G'day mates,
I'm currently in Sydney, and I'm running out of ideas to get into dives that are a bit more challenging than the usual 10m dive we have here. There's quite a few wrecks in NSW that are worth checking out, at least that's what is said. I'm currently looking at Advanced nitrox and Deco procedures. Nothing more!
My thoughts on SM:
- It's great for cave
- It's great for OW
- It's easy for 3 tanks, 4 tanks still very feasible, 5 gets tricky.
- It's **** to go very deep, but then again, so is a twinset. If you're very deep, a rebreather is the only way.
I've tried about all the dive shops around in Sydney, I have yet to find someone that does good, clean SM and that will allow me to take a course where we're "only" carrying up to 4 tanks. All the others reply something like this
Is it wrong that I ask if they teach in SM ? Should I put on a twinset where I don't see the need of it? If I need more tanks than I think I can handle around me (without looking like a revolver), then I'd put on a twinset. But before that time comes (ie too deep), I'd rather put on a rebreather than a twinset.
I don't see the point in doing a course that should teach me how to handle deco tanks etc in BM and then switch back to SM and having to learn it on my own again. Am I wrong here?
Any input?
Someone got an adress of a good instructor here that I might have missed?
(I know of steve martin supposedly coming here in january/february, but it's not sure yet if he'll be running courses and if i'll be able to join them)
Edit: By "challenging" I meant "deeper", before I get yelled at for using that word...
I'm currently in Sydney, and I'm running out of ideas to get into dives that are a bit more challenging than the usual 10m dive we have here. There's quite a few wrecks in NSW that are worth checking out, at least that's what is said. I'm currently looking at Advanced nitrox and Deco procedures. Nothing more!
My thoughts on SM:
- It's great for cave
- It's great for OW
- It's easy for 3 tanks, 4 tanks still very feasible, 5 gets tricky.
- It's **** to go very deep, but then again, so is a twinset. If you're very deep, a rebreather is the only way.
I've tried about all the dive shops around in Sydney, I have yet to find someone that does good, clean SM and that will allow me to take a course where we're "only" carrying up to 4 tanks. All the others reply something like this
orYes it is possible to do the courses on sidemount but unless you have ability issues or are intending on going cavediving in the near future, Sidemount is actually not the otimum rig for the diving. It lacks a level of redundancy that the twinset has and is also less fluid and ergonomic when dealing with multiple deco cylinders ( I teach ADV NTX and DECO with 2 deco cylinders, 50% and 100%)
PS .. who taught you what you have done so far. Sidemount emmm that's not a good start.
Is it wrong that I ask if they teach in SM ? Should I put on a twinset where I don't see the need of it? If I need more tanks than I think I can handle around me (without looking like a revolver), then I'd put on a twinset. But before that time comes (ie too deep), I'd rather put on a rebreather than a twinset.
I don't see the point in doing a course that should teach me how to handle deco tanks etc in BM and then switch back to SM and having to learn it on my own again. Am I wrong here?
Any input?
Someone got an adress of a good instructor here that I might have missed?
(I know of steve martin supposedly coming here in january/february, but it's not sure yet if he'll be running courses and if i'll be able to join them)
Edit: By "challenging" I meant "deeper", before I get yelled at for using that word...
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