cbl
Registered
After reading your questions, and understanding you want to be in USA, have you considered Mexico! I too had those questions, but chose Cabo San Lucas Mexico due to the cost and proximity of dive locations. There are many dive shops, good accommodations, and reasonable costs involved. Conditions vary, but there are always lots of dive tourists to develop your guiding abilities as a DM. I took my DM at Nautilus because they are Californian's who run it, they have their own training pool, compressor, boat, etc. I feel I benefited greatly from their experience.