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I think I have been fed the same FUD. But after repeated challenges from people like John, I've come to the realization that it was FUD. I've learned to question the source of everything, including things I want to be true (to fight against my own confirmation bias).

My favorite time to teach was mid September to mid October, as the temperatures have come down (no students cooking in dry suits as they would in summer) but not so much that they freeze their keisters either, viz has improved, water is close to its "warmest". If I was to certify my daughter...

That's just about the time that days get long enough to get an algoe bloom. It is a gamble. See pnwdiving. You are better off getting viz reports on various FB groups.

If a drysuit is used, then he'd be okay. That's the problem with beat up 7 mils and on the knees instruction. Students spend most of their time on their knees freezing. That is no fun. Drysuit combined with being neutrally buoyant the entire time means being active and generating some heat...

Just make sure wherever you go, the course is taught completely neutrally buoyant and trimmed. Even in the start of the first pool session. it actually isn't hard to teach this way, but unfortunately, it is not the common case.

In my book, the degree of inappropriateness certainly goes up if he's old enough to be her father or grandfather. That doesn't mean its okay for a guy the same age to be touching her without her consent.

It's an issue of QC. People sometimes get certified without meeting the performance requirements. Dive planning materials of all agencies that I've seen are insufficient. In my region, I get the impression that few divers meet WRSTC requirements as an autonomous divers as they lack the...

Yeah, the two of us being in agreement on anything must be the seventh sign. There you go folks. The world is about to end.

So I am a man, but with a young daughter (extremely attractive, that's not Papa's bias either). How would my daughter deal with this situation? While she's only 5, if her behavior from when she was in daycare is any indicator, she'd knee the guy in the nuts so hard his testicles fly out of...

But that's the reality of the industry. On most dive boats I've been on (exception, Washington and California), there's at least on dive who cannot assemble their scuba kit. In vacation destinations, this has been normalized and you have crews setting up people's gear because either they can't...

I was thinking of a method involving a nailgun. The dive computer will never leave their wrist..... :poke::stirpot: But if people are set to do things a certain way, it doesn't matter what they are told. I remember advising my OW students to be careful about buying used equipment at not much...

That's always been my understanding. I took the old fundies which was a recreational skills course. One needs proper recreational skills before acquiring technical skills. Most of the industry is content with poor recreational skills. GUE is one exception.

Time to use the ignore button.

Mask is all about fit. Don't buy a mask online. https://divingwithkosta.wordpress.com/2020/12/24/the-mask-test-doesnt-work/

My biggest mistake was waiting until 380 dives and being an IDC Staff Instructor before taking fundies. That was an incredibly cold shower. Take it now. Don't worry about rec/tec passes, just go for the skills. You will become a solid diver so much faster this way. EDIT: see next comment

We can see about 10 to 15 feet. I also give my students my own personal dive lights as I believe from a practical point of view a requirement for diving in the Puget Sound. This guy was in amazing shape. He created a bit of a wake doing the navigation swim at the surface and just took off...

@nldunn The most nervous of all of my students was a 6'5" 280 lb firefighter, a man who would break through walls to rescue someone in a burning building. And he was afraid of the dark water. He got over it, but my point is, if someone like that can be afraid of the water, no one should feel...

OH COME ON! That one review about the DM not carrying the customers gear, INSTANT DISQUALIFICATION! :p:poke::stirpot::outtahere: Seriously, I go straight to the 1-star reviews and be entertained by the crazy stuff people complain about. So far it has never been about safety (which if there...

I wonder how many of those commenters can assemble their own dive kit.