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Scuba Forum / UK Scuba / September 2004Where to go for Oversea PADI course
Myself and my boy are going to undertake a PADI Open water course, as advised by some on this group ... we are going to do a referral course with the theory & pool portion being undertaken locally. We did some diving this year in Turkey and had intended in going back there early next year to do the course - however the April school holidays for the kids are a couple of weeks before Turkey opens for the season. Any recommendations for a warm sunny overseas location for undertaking this course .... it has to be warm and sunny as the rest of the family want a basic beach holiday. Don't want to do long haul for a weeks holiday ... so any suggestions for a week in April? Rick cyprus - http://www.viking-divers.com/index.htm excellent place and a great school, great instructors. > Myself and my boy are going to undertake a PADI Open water course, as > advised by some on this group ... we are going to do a referral course [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > Rick Malta Try www.maltaqua.com and ask for Agnes > Malta > > Try www.maltaqua.com and ask for Agnes Or SubwayScuba.com and ask for Lina (Each to their own) Slight Problem with the beach :-) Unless it's Mellihea Bay of course. However for the 'family' type you might want to think about somewhere that does the usual 'package' holiday then once you've booked ask back here for recommendations from anyone who has been. That way you know all the aminit amenat amine [1] err... activity / entertainment / shopping facilities are in place and it's one less thing to worry about. Kind of the Canaries / Costas / Majorca / Greek Islands stuff. HTH DaveA BTW: YOu are going to be *VERY* surprised by the amount of sea life anywhere after Turkey. That bit of the Med has been fished to death. [1] Stuff it it's late -- > Myself and my boy are going to undertake a PADI Open water course, as > advised by some on this group ... we are going to do a referral course [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > a > week in April? Surely there's no better place for a diving course than the Egyptian Red Sea?! If you're taking along non-divers then somewhere like Sharm El Sheik might be your best bet... > Myself and my boy are going to undertake a PADI Open water course, as .......We did some diving this year in Turkey and had intended in going back there early next year to do the course - however the April school holidays for the ...........kids are a couple of weeks before Turkey opens for the season.> > Any recommendations for a warm sunny overseas location for undertaking this course .... it has to be warm and sunny as the rest of the family want a basic beach holiday. Well as you have found the Med is still waking up from it's winter slumbers, so I'd forget Cyprus, Malta, Majorca etc. Go Canaries and for a family resort go Costa Teguise, Lanzarote and Calipso Diving. www.calipso-diving.com The resort has two white sand beaches and is very family orientated with good hotels/apartments and restaurants. But ..................... How old is your son? There is a minimum age requirement which is nothing to do with any of the agencies. TerryH > Go Canaries and for a family resort go Costa Teguise, Lanzarote > and Calipso Diving. www.calipso-diving.com hadn't thought of Canaries ... went on a Lanzagrotty holiday 2 years ago .... anybody been diving on Fuerteventura ?? I found a couple of Fuerteventura dive centres on the web ... anybody been there ? Rick Hi been diving in Fuerte...great ...did my AOW with dive centre corralejo.. Miguel and Marta are great guys and fantastic facilities. Think this is the link http://www.encomix.es/~buceodcc/ Kenny > > Go Canaries and for a family resort go Costa Teguise, Lanzarote > > and Calipso Diving. www.calipso-diving.com [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Rick > Hi been diving in Fuerte...great ...did my AOW with dive centre corralejo.. > Miguel and Marta are great guys and fantastic facilities. > > Think this is the link http://www.encomix.es/~buceodcc/ I dived with this place that Kenny mentioned a couple of years ago and I agree that they were a great team. Don't be put off by the fact that they are a Spanish company, they both speak excellent English. Steve -- > > Think this is the link http://www.encomix.es/~buceodcc/ > > > I dived with this place that Kenny mentioned a couple of years ago and I > agree that they were a great team. Don't be put off by the fact that > they are a Spanish company, they both speak excellent English. Thanks a bundle. > .... anybody been diving on Fuerteventura ?? > > I found a couple of Fuerteventura dive centres on the web ... anybody been > there ? Still dont say how old your boy is? Fuertuventura is the same admin area as Lanzarote and there are age restictions, which can be waived by dodgy dive centers. PADI may say yes, but Spanish law says no. Wont stop you diving, but not good if insurance backup is needed as you wont have any! Rgds TerryH > > .... anybody been diving on Fuerteventura ?? > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Still dont say how old your boy is? He is 14 so old enough to undertake the PADI course. > He is 14 so old enough to undertake the PADI course. See section 3.5 of the group FAQ at http://www.babilim.co.uk/pages/ukrs_faq.html for reasons why this may be too young, no matter what PADI say. Al. >> He is 14 so old enough to undertake the PADI course. