Also its the best excuse to cool yourself off in this summer heat. It puts you at ease and gets you acquainted with the equipment that you will use in the open waters. You get to learn the basic skills in a safe and conducive environment. I shall be honest and say some parts of it were dry but hey all classroom lessons are generally on the dry side. The classroom sessions give you a feel of what to expect. We got to go the whole way or no way.īut i will tell you this, it was a beautiful experience. Sure you can take the same time do a even more relaxing holiday and get qualified as an PADI-Open Water Diver. Then take a 3 days relaxing trip to the Andamans and completing 9 dives and getting qualified as an Advanced Open Water Diver. It begins with 2 days of classroom lessons and pool sessions. How long does it take to go from a non diver to a PADI-Advanced Open Water Diver? All it takes is 5 Days. So, what are you waiting for? join us at PSI to get your OWD. It just opens you up to so many diving areas around Andamans and around the world. Trust me getting the AOWD is a must for any OWD. Then you take it in your stride and start exploring the varied and very beautiful sights that surround you. When you see your depth gauge point at 30, you have a moment where you disbelieve it.
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The former was pretty straight forward, you needed to know how to use a compass and learn how to find your way around the ocean. The next day we did the last two dives that would qualify us as AOWD. Just when you thought you would be swimming in the dark, you are taken by surprise at the amount of things you can see. With a torch to light your way you are mesmerized by the life around you, jelly fish that glow and seduce you, fishes you have never seen, the trance like movement of the soft corals.
Try swimming in the dark about 15 meters below.
If you have swam in the open ocean at night then you are about 1/10th of the way of getting how it feels. We dove in and learnt about PPB (Peak Performance Buoyancy) then we went on to do Boat Diving (that basically means diving off a boat) and then we went on to a rather thrilling Night Dive. The instructor then explained the next dive would be our first as AOWD dive. We got certified as OWD students right there on the boat. But i would place a bet that writing how it felt and actually being there is a world of difference. Well it can be explained, there are many blogs and magazines that could wax lyrical at what it means to go deep. The thrill of going deeper to explore the deep blue is something that can’t be explained. As a AOWD you get to go down to 30 meters. As an OWD your maximum diving depth is 18 meters. What is the major difference between a OWD and AOWD you ask? I shall give you the simple answer. That would be Advanced Open Water Diver to all those who aren’t initiated.
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