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You will probably find several PADI shops in GC, which will have PADI standards. I would highly recommend that you get certified before you go. This will provide you with several options.....(1) you will learn if everyone in your family truly can and likes to scuba (when we were certified, my teenaged son who is an extreme adventure person did have problems during our first open water dive and had to have a make-up 1:1 dive with the instructor to get acclimated); (2) you will have the experience of breathing, negative buoyancy, weights, etc. in advance to help you spend more time actually enjoying the dive in GC, rather than acclimating to it; (3) you can spend more time on your actual vacation, rather than studying, training during your trip; (4) while you could get open water certified (which is just above discover scuba) on your vacation, if you truly love the water, you might as well put forth the little bit extra time and money and get open water certified before you go....it'll open up many more options for you in the future. Also, if you go to your local dive shop, I'm certain they will have lots of literature, magazines, books, etc. (some even free) which will hook you up with dive boats and shops in GC. Good luck!!!
You will probably find several PADI shops in GC, which will have PADI standards. I would highly recommend that you get certified before you go. This will provide you with several options.....(1) you will learn if everyone in your family truly can and likes to scuba (when we were certified, my teenaged son who is an extreme adventure person did have problems during our first open water dive and had to have a make-up 1:1 dive with the instructor to get acclimated); (2) you will have the experience of breathing, negative buoyancy, weights, etc. in advance to help you spend more time actually enjoying the dive in GC, rather than acclimating to it; (3) you can spend more time on your actual vacation, rather than studying, training during your trip; (4) while you could get open water certified (which is just above discover scuba) on your vacation, if you truly love the water, you might as well put forth the little bit extra time and money and get open water certified before you go....it'll open up many more options for you in the future.
Also, if you go to your local dive shop, I'm certain they will have lots of literature, magazines, books, etc. (some even free) which will hook you up with dive boats and shops in GC. Good luck!!!
