Scuba Diving Specialties, Which are worth doing after Your Open Water | 50ft Below

You got your open water certificate in the bag and are ready for the next step. A world off options lays in front of you in all kinds of scuba diving specialties. We are here to help to pick the right specialty for you which will make you a better diver. As a bonus you will save money which you can spend on useful specialties or gear. Yes, some specialties are just a way to burn money.

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[Teampegleg]

Just because you did some training doesn't mean you have to get the card. Unless the card grants you access to a type of diving that you wouldn't have access without it, just get the training informally. Within the recreational specialties I would say only about five are worth actually getting the card.

[cristinac.]

If you ever want to come to Black Sea for diving, it will be a pleasure to have you here. We do have some wreks.

[BlackPawGaming]

buoyancy can be practice by yourself anytime or with decent instructor when you learn OW/// I don't thin you need to do this "specialty"/// It is just agency making money. I think the one that ppl should learn which immediately have effect on are Enriched Air, night, deep.

[ahmedkornah]

Thank you for your nice video, but I have a question is it important to go on a speciality course or I can just get its books and just read them?

[__-oqgz]

Agreed on full con ed to have meaningful skill improvement. However, in PADI's PPB course, there isn't a single performance requirement not already covered in open water. It seems that PPB is used to compensate for low quality open water courses. This comment doesn't apply to SSI. Fully agreed on recreational wreck courses. Those really belong in the technical world.

[lamanawebu]

A lot of specialties are just about the card for money :-) and no card can make you better diver. So its good to study at home, dive a lot with some well trained buddy. Only nitrox and wreck could be useful for presenting to diving operators. I dont agree that you dont need Advanced Open Water. Why? you can go deeper and you start with "intro" specialitie.

[KodiakCup]

Great video! What about deep water certification? Is it worth it? Will dive charters let you go on dives that are deeper than your 60ft open water certification limit?

[cristinac.]

You can use WhatsApp share location when you lose your group :))

[saar]

What are you talking about? AOW is just a way to make money??? Without AOW you are restricted to 18m depth. If anything, I would recommend doing OW and AOW together.

[punktpower]

Je lijkt wel een Italiaan zoveel flapperen je handen tijdens het praten😂

[kevingumfory]

Just diving will improve buoyancy. Its as useless as a photography certification lol. Nobody will ever ask for your buoyancy cert.