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I've done a couple cenotes and a couple wrecks, also with an experienced dive master. AOW isn't really very "advanced". It's doable in 3 days, with some prework

I've done a couple cenotes and a couple wrecks, also with an experienced dive master. AOW isn't really very "advanced". It's doable in 3 days, with some prework. Such was the case for me, and I got it like a week after getting my OW. So you're probably a lot more advanced than me by any real measure! Did you do proper cave dives? I've only did caverns (within site of daylight) in the cenotes, which was enough of a thrill for me.

Nursie 8y ago
Yeah, I did two fully enclosed cave dives into the dark. We were following a line laid by the dive master, and he was clearly very experienced and lead the group (me and one other guy) slowly and calmly. We learned a low-turbulence way of propelling ourselves around before we went, so we didn't kick up too much dust in the tighter spots, and how to attract his attention with the torch. It was stunning, we swam through some huge, completely submerged caverns, and through some small connecting passages with submerged limestone cavern features. We also surfaced in a bat cave at one point on the first dive. This was somewhere around Playa Del Carmen. Just happy I was young enough at 22-ish not to really think about the risks :)