DanMont
Contributor
Hi All,
I'm moving to Vancouver from the UK to start a job at the University of British Columbia in the next couple of months. I'm going to ship my diving gear over and I'm really hoping to be able to start regular diving once covid restrictions in BC allow (I imagine dive shops aren't open/running dives at the moment?). I'll be leaving my cylinders in the UK and so will need to rent cylinders to start with until I get some of my own. My regs are DIN fitting - do most rentals have DIN cylinders or is A-clamp/yoke more common? What type of cylinders are used for single cylinder diving mainly?
Once diving is possible what is the best route to find regular dive buddies/dives? In the UK we mostly dive through club systems rather than via centres or shops - are there any similar clubs in Vancouver? If not which dive shops would you reccomend?
Once i've got my own cylinders I'm more than happy to meet local divers outside of club/shop settings for shore dives etc. whenever possible!
Thanks for any advice!
I'm moving to Vancouver from the UK to start a job at the University of British Columbia in the next couple of months. I'm going to ship my diving gear over and I'm really hoping to be able to start regular diving once covid restrictions in BC allow (I imagine dive shops aren't open/running dives at the moment?). I'll be leaving my cylinders in the UK and so will need to rent cylinders to start with until I get some of my own. My regs are DIN fitting - do most rentals have DIN cylinders or is A-clamp/yoke more common? What type of cylinders are used for single cylinder diving mainly?
Once diving is possible what is the best route to find regular dive buddies/dives? In the UK we mostly dive through club systems rather than via centres or shops - are there any similar clubs in Vancouver? If not which dive shops would you reccomend?
Once i've got my own cylinders I'm more than happy to meet local divers outside of club/shop settings for shore dives etc. whenever possible!
Thanks for any advice!