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...for the info. Sounds like a good course to take (and skills to work on before taking the class) - I seem to be overweighted, too. Look forward to hearing more about your experience after the weekend. Have fun.

SeaJay - as a relatively new, inexperienced diver, thanks for having the guts to share your experience and endure a few pokes. I am gaining a better understanding of dive computers, their limitations, NDLs and of course the reasons for diving your plan as a result of this thread. BTW, my...

I think Freeman's cheatin' - subtract all his posts from his thread and your posts from your thread and it's even. Or was...this one breaks the tie. :D Lest I be accused of adding a superfluous post - do you use a drysuit in those chilly waters? I am still shocked and in awe at the...

Try it, you might like it :eek: For some, it is actually a good way to meet other divers. For others like me, whose S/O doesn't dive, don't travel with groups of diving buddies and don't have the experience or desire to dive solo, it works just fine. ;)

Thanks for the info. I didn't mean to imply that I did multi-level diving in my OW course - just asking if the YMCA or SSI had advanced courses that covered multi-level diving similar to PADI. Some statements by others in this thread left me with the impression that these two organizations...

Definitely not in cold water like you! So far, I have only been diving in the Caribbean (Aruba) and typically once a year. I have made a resolution to change that - advance my diving education and start diving in this area (i live in the San Francisco area, most likely will be diving in...

Sorry for the omission, szimmerhansl - it wasn't intentional nor meant to slight any shop. I posted the poll as I am looking for recommendations on a LDS and I included those I knew about, which obviously isn't all of them. That's why I included an "Other" category. Unfortunately, even though...

Not a good sign for the dive industry. I recall a shop in Santa Clara closed late last year.

I'm still fuzzy on the difference between the two methods with the PADI table. You stated earlier that you didn't use Table 3 (the back) when "Reading the Table Sideways". Does this mean you add the time at each new depth to the ending pressure group for the previous depth? Is the following...

I get the same results with one small technical exception - if you follow the 'rules' for using the RDP table, all dives shallower than 35 feet should calculated as a 35 ft dive. Therefore, the maximum time at 15 ft would be 97 min (which essentially is until your air runs out).

I have read this thread with interest, especially when I saw comments such as the YMCA prohibits multilevel table use and SSI does not advocate or teach it. The dive logs that came with my PADI OW pak have a planner for multi-level diving. I recall being taught a method to use in OW was to...

For us newbies, could you elaborate? What advice can you give us to tell if "someone knows how to teach it" (referrals, perhaps)? Also, the PADI website describes the course in very general terms: "During your Peak Performance Buoyancy Specialty course, you'll use PADI's Basic Weighting...

No movement in 24 hours...here's another to help catch up. ;) What's a typical summer water temp in BC?

Glad to oblige - add another to your total. :D

What can I say - I'm still learning :embarr: Seriously, thanks for the suggestions, NetDoc. I found that I needed the extra weight to descend properly from the surface. Once I get down below 15-20', I seem to be OK. Guess I'm not getting all of the air out of the BC.:doh: I do expect to...

Greetings all. I am relatively new to diving and the Bay area. I did my cert in the tropics and haven't done any diving here...yet. I'm looking for comments/recommendations on LDS on the Peninsula or in Silcion Valley. I live in San Mateo and work in Cupertino, so essentially anything from...

I am blind as a bat (that E at the top of the vision chart is mighty fuzzy), but oddly enough I have found that I can see perfectly fine underwater with a mask and no corrective lenses. I suppose the refractive properties of the mask must somehow provide the correction, but with a -5.5...

LOL - I like that one. No argument here - the triple certification seemed a bit of a stretch for advancing my knowledge and experience, and that's why I posed the original question. My instincts have been validated. BTW, is there a rule of thumb for how much weight to add when going from...

Seems like I have been swimming all my life and I was quite comfortable in the water - swam competitively from age 8 through my freshman year in college, was a lifeguard in HS and even taught lessons. :embarr: Oddly enough, I did my certification in Aruba. No problems with the confined...

I will be in Oahu for 2 weeks in June - but working most of the time :( . I do plan to get some dives in over the weekend. Any other operator or location recommendations? From the posts I've seen here and a few website visits, Deep Ecology looks like a good choice...just torn between the boat...