Places to go scuba diving...???

[chrissb]

Hi Cowgirl

you have a couple of choices depending on how much diving you want to do during your trip. If this is the first time you and DD have tried diving then you will be able to do a Discover Scuba course at any PADI diving facility, and this will allow you to do some shallow dives with instructors from the same facility during your trip, but if you want to continue to dive or dive in another location or with another PADI facility you would have to start again. You could do the PADI open water course which will take 4 days, and consists of 5 classroom sessions, 5 pool/confined water sessions, and 4 open water sessions. This will qualify you to dive anywhere in the world to certain limits ie, no deeper than 18 metres. Great course, very enjoyable but this will take 4 days of your holiday. The third option is to do the classroom and pool/confined water sessions before you go and then ask the dive centre which has taken you through this to organise a referal to a dive centre in or around Orlando where you can do the open water dives. These dives have to be done over 2 days but you will be enjoying the diving not spending time in the classroom or pool. If ouy click on the link below you will find the PADI dive cebtres in and around Orlando.

http://www.padi.com/padi/common/dcnr...S&city=Orlando

[domster]

You can dive off the west coast. They have some good dive schools there.