Quote Originally Posted by Divethai View Post
Quote Originally Posted by friscofrankie View Post
Is your school PADI, SSI or "other?" What about dive ops for the different certs? I got my Open water cert with SSI, I took three - four days course, went diving. If I wanted to re-cert with PADI would I have to take a full on course or is there some sort of corss over?

We are a PADI 5 Star diving center. You will need to bring in your card or certification from SSI, take PADI open water diver Final exam, and do a 1 day scuba review. We would then be able to certify you thru PADI
While in Fiji, I read the PADI book cover to cover, we then fired the only PADI instructor on the island (Well, he did break the jaw of our Dive Ops Mgr. Fijians, eh?). I then had to go for the SSI, I was disappointed but it got me into some wonderful dives.

Reading the PADI book then the SSI book, I'd say the PADI course definitely prepares you for diving in much more detail. I somehow feel like I got the "economy" version. Definitely want to go over the material again.