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > for reasons why this may be too young, no matter what PADI say. Yes but as other agencies take advice and lower ages it is beginning to look like a minority view. 14 is generally accepted, 12 is debated and 10 is considered a bridge to far. nigelH > >> He is 14 so old enough to undertake the PADI course. > > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > beginning to look like a minority view. 14 is generally > accepted, My boy was 14 when he did the dives this year will be 15 before the Open water Course. > See section 3.5 of the group FAQ at > > http://www.babilim.co.uk/pages/ukrs_faq.html > > for reasons why this may be too young, no matter what PADI say. the link from there is to <http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lpt/kids.htm> I feel that Larry "Harris" Taylor has a point of view that I agree with. And though I am a PADI instructor my policy is that if prospective students are not are legally able to drive a car, get married without parental consent and drink. I will not train them to dive. >replace spamblock with my family name to e-mail me > I feel that Larry "Harris" Taylor has a point of view that I agree with. > > And though I am a PADI instructor my policy is that if prospective > students are not are legally able to drive a car, get married without > parental consent and drink. I will not train them to dive. If you look around a bit, you'll find that he has a lot of views you can agree with. He's always been one of the best sources of scuba information around. Lee > And though I am a PADI instructor my policy is that if prospective > students are not are legally able to drive a car, get married without > parental consent and drink. I will not train them to dive. its nice to have a choice but in some countries drinking's is illegal. My kids 12 -13 did two escorted dives this year on holiday. not sure how much harm two dives can cause but I would not want them diving every day. I could not stand the stress. when they are older in their heads I will let them dive but this age in their head is different for everybody. I agree 10 is too young but no so convinced 18 is not too old. David > And though I am a PADI instructor my policy is that if prospective > students are not are legally able to drive a car, get married without > parental consent and drink. I will not train them to dive. I guess Lee will be able to correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that in certain US states you can get married and drive cars at 14, but no booze until you are 21. Pete  Signature____________________________________________________________________ Pete Young pete@antipope.dot.org Remove .dot to reply "Just another crouton, floating on the bouillabaisse of life" >Myself and my boy are going to undertake a PADI Open water course, as >advised by some on this group ... we are going to do a referral course with [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >Don't want to do long haul for a weeks holiday ... so any suggestions for a >week in April? Sharm el Sheikh sounds like the place to go. My other half has been twice this year, and I am going with her for 2 weeks in November. We dived in Madeira in June, and she said that the Red Sea will "Blow My Mind!!" >Rick SignatureRichard Faulkner > >Any recommendations for a warm sunny overseas location for undertaking this > >course .... it has to be warm and sunny as the rest of the family want a > >basic beach holiday. Let me think for a minute. Nope, didn't take a minute. Florida? Lee >> >Any recommendations for a warm sunny overseas location for undertaking > this >> >course .... it has to be warm and sunny as the rest of the family want a >> >basic beach holiday. > > Let me think for a minute. Nope, didn't take a minute. Florida? Although it's a long way to go from the UK, and based on recent events you might get blown away... quite literally :o( David > >> >Any recommendations for a warm sunny overseas location for undertaking > > this [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Although it's a long way to go from the UK, and based on recent events you > might get blown away... quite literally :o( You had to remind me? My hurricane shutters have been up for about a month now. Living in a cave, which is what the inside of my house most resembles, is not my style not to mention the bruises I've picked up bumping into everything that used to be on my patio that is now in my living room, my very dark living room. Please, I'm over the storms. Enough already! Lee > > >Any recommendations for a warm sunny overseas location for undertaking > this [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Lee Just a Tad windy at the moment though >> Let me think for a minute. Nope, didn't take a minute. Florida? >> >> Lee > > Just a Tad windy at the moment though All done. I took the hurricane shutters off the patio doors and windows on Sunday and will, one day at a time, take the rest of them down. The water supplies will go down the drain and the gas supplies, for the generator, will go into the cars. For the first time an more than a month, we're not being threatened by hurricane . . . unless Lisa makes an unexpected turn to the west. While the wind is downright calm, it'll be a while before visibility gets back to merely "wonderful." Lee >> "Lee Bell" <leebell@ix.remove.netcom.com> wrote in message >> Nope, didn't take a minute. Florida? > > > > Lee > > Just a Tad windy at the moment though Lurking on Rec.Scuba I couldn't resist it :-) Lee found all your roof yet. Glad you're all OK though. DaveA -- |
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