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I’d ask your preferred local dealers how easy it is for them to get Aqualung service kits currently. Anecdotally I’ve heard they are in very short supply here in BC.

Fins have a lot of personal preference involved. So take my and any other suggestions with several grains of salt. I’ve tried several types with my Drysuit and settled on Scubapro Seawing Gorillas. They are easy to don and doff and stiffer than regular seawings. I find it easy to feel where...

I’ve had air integration for 6.5 years on my Suunto Eon Core. In that time I’ve had to replace the battery on the transmitter once. I’ve also had to replace my SPG once, replace the spool on my spg once, and replace leaking o-rings on my spg spool or hose 3 times. So 1 AI issue and 5 SPG...

The PADI AOW (Advanced Open Water) course does not include any confined water dives. It is 5 open water dives.

Competitive breaststroke here. Took me a long time to get used to pushing with the bottom of my feet/fins in frog kick instead of the sides of my feet/ankles in breaststroke. To me the key was fins stiff enough that I could feel their position and what edge I was pushing with.

No but these are different, especially if you are putting them in bcd pockets: Pocket Weights - Scuba Diving Weights for Divers BCD Weight Pouches However shipping on weights is usually expensive. Best bet is your LDS

Bottom temps here are 6-13 C. I wear Nike hyper warm tights and a medium thick merino sweater underneath.

Here at least the one or two piece options are about the same price. One piece can also overlap quite a bit and you’ll need good add weight to compensate for the extra fabric. I always recommend the one piece if the sizing works for you. And the Arctic is quite indestructible. Mine has over...

In my original certification this was definitely not taught. Possibly because it was 1979 and we were using horse collar/ Mae West type BCDs with no inflator hose. We had a choice or oral inflation or a CO2 cartridge inflator. New BCDs with inflator hoses and integrated weights were...

Bare (and probably others) make front zip crushed neoprene suits. I like mine and see them often here in Vancouver.

Max battery life for the core depends on your brightness setting, 14 hours on Max brghtness 19 hours on Default brightness 27 hours on Low brightness Mine was bought when they first came out, has over 600 dives and still charges to these levels. I’ve never gone more than 4 dives without giving...

Just returned from Taveuni Dive Resort. Our group of 16 booked the entire resort and did 3 dives daily and an additional night dive one evening. Accommodations were great, but I can confirm no Air Conditioning - which was fine for the week we were there in Fijian Winter. We had 8 divers and 2...

Would this be a fail? It depends… If the student did everything right but was unable to recover the reg because it got snagged on the tank strap behind his back and grabbed the octo instead - PASS but I’ll still get them to try again until they are confident they can do it. If the student did...

Yes it has a compass, but as far as I can tell from the manual you can't view it while in dive mode, only on land for use on a run/hike etc. Here are the instructions for accessing the compass above water: To use bearing navigation without exercising: Scroll to Map by swiping up or pressing...

No compass viewable to the diver. It may have the sensor but not display it.

But my personal underwater navigation occasionally requires a compass. I don’t really think the feature really should be called inertial navigation for this computer since you can’t use it for actual navigation. More like inertial route recording for later viewing.

Looking through the manual it seems to be lacking a compass for use during the dive.

Yes, I’d go for the Hydros again. Not perfect, but the integrated weights are just so much better than the “sure loss” ones. If only some manufacturer would combine the best features of those two BCDs.

Vancouver Island

Exactly. I’m not located near the OP but would only teach a 10 year old on Backplate and wing if it was sized appropriately and supported her at the surface at least as well as our shop’s XXS sized rental BCDs. Also a heavy steel backplate might overweight a small child in a warm freshwater...