstood or misnamed something. What does that qualify me as and how is it different from the core (non-specialty) Advanced Open water course?

[@yoelbino1]

The only course I need to take, from that list, is wreck dive.

[@MaciejJeszkeP]

Plan: Go to SSI, find good instructor :) Do OWD, Do Nitrox, Navgiation, DrySuite/limited visiblity, Deep (in central Eu all dives are in dark, cold water :P ), Get AOWD for free (if you have 24 dives), Do Stress and Rescue (very importan one), Get Master Dive for for free :) (if you have 50 dives ), Look at others with confusion who have to pay twice for AOWD and DM.... I am just ending my Deep and starting rescue with 30 loged dives :) “May the New Year usher in greater heights and fruitful ventures. Happy New Year and Xmas !!

[@josephdracula7487]

👍😎🤿🇵🇭! Good stuff!

[@TampaBayDiving]

@josephdracula7487 Thanks for your continued support bud!

[@josephdracula7487]

@@TampaBayDiving You got it!

[@johnzuzula3687]

I'd like to know where that first reef is please?

[@TampaBayDiving]

Local reef off of St. Petersburg, FL. Charter was Adventure Outfitters. Plan Your Dive and Dive Your Plan, Blake

[@MrBear2002]

Almost 3 years of diving the Great Lakes I don’t think I ever have seen 50 feet of viz yet.

[@TampaBayDiving]

@MrBear2002 I feel your pain brother. Come dive with us on our Roatan trip. I promise at least 50 Feet of viz. Plan Your Dive and Dive Your Plan, Blake

[@evilhomer5894]

The night dive qual is just a money-making scheme developed by PADI. I have a PADI rescue diver qual and have performed many night dives without having the new night dive qual. These include diving a wall in the Exumas and I was lucky enough to do three night dives at Cocos Island. I think that I’m qualified to night dive. The one that you should have mentioned is a drysuit course.

[@TampaBayDiving]

Meh, depends on your instructor. A good instructor can always pack plenty of value in a course! Your dive insurance would probably not advise it without the proper certification just a heads up. Thanks for your support and the suggestion! Plan Your Dive and Dive Your Plan, Blake

[@evilhomer5894]

@@TampaBayDivingIf your assertion that my dive insurance won't cover any accident occurring on a night dive then PADI would be the only recognizable dive training institution in the world and it isn’t.

[@kenmh7357]

Night diving is fun, but cavern diving is the best!

[@freedomwanderer]

I was sure you were gonna have rescue diver as one of these. But now that I think about it, being certified as a rescue diver wont be any good to those you need to rescue if you dont understand and continually practice the basics of these courses. Great video.

[@TampaBayDiving]

Rescue Diver is in the works. Following the theme of the previous two videos this was all about specialities. To become rescue a diver must first obtained advanced and to do that you have to have specialties. Rescue is my all time favorite! Plan Your Dive and Dive Your Plan, Blake

[@Li0nir]

Rescue course is not about rescue itself, it's a generally way to shift focus from yourself to your environment. It ultimately makes you a more aware, therefore a better diver. So YOU need rescue, not those you will rescue, so it's an absolute must have IMO. Me myself is confused why there's deep dive, but no AOW, while Deep dive course has prerequisite of AOW.

[@TampaBayDiving]

Advanced, like rescue, is a core course not a specialty. That's why it is not included in this video. Only requirements for Advanced are: - Completion of 4 specialties ( 1 of which can be non-diving). - Proof of 25 logged dives (too few in my opinion) References: - www.tdisdi.com/sdi/get-certified/ - www.tdisdi.com/wp-content/uploads/files/sandp/currentYear/SDI/part%202/pdf/individual/SDI%20Diver%20Standards_10_Advanced_Diver.pdf Plan Your Dive and Dive Your Plan, Blake

[@cavedivecamp6377]

One cavern course certification can prove you proficient in most of these.

[@ABCDiver]

I am disappointed that The PADI Mermaid(TM) didn't make the cut of essential courses.

[@TampaBayDiving]

I can't tell if that's sarcasm lol. Only scuba courses here.🤔 Plan Your Dive and Dive Your Plan, Blake

[@jimc9516]

@@TampaBayDiving yes, that was sarcasm lol

[@TommyStGeorge]

Essential? No. Great to take, maybe. Nitrox is close but not essential

[@TampaBayDiving]

Thanks for your opinion. Plan Your Dive and Dive Your Plan, Blake