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| Originally Posted by tootricky That's what I thought but I understood, from the instructor, that, for a year following my DSD, I could dive under the supervision of another instructor. So not all that different to the SCUBA Diver qualification.
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That isn't the case, though, The DSD is simply 'Discover Scuba Diving' and consists of a theory session, a confined water dive, and an optional open water dive which is depth limited. You would always need to dive under the supervision of a PADI pro, but not necessarily go through the theory again, although if you came to me unqualified, you would get the theory as well. It is about knowledge and understanding a bit of dive theory.
The PADI Scuba Diver is an entry level qualification, and consists of about half of the Open Water stuff - i think it is 1,2 and 3 confined/, 1, 2 and 3 theory, and OW dives 1 and 2. You get a cert card, and although you need to dive supervised, there wouldn't be the need to go through theory. You would also be upsold to OW because you loved it so much.
Sorry - Big digression
