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The local GUE instructor has no courses going on this winter (apparently busy), so I'll be doing PADI Tec Basics (Basically dives 1 and 2 of of Tec 40) with my LDS' tech instructor in January. After that, I'm still hoping to jump on the next upcoming fundies course. Do you have any...

Yesterday I invested in a set of doubles, Faber LP85s to be exact. The plan is to master them on recreational profiles before moving on to tech. I'm hoping to get them in the pool the next weekend. Looks like I'll be joining a course with a tech instructor in Jan, but I want to work out all the...

Bringing this thread back up, this is my second Oceanic Veo 2. The first one was replaced by Oceanic because it would not stop turning on and I am now having the same problem with this one.Both computers have been taken care of to manufacture's instructions. The battery is rated for "300 dive...

PFrom what I have heard in the chat discussing this, his instructor gave the standard PADI rescue course, and he failed to meet the standards of it. While the other students have had previous emergency rescue experience and everyone was performing at a higher level than you, you would have still...

Except your not qualifed to do so..

:yelclap: All the things I wanted to say while discussing this in the chat yesterday have just been said above..

Dive masters are there to assist the instructor, and supervise the students. At the rescue level, I see no advantage of a divemaster, nor know what you mean by a "personal" one. Only you can complete the course. Another thing; why take the course in the tropics, if your going to continue diving...

The search bar is a handy tool; http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/technical-diving-specialties/492026-pushing-limits-part2-world-dive-record-350m-2-days.html Couldn't have picked a more inaccurate forum to post it under either..

Congratulations Rene on completion of the EANx course. Well done Rene, for completing your PADI Enriched... - Our Star Performers !

For your drysuit zipper to perform smoothly, it needs to be waxed with the Orange stuff (or any other drysuit wax) that came with it. Only the inner brass zipper needs to be waxed, not the outer black one. Just another thing, which you might already know; the zipper is the most expensive part...

I'd personally say it is. My LDS' rental department is full of fusions, and the only repairs needed (assuming you have the SLTs) is a skin replacement every few years (if you beat it up pretty hard) and a patch usually in the foot from some idiot running around in it without booties on. A few...

All, and I mean all, my dives have been in a Whites Fusion. Sure, it's different than most suits, but it works damn great. It may not be popular where you dive, but it is very popular here on the West Coast. (At least in Vancouver) And if it comforts you, Whites is owned by Aqualung, and has...

Personally, I would recommend the PADI drysuit course. If that is not an option though, then here is some info.. You have the concept down right, which is good. At the start of the dive, I have the exhaust valve all the way open (and I usually leave it open during the whole dive, everyone has...

Harmless fun, I'm not sure how this could be perceived as extremely dangerous behaviour. Sure, the freediver could scare someone, but really, the freediver could just have easily been a large fish, or seal as stated above.

"You are in the Basic Scuba Discussions Forum: This forum has special rules. This forum is intended to be a very friendly, "flame free zone" where divers of any skill level may ask questions about basic scuba topics without fear of being accosted. Please show respect and courtesy at all times...

Another option, is just to show the highest card needed for the dive, not your highest cert. True, the card involves no diving. However, the prerequisites to get the card does, and because of that, there is skill developed along the journey. But really... The cert is $60, there are worse ways...

Forgot to mention; you also get a MSD sticker!! ;)

Unless he wants to oral inflate on the surface, that's not an option. Besides, wouldn't you want the BCD for redundancy? Just as well, he might prefer using his BCD for buoyancy, and only adds air into the drysuit to avoid squeeze. No point in adjusting your way of diving when you have a...

Ello, Rene. Great to see another teen diver out there. My MSD application was accepted last week, so I am yet to receive my card, but I have been told you get: * Certification card * Master Scuba Diver Patch * A formal certificate Example...

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