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I'm neutral here, but isn't Florida known for possibly ripping currents? We get some ripping currents here in Washington state, but it seems the Florida sun has fried the brains of all the divers down there, as we don't dive Deception Pass at peak exchange (our brains are waterlogged instead...

Not only in the water! :rofl3:

They do this because they don't know how to swim! :wink:

Let's not get too excited. The OP is a fairly new diver, decided to post something for fun. Unfortunately people overreacted. Hopefully the OP will not be intimidated to post in the future, but learn to ignore the SB curmudgeons. Dive safe, dive often, and have fun.

What light is that a knockoff? The thing is about the knockoffs, is that they are copies with similar nearby factories where workers get swapped. So they become in essense the same product.

I'm always curious as to what is the motivation for creating another dive agency. What do they offer that others do not?

@hsakols So when you take your course and are in the pool, one of the things that you need to get a handle on is the affect of gas in the dry suit versus your BCD/wing. Practice maintaining a constant depth with dumping gas from your BCD/inflating your dry suit and vice versa. The pool is...

That's fair. And a problem that I have no idea how to address.

Because it actually saves time. When I taught at a shop, we had 2 3-hour sessions. When I was teaching on the knees, it was tough to complete all skills in those 6 hours. CW5 was basically skipped by the other instructors at the shop (yes, a violation I know). When I made the switch, I...

And there is nothing that anyone can do about that. I don't think anyone is saying this. As I stated earlier, the recommendations I've seen several times of students going onto T1 is to practice the fundies skills at a tech pass level in preperation. Most OW skills should be practiced once...

Not everyone takes task loading seriously and not everyone will assume the same level of risk (or agree on what is risky or not). And it doesn't matter how good an instructor is, if a student is uncoachable in some aspects. Some people just don't listen. That doesn't mean they will become a...

I would have saved money had I taken fundies after OW and then T1. Then go into any tech direction I wanted. All the con ed courses I took were a joke.

So one of the things I like about GUE is their recommendations when preparing for the next class is to practice the heck out of the previous class. They are truly a progressive agency, rather than having haphazard con ed courses without always clear progression. Having minimum dive...

people place too much value on what goes on social media. Maybe I'm wrong as it was a trend with kids to eat dishwasher detergent. Unless something is stated by an actual expert (which probably eliminates everyone on this thread), statements should be taken with a grain of salt. Any argument...

Like it makes any bit of difference.

https://resources.naui.org/media/1580/2024-s-and-p-v10.pdf?_gl=1*1njopl4*_ga*MTg3ODY0NjMyMS4xNzM1NDE2MTkx*_ga_L558FCL13P*MTczNTQxNjE5MC4xLjAuMTczNTQxNjE5MC4wLjAuMA..*_ga_655SYESQ2T*MTczNTQxNjE5MC4xLjAuMTczNTQxNjE5MC4wLjAuMA..#page=85 This is why I ignore your posts Mel as much as possible.

Then the only person I could have as a dive buddy would be my wife in case of an OOG emergency

https://divernet.com/scuba-news/influential-cave-diver-bill-gavin-dies/

Good God no. That's just perpetuating poor weight distribution (feet heavy). @Webmaster You're in the Phillipines. Go see Andy Davis in Subic Bay. Andy Davis Technical Diving | Scuba Tech Philippines You may be interested in some of the ideas I use in teaching open water here: Teaching...

Reading that requires effort. Not everyone wants to put that in. Though the NAUI master diver program should be common knowledge for long term dive pros of all all agencies. It is excellent. The book should be on every dive pros bookshelf