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Which is why he still intends on doing the BSAC sports diver!
Personally, if you are relatively inexperienced then I think that the AOW would be quite a fun way to spend a holiday. Depending on the options a large proportion of the dives would be more "escorted dives" than lessons. As an Ocean Diver this is probably advisable anyway and why not get a useful qual at the same time. No matter what you say about the PADI system, it *is* recognised all over the world, with clear depth guidelines. if you ever get caught out in the back arse of nowhere, with an outfit that doesn't recognise BSAC quals you can always flash your AOW and get a dive.
I do agree that the preferable route would be to try and advance his BSAC course at a faster speed, but it does seem to be quite usual for these things to take months, rather than weeks and I don't know how long the guy has until his first trip.
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