S2: E4 | Checkout Dive locations for Scuba Certification - How important is it? Boat dives offshore vs freshwater locations.
Episode description
Kenny Dyal and Michael Kest discuss & debate checkout dive locations for new scuba diver certifications. Should offshore boat dives be mandated or maybe even be a separate certification? Should the certification focus more on getting comfortable instead of where it is (aka, not romanticizing the location).
Michael Kest is a jury trial attorney with his own practice, an active dive instructor with experience that ranges from working dive boats in South Florida to Hawaii, water safety at Sea World, Disney's Dive Quest, working for dive shops and teaching classes all over the world and father of three.
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