Open Water recommendations

daveg

I'm thinking of paying for the girlfriend to do the open water for her birthday. Any suggestions on where she could train? Scubadive West are closest but it'll cost €550.

rick_fantastic

it aint much cheaper elsewhere

Peace

Dave,

Women prefer warm water diving over cold stuff most days of the week? Maybe do the class & pool sessions and take the open water stuff in a nice 3mm shorty and 30m vis somewhere?

Just a suggestion.

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Actually i just remembered that Killian & Breffni's dad runs a dive op in the Canary islands. Could drive a hard bargain?
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rick_fantastic

yeah u can do openwater course for around 350-400€ in a week in the canaries. sometimes its cheaper in the off-season

Evil Phil

Peace wrote:

Dave,

Women prefer warm water diving over cold stuff most days of the week?

What, and miss the Evil Phil Parade?! I don't think so.

Peace

Evil Phil wrote:

What, and miss the Evil Phil Parade?! I don't think so.

So its got a name now eh...

Soon they'll be diagnosing traumatised women with Evil Phil Exposure Syndrome (E.P.E.S).

.. and we'll all be like:
hey whats wrong with that girl....
and they'll be like:
.. ah she's got E.P.E.S.
and we'll all be like:
HAAAAARSH! No way back after that.

Evil Phil

Once you've had your Phil, nothing else will satisfy

Peace

Evil Phil wrote:

Once you've had your Phil, nothing else will satisfy

You realise we're talking about daveg's missus right?

Dave, slap a ban on this enthusiastic "exposure" suit...

daveg

Peace wrote:

You realise we're talking about daveg's missus right?

Dave, slap a ban on this enthusiastic "exposure" suit...

Goddamn this "can't ban a mod from his own forum" rule shít.

The reason behind getting her to do the OW is that we are hoping to head of
to Oz early next year. A trip to the barrier reef is on the cards so I wanted her to qualify before she goes. However I sent her a link to a webpage detailing the fish etc you will find on the reef, and due to a slight miscalculation she also found a link to dangerous creatures on the reef.

All chances of diving are off.... Not only will she not dive on the barrier reef but she will not be swimming in any water whilst in the southern hemisphere.

Peace

She's a little bit skittish huh?

Well maybe you should make the point that she's 1000 times more likely to get hit by a var crossing the road than she is by being killed by an underwater critter.

But yeah i know, women can be a bit iraationl when it comes to this sort of stuff. (Phoa, was that sexist or what!)