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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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 Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 3:08 pm Post subject: Where's the closest PADI course taught in English? |
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Is there a PADI-certified Open Water SCUBA diving course taught in the English language in Busan? on Jeju? in Japan? in Thailand?
The closer the better, to keep costs and travel time down. I would like to do it in the next couple of months but the only English courses I seem to find on the Internet are in the Phillippines and Australia - too expensive and/or too far, I think, for this summer's vacation. |
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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Only one PADI shop with native English speakers as instructors on Jeju.
Dive Station. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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What a hell of a nice guy. Thanks.
I moved the link here if anyone else's interested:
http://dive.co.kr/E_main.html |
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Grotto
Joined: 21 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 5:57 pm Post subject: scuba |
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Hey there is a diveschool in Donghae on the East coast cost is about 700,000 won for full deep water certification...includes books, videos, training, equipment and a few dives.
One of the instructors is an English teacher who has been here forever....20 years or so. |
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| 700.000!! Expensive! Shop around! Way cheaper elsewhere! |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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| The course, in English, is about $300 U.S. on Boracay. And you get to dive in some of the worlds best waters. Get a low off-season fare to Manila, if you are scrimping get the over-night ferry to Boracay, and find a cheap place to stay. I payed $8 a night in January. Food is cheap. I can't see doing the course in Korea unless you have no choice. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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I just heard that I could do a lot of training from my home via CD ROM, then go to Busan and do shallow water lessons with a certified trainer. Or something like that, for 365,000 Won.
Then I could finish up my open water training near Busan for another 150,000 Won.
It may be a bit more expensive to go that route but it's close to home so it cuts down on my overall costs. The only drawbacks are a lack of exotic locale, less time to ask questions as they come to me and no fun sharing of the excitement of the new experience in a group dynamic.
I was forwarded the trainer's email address:
[email protected]
Has anybody around here learned this kind of way? How special is group-learning over individualized-learning approach to SCUBA diving? |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| I suspect diver might have some solid info on this. Give him a pm. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
... less time to ask questions as they come to me and no fun sharing of the excitement of the new experience in a group dynamic.
Has anybody around here learned this kind of way? How special is group-learning over individualized-learning approach to SCUBA diving? |
http://www.scubaboard.com/ |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Thanks for the link Bulsajo, only, it's to one of the many general scuba news sites, and I can't seem to find an answer to my question. Maybe I could contact some people there, but my question here remains: How significant was the group experience to your PADI training? |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 6:18 am Post subject: |
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I think perhaps you missed these forums on that board:
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| Maybe I could contact some people there, but my question here remains: How significant was the group experience to your PADI training? |
I never took PADI training. 
In terms of learning anything I'm more of a group/classroom setting/hands on learner anyway, and I think group training is pretty significant for dive training since you're never diving alone- your always checking your buddy's gear, keeping an eye on each other, communicating through signals and slates, following the lead/instructions of an instructor/divemaster etc. My courses were classroom sessions immediately followed by pool/water sessions and I think this is pretty important to positively reinforce through doing the things learned in the classroom, but certainly there is a large component of dive training that could be done through reading/CD rom/internet (such as basic theory/physiology). |
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panthermodern
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
Location: Taxronto
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 13, 2004 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| You can learn to dive for 300.000 Won in Jeju. A PADI shop, American instructor. I did some time back, and a buddy of mine just got certified, Sunday, yesterday for 300.000 Won. That's a fair price I think! |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:19 am Post subject: |
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I'm interested in this subject, as I'm looking for a cheap getaway for the summer that has diving. However, myself and the Chica have already completed our open-water basic course, and were looking for the advanced course. As I understand, it's no problem to do non-educational dives, but there aren't any advanced courses available in Korea.
Is this true? And if it is, would anyone say that diving for fun would be worth it in Korea? I want to save money, but I also don't want to dive and see a whole lot of nothing.
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| How significant was the group experience to your PADI training? |
I personally think that it's essential. As Bulsajo said, there's a lot of group/buddy work involved in diving, as diving alone is considered quite risky. You can also learn mistakes from each other that you never would consider from just reading a book. Unless you're the kind of person who learns from reading best, the hands-on study is quite useful. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Zyzyfer wrote: |
However, myself and the Chica have already completed our open-water basic course, and were looking for the advanced course. As I understand, it's no problem to do non-educational dives, but there aren't any advanced courses available in Korea.
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It's been almost 20 years since I did my cert dives and I'm not an instructor, but if I recall correctly the difference between basic and advanced openwater is simply more cert dives of slightly more challenging conditions? (e.g.- deeper, surf, drift, night etc.) Couldn't you just do those in Thailand, Phillipines, or Guam? |
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