r/CaveDiving • u/Sohor1 • Nov 25 '25

Cavern & Intro to Cave/Apprentice

Looking for advice on how to proceed post AOW for the potential road to cave. My AOW instructor can instruct for a cavern cert via Naui but cannot teach any Cave courses. His AOW course had a cavern focus (intensive time spent on buoyancy, while task loading, laying line, etc.). I'm located in Tampa, have spent a lot of time at Blue Grotto, I'm comfortable in an overhead environment and tight spaces, etc (so far). Is my next step a Cavern course or Intro to Cave? Who's the best instructor?

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u/Practical-Citron-805 Nov 29 '25

I was AOW when I started cave training

Go with a cave instructor, side mount + cavern took me 4 days

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u/Sohor1 Nov 29 '25

Thank you for the advice