Testimonials

Andreas is great instructor. I learned so much under his coaching. I came away from the course with a far greater appreciation for safety. I was able to double my personal bests for time and depth - a truly awesome thing given this was only a two day course. And it was a very fun course. Andreas' style was very inviting for all of the class participants and we bonded as a team. I found his positive energy to be very enabling and that help people including myself to relax during the course exercises. A truly A experience all the way around.

Amazing instruction. Joe and Chad are both very high caliber teachers. There passion for this comes out in every word they say. My classroom time was with Joe, (who absolutely meets up to his reputation) and my time in the water was mostly with Chad. He was very easy to learn from. I wish I could have spent another day in the water picking his brain. I came to this course with my fiance, so we would feel comfortable spearfishing the rigs in Louisiana. Having been inside the rigs once before coming to Benthic for proper training, I now understand how stupid that was. If you want to get into this, you need to book a course.

The only thing I would have really benefitted from would have been 1 hour of free pool time at the end of day 1. I could have used several extra reps of water entry, as well as a few laps of finning underwater to get more comfortable. Classroom instruction was amazing. I liked everything about the Open water setup. 3 people to a float made is feel like personal training.