If you were alright during your open water dives, I think it's ok to continue to AOWD.

Do you remember...

1) Could you setup all the gear yourself?

2) When you're at the water surface, could you descend without assistance? This means, you release air in your bcd, breathe out, and sink. Or did it take you a long time and your instructor had to come over to help?

3) When you were in the water, did you ever get stuck when you try to swim or breathe?

4) Could you do your mask clear skill?

5) Did you check your SPG by yourself throughout the dive, or only when you were asked?

6) When ascending, could you hold a safety stop, or did you go straight to surface?

These are fundamental skills that an OW diver should have when certified... if you have any doubts then you should probably get more supervision before continuing to AOW.

i agree with all of these before moving on to AOW. Of course you can just move on to AOW, but if you can't even do these basics, going to AOW gonna be making yourself malu only when a OW diver is doing all these better than you.

Clean.... big room.... depending which dive center u diving with.... can be pretty far walk to dive center.....

Just got word that the DC is scubanaut. Anybody dive with em before?

i agree with all of these before moving on to AOW. Of course you can just move on to AOW, but if you can't even do these basics, going to AOW gonna be making yourself malu only when a OW diver is doing all these better than you.

Just got word that the DC is scubanaut. Anybody dive with em before?

yanie always dive with them..ask her what u want to know..

Hmm..she must be trolling elsewhere today..

yup me. when go salang always dive with scubanaut and stay salang pusaka.

Hehe... any room tips?

Hehe... any room tips?

just go and sleep

i agree with all of these before moving on to AOW. Of course you can just move on to AOW, but if you can't even do these basics, going to AOW gonna be making yourself malu only when a OW diver is doing all these better than you.

I did my OW & AOW.. I would recommend so.. you get to experience "deep dive/wreck dive/nitrox/night dive/etc" all in one package...
another plus is, if you do both, you get discount for your AOW
A the end of the day.. your dive option are wider than OW..
I have few friends with OW.. but when I ask them to join me wreck dive/deep dive (planned end of year/early next year due to running out of AL),
not one can join me..

problem is for OW, after so many leisure dive.. they give up scuba all together due to lack of variety..

Better then risk.
If pro and steady like u then is ok. joking. Hehe. AOW is easy actually.

theres no right or wrong.. you do what you want.. not comfortable, stop.