Oh those sorts of training conditions absolutely still exist. I got my rescue diving certification in an old quarry much like what you said. Really helps make you appreciate the conditions when out in the Caribbean and you have >100 ft of visibility in every direction.
Thats why we are highly sceptical of people who learned diving in the sea, often in a two weeks course on vacation, then wanting to dive in a lake. It is a typical thing to see, when there is deadly diving accidents.
Learn diving in lakes with the cold and low visibility and quick darkness, when going deeper. It is easier to go from there to the sea, than the other way round.
Oh those sorts of training conditions absolutely still exist. I got my rescue diving certification in an old quarry much like what you said. Really helps make you appreciate the conditions when out in the Caribbean and you have >100 ft of visibility in every direction.
Thats why we are highly sceptical of people who learned diving in the sea, often in a two weeks course on vacation, then wanting to dive in a lake. It is a typical thing to see, when there is deadly diving accidents.
Learn diving in lakes with the cold and low visibility and quick darkness, when going deeper. It is easier to go from there to the sea, than the other way round.