PADI certification

[tsc]

How often do you need to recertifie?
thnks for your time and help.
tom

 

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[BVI Hunter]

I'm not sure do need to? - as long as you dive regularly?

and period without diving (six months or more??) then a refresher course is recommended.

hopefully someone with more experience will confirm or correct me!

 

[tsc]

thans for the help.

 

[ropesfish]

Your SCUBA certification is good for life. A refresher course would be a good idea if you got your certification, got in a few dives and then did no diving for a long while. If you are at all concerned about your skills and your readiness to dive, by all means do a refresher course. If you feel very confident in your skills, situational awareness and problem solving skills while diving, at least re-read your manual and do some skills practice in a pool(never, ever a bad idea).
It might be best to say that if you think you need a refresher, you do. If you think you learned everything there is to know about diving during your Open Water course, you absolutely need a refresher course.

 

[tsc]

thank you ropesfish it has been a long time, may be time for a refresher class.

 

[old man]

How often do you need to recertifie? thnks for your time and help. tom

tsc, I don't claim to be an expert in anything, but my P.A.D.I. Instructor certification number is 4630. So, I've been around a little while, even though I don't teach anymore. I also have a Commercial Diver certification that predates the Instructor qualification. For what it's worth. Your scuba certification is good for life. If you haven't been diving for a while, take a refresher course, like someone else mentioned.
Diving can be dangerous. Play it safe, take a refresher and Happy Diving.

 

[tsc]

The wife wants to get certified and she wants me to take class with her. I just wanted to be a cheapskate. thanks for taking the time to give some help.

 

[aquanut]

The wife wants to get certified and she wants me to take class with her. I just wanted to be a cheapskate. thanks for taking the time to give some help.

How much is your life worth?

 

[SADS 669]

A good way to check your need for a refresher is to put your gear on in the shallow end of a pool, or where you can stand up in shallow protected water.

If you can't take your reg out and your mask off at the same time, then put them back on successfully without having a choking fit you need a refresher course or at the least lots of practice.

Purists may not agree with this but if some individual, ( I was going to say idiot) kicks both of them off your face with a fin, it would be good to be able to still function.

 

[augoldminer]

I don't know about PADI but my NAUI card was still good even though i have not dived in 40 years.

I have a .50 CAL air rifle that i fill from a diving tank and the shop i got the tanks certified and fill at did not question me.

 

[pvet7521]

You should also be able to take your back back off and re don, as if you get hung up and have to cut yourself lose. It happens.

 

[Higgy]

PADI diver since 1978 here. I just got a new card because I finally looked in the mirror and looked at my card and decided it was time to lose the pic me sporting the '70s porn-star mustache.

 

[Boatlode]

A good way to check your need for a refresher is to put your gear on in the shallow end of a pool, or where you can stand up in shallow protected water.

If you can't take your reg out and your mask off at the same time, then put them back on successfully without having a choking fit you need a refresher course or at the least lots of practice.

This^^^^^^^^^^. Gear up and take a pool dive. You'll know immediately if you need a refresher.

 

[Harvest]

Harvest refresher course .if you panic ,you die. Your refreshed !!!