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That's quite a bit different from having that same shark follow your group and bump into divers with his snout, repeatedly.

Same shark, I think. And when he bites someone, who are we going to blame?

Whoo hoo! The Resort is having an event while we're there, at NO COST. Fish Geek Week! Yay! Fish Geek Week with Gerald Allen & Mark Erdmann - July 18 - 26, 2014 - Lembeh Resort and Critters at Lembeh in North Sulawesi, Indonesia Still spots left if you're a fish geek and want to celebrate your...

As someone who teaches a number of specialties, I have to disagree. When I watch a former navigation student deal beautifully with a low vis, strong current situation on a night dive using her nav skills, I have to conclude she learned something during that course. I think students learn things...

Can't win. Either the conversation is about how poorly trained divers are, or how there are too many course options. Sheesh! And the Zombie diver - not a "PADI specialty" but rather, a distinctive specialty created by an individual instructor. There are lots of those, and maybe it will be...

There is a version of the PADI OW course that teaches computer use, but you should still have received an understanding of how your computer works and the basics of decompression theory. And no, you're not nuts in wanting to know how the tables work, and your instructor should be able to share...

Next time, Chilly!

Still have spaces if you're interested in an awesome location with some fun folks. :-) kari

I'd be interested in having that next level conversation. :-) Consider that this is just Cozumel. There are many, many places where divers, new or not, are actually left to their own devices. Imagine that. My dives 9 and 10 were on Vancouver Island, and the instructions went something like...

What percentage? Not nearly enough. Again, JMO. You speak of liability avoidance. Interesting... would you be surprised if you discovered that some (many, maybe?) of the "divemasters" on this island are not credentialed? i.e. they truly are "dive guides" with no additional training beyond...

I don't agree with your examples, but yes. Dive ops should refuse service to all kinds of people, in my opinion. And divers should refuse to bring their business to dive ops, for all kinds of reasons. Not really on topic for this thread, but you asked. :-)

Ogden Point Dive Centre often has an afternoon/night dive on the breakwater on Wednesdays. They announce it on their Facebook group, here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/40938229226/

What happened to personal responsibility? If a certified diver is not qualified to take care of themselves, they ought to be beating on their instructor's door, if anywhere.

One other benefit is that if you need treatment quickly, presentation of a DAN card may be more effective in ensuring that happens than waiting for the chamber to determine whether or not they'll get paid by your other insurer.

still a combination of depth/time.

Since we've hijacked this thread so completely, when are you coming to town? Will there be a carnaval shenanigan in our future?

He also made some very interesting - thought-provoking - points about temperature. As in the worst case from a DCS risk scenario is going in warm (perhaps from soaking up rays in your tropical destination) and coming up cold (perhaps from being on a 60 minute dive). And yes, I am both classy...

right. i don't know, the antennae? now to remember the name... it is on 65, and there are "other services" available there too, if you get my drift. Copa Cabana maybe?

I know, right? not the tail end, but the head and "claw" end, smothered in butter.

At DEMA I attended a seminar where a dive physician who works at DAN said the same thing he's been saying for years - dehydration does not cause DCS. Get as dehydrated as you want, but unless you have a dive profile, you won't get bent. Flip side is that you can be as hydrated as you want, but...