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Refresher Training aka SCUBA review


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#1 Capn Jack

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Posted 19 November 2008 - 11:19 AM

So, I'm gathering the entire gene pool, plus two non-diving wus SOs (don't tell SWMBO I called her a wus) - for a winter break trip to Coz....

My daughter (Sara_the_brown if you didn't know) did some diving this summer on a cruise, and gained another bunch on the SD Flower Gardens trip.

My son on the other hand has been out of the dive game for better than a year, so we're heading to the pool for a refresher (and resize HIS BP/W that I always use :flirt: )

Easy enough for my family, since the old guy is current, insured and does them for free for the kids, but it would normally be $50-$100 from most LDS.

Question for the group - how long is too long out of the water before you owe yourself a refresher? (PADI calls them SCUBA reviews - and yes, full disclosure, I do sell myself if you want one)
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Posted 19 November 2008 - 12:03 PM

So, I'm gathering the entire gene pool, plus two non-diving wus SOs (don't tell SWMBO I called her a wus) - for a winter break trip to Coz....

My daughter (Sara_the_brown if you didn't know) did some diving this summer on a cruise, and gained another bunch on the SD Flower Gardens trip.

My son on the other hand has been out of the dive game for better than a year, so we're heading to the pool for a refresher (and resize HIS BP/W that I always use :flirt: )

Easy enough for my family, since the old guy is current, insured and does them for free for the kids, but it would normally be $50-$100 from most LDS.

Question for the group - how long is too long out of the water before you owe yourself a refresher? (PADI calls them SCUBA reviews - and yes, full disclosure, I do sell myself if you want one)


I think it depends how much experience you have prior to the time out of the water? Somebody who dives on a cruise once a year probably could use one every time. Somebody who regularly does 100 dives a year can probably take significant time off and come right back to it. But I still like to do that pool/shore dive just to check weights and make sure everything is working prior to that first time out on the boat.

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Posted 19 November 2008 - 12:43 PM

ow long is too long out of the water before you owe yourself a refresher?

Depends on the person, their experience level and how conscientious a diver they are. If away for a year then it is a good idea to take a refresher. If nothing else you are in a controlled environment with a pro if anything goes wrong. You may even learn something new.
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Posted 19 November 2008 - 06:26 PM

Instead of a refresher, after I'd been away from diving for a year and was planning my second Cozy trip, I took my advanced open water course. After I was away for twelve years planning my third diving trip in my short diving "career" I opted for a refresher. It felt a bit awkward, but it was good to get wet after so long and know I hadn't forgotten everything.

I learned more on my fourth dive trip - in the Dry Tortugas than any trip before. Practice makes perfect I guess...just have to figure out a reasonable way to practice when you're landlocked. :-D

Since I will have been out of the water for 5 months when I go on the Grenada trip in December, I will at least sign up once for time in a local dive shop's pool, don't feel the need for someone to guide me, just want some practice time before I'm out in the ocean.




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