Don't Touch Me Eel
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Hi everyone,
The other day I realized that it's been about 17 years since my last dive. I found my old logbook and have a little over 40 logged, I've done probably another 10 dives that I didn't. Last year I took the steps of buying new fins/mask/snorkel but didn't get any further than testing them out in the local ocean. On top of that, my LDS downsized since the last time I was through and no longer has pool access for refresher courses, meaning it's probably Dutch Springs. It's also about an hour an a half away from me when I'm back in the US. If all goes well, I hope for the airport here to reopen in time for my scheduled flight back next month. I've done a lot of Scubaboard reading while I'm over here (thanks everyone who advised against DM/zero to hero programs, work took me far away from pursuing any of it) and a have a few priorities in no particular order:
As far as buying gear, where should I start? I'm very interested in BP/Ws and would like to eventually take the GUE Fundamentals course, but working up to that point of gear ownership is daunting when the money could be spent on getting more dives in. The closest dive boat to me back home requires a similar gear investment and two dives done in the last 30 days to go out on it, so I look at that as a more distant goal. I'd like to dive locally as I never have before. I'm watching Getting first BP/W setup as well. What should my next pieces be? Regulator+Dive computer? BCD/BP+W? All of it
Thanks for your time!
The other day I realized that it's been about 17 years since my last dive. I found my old logbook and have a little over 40 logged, I've done probably another 10 dives that I didn't. Last year I took the steps of buying new fins/mask/snorkel but didn't get any further than testing them out in the local ocean. On top of that, my LDS downsized since the last time I was through and no longer has pool access for refresher courses, meaning it's probably Dutch Springs. It's also about an hour an a half away from me when I'm back in the US. If all goes well, I hope for the airport here to reopen in time for my scheduled flight back next month. I've done a lot of Scubaboard reading while I'm over here (thanks everyone who advised against DM/zero to hero programs, work took me far away from pursuing any of it) and a have a few priorities in no particular order:
- Go dive
- Buy more gear
- Rescue Diver (have AOW)
As far as buying gear, where should I start? I'm very interested in BP/Ws and would like to eventually take the GUE Fundamentals course, but working up to that point of gear ownership is daunting when the money could be spent on getting more dives in. The closest dive boat to me back home requires a similar gear investment and two dives done in the last 30 days to go out on it, so I look at that as a more distant goal. I'd like to dive locally as I never have before. I'm watching Getting first BP/W setup as well. What should my next pieces be? Regulator+Dive computer? BCD/BP+W? All of it
Thanks for your time!