[Mdemon]

When I bought my dry suit,  I got trained up by my more experienced buddies (one of whom was an instructor) and that was that - it didn't occur to me to do an "official" course. I hadn't been asked for any specific "dry suit" docs until the other day.  Having no "formal" dry suit training to show, the boat master wouldn't let me dive.  OK, it's his boat, his rules.

My question is this - is there a requirement to have formal dry suit training (PADI/BSAC/whatever), or was this bloke being overcautious?