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LOL ... too funny. I popped onto their site and they talk about how in Canada the best visibility is in the summer months (??) I guess my eyes just get bad during the summer. And when they talk about national parks, they mention paddling in Lake Louise instead of mentioning something...

We did too.., got them ourselves.

What "unnerving" redundant air supply systems? I know there are more than a couple out there. I don't have the knowledge(Facts) you speak about in the near misses, but am always looking for more facts. What "legitimate public safety diving training agency" are they training with??? You are...

I'm pretty sure. I am an SDI and ERDi Instructor and it is only one Instructor fee for both.

Great diving in an around the area. You need some local knowledge due to the monster tides, but places like Deer Island Point, Green Point and Black Rock (boat dive) are fantastic. Love to show you the sites, but I am on the other coast now. It is a small diving community there, shouldn't be...

I agree with your last statement. However my point is that the act of teaching the student is the profession, not the business. Shops teach students for one reason, to widen their client base, which makes sense. That is the business of running a dive shop. Your JOB as an instructor is to...

Is that an offer?? :eyebrow: I didn't explain very well, the bolt cutter scenario if for when diving surface supplied and you are hard wired into an imbilical. Sorry man.

I've also been teaching for years, like Thal without ever having to push sales. I have always talked about gear, open and honestly. I still get calls from people that I taught 20 years ago asking my opinions on gear because they know I'll be brutally honest. Whether it is a conflict to push...

We tried the RSV years ago and went away from it. Just not the best solution. I'd go with a Kirby Morgan Block or something similar mounted to your SSAD harness. Then it is simply turning a knob and you are on bailout. If you need to come off your imbilical for whatever reason(extreme...

You into swapping challange coins?

I neither fin constantly or struggle to stay upright when wearing a BP with wings. With a steel tank and keel weight, I actually find it quite balanced. The only ones I have seen who were falling on their face were GROSSLY overweighted and needed a full bladder to stay afloat. I spend hours...

What Bridge said..., in a large majority of cases, anywhere you can do a circle a pendulum will work too. We have just found that it works easier, and for sure you need a good tender to control your search pattern. (Just make sure you boat drops a bow and stern anchor point to prevent the boat...

Tks Squirrel, I do know what you sre talking about now. I have seen them and just thought it was a different style of slung tank. Not being a caver-guy, didn't know there was a differnt name. Like you, I want as little as possible hanging in or near the front of me when 'roto-tilling' in zero viz

I'm not sure of the config, I keep picturing sling tanks in my mind. Got any pics??

I'm not going to bother harping on the life line/weighted buoy thing...., if you are only rescue there are provisions for that and to save a life you can do things different. For rescue stuff, get a hold of the Coast Guard in Vancouver. They have a full time rescue team on the west coast and...

Here in Canada, if the dive is such that a life line is used (one diver in the water, confined space dives...) a diver MUST wear a harness. If it is a free swimming PSD dive, they do not.

I see you are in Ontario, which means that as soon as you put someone in the water on compressed air, you fall under the Canada Labour Code because you are now considered commercial divers. There are very strict rules and guidelines you HAVE to follow as there is legal (criminal) implications...

What Blades and Gary said. ...... and for us, if it too dark and dirty for a diver to read gauges even when pressed against their faceplate, we do the dive on surface supply. Then the criticals can be monitored from topside

Not saying they can;t be cleaned, cause I honsetly don;t know, but for those of you wearing fabric layers on your drysuits.., what kind of time are you talking for cleaning? I just spent a morning cleaning diesel fuel out of my gear. My viking was cleaned in 20 minutes, the webbing of the...

Us too 200.., we harness in to do most of our work but do a free swimming "half necklace" when clearing hulls and piers.