Continuing
Your Adventure
The
PADI System of Diver Education
Looking at a flow chart for the PADI
System of diver education. one might
conclude that its purpose is to take
you to Master Scuba Diver, or to PADI
Open Water Scuba Instructor. But that's
not it at all.
Becoming
a PADI Master Scuba Diver, or Divemaster,
or Instructor. or whatever isn't the
purpose of the system, but a result
of achieving its purpose. The purpose
of the PADI System is to provide the
means by which you 1. meet dive people,
2. go places diving, and 3. do things
underwater. Sound familiar?
Continuing
your education beyond Open Water Diver
has some tangible benefits - doing so
introduces you to specialized dive activities.
It gets you acquainted with diving in
different conditions. and it may get
you diving in a wide variety of aquatic
environments. But again, these all lead
back to the primary purpose of helping
you get out of diving what you trot
into diving for.
You'll
find that other PADI courses differ
from this course. Many - especially
those that focus on adventure activities
- take only a day or two, and they re
mostly diving, with little or no classroom
work.
Regardless.
by continuing to learn, you meet and
get to know other divers. You visit
new dive sites (perhaps including dive
travel), and you get to try new activities
and to develop new skills, helping you
find the aspects of diving that mean
the most to you. Related to this, you
see what types of equipment best suit
your preferences and interests.
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