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For some reason everybody that hasn't dove out of Bayahibe lumps the whole Dominican Republic together, yes the diving out of Punta Cana (on the Atlantic ocean side) is bad. I just returned yesterday from Bayahibe (on the south Caribbean Sea side) and the diving is quite good and there is...

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They look like Manta reels. I have their SR reel and JR reel and really like them. www.mantaind.com/product_category/reels

I have a 24 year old Suunto Cobra that is still going strong and have never had to cut a dive short because of it and I am in no way a conservative diver. I think that I'm only on my 6th or 7th battery?

Environmentally friendly and affordable usually don't go together. Henderson wetsuits has something they call Greenprene but I don't know anything about them.

I went to Curacao last October and emailed about 5 or 6 dive shops, including Ocean Encounters. They replied that they put 25 to 30 people on a dive boat, that is a ridiculous amount of divers. When I emailed back that was a lot of divers, they stopped responding. The biggest reason I won't ever...

Go with the local dive shop. Sandals limits your dive time, so you can't dive your tank and you have to ascend as a group regardless of how much air you have left. The biggest problem could be finding space on the dive boat. If the boat is full and a Sandals "elite" diver shows up, you will be...

I highly recommend Nicolas from CenoteXperience. I have been diving with Nico for about 13 years, he has a small family run dive shop in Playa. They do both cenote dives & ocean dives and they run dives over to Cozumel. CenoteXperience - Cavern, Cave and Ocean Diving in Playa del Carmen Yucatan...

I have never had an inflator rust in 24 years

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There is a lot of great wreck diving in the Vancouver area and the Great Lakes have the best fresh water wreck diving in the world.

I would do your open water dives from Playa. There is less current and you will be so focused on the skills, so you notice much else. I highly recommend Nicolas fro CenoteXperience, he has a small family run dive shop in Playa. I have been diving with him since 2011. They do cenote dives, ocean...

No, the 5 star, gold palm or whatever is a bought and paid for designation and has nothing to do with the dive shops safety or teaching ability. You are off to a good start by asking for recomendations here. When you have narrowed it down to a couple of dive shops, ask a bunch of questions...

Have you checked the settings because you can adjust how conservative it is. I would not change the Nitrox setting to get more bottom time. I have had a Suunto Cobra for over 20 years and I have never had to cut a dive short or been locked out of it and I am not a conservative diver by any means.

Look at a pair of Mares Avanti Quattro fins. They are the best all around fins made and no gimmicks. I have had a pair for about 20 years and use them on vacation and up here at home. They are good in current. They are lighter than 2 of the fins you mentioned and about the same as the other one...

You have to complete 5 sections of the book and do 5 open water dives for AOW.

Another Great Lakes diver. I set up my own gear and change own my tanks and home and on vacation.

Check this post out, it appears as they do not hold up very well. Review of the Apeks Exotec

Relax dude, I didn't say everyone wants a BP/W. the Op is a new diver, so he may not know about a BP/W setup, so I asked the question. I did not say if he didn't get one he will be a bad diver like a lot of other people on here. By the way I own all 3, a jacket BC, a back inflate BC and a BP/W.

The Apeks is a lot of BC ( as in it's bulky), it doesn't mention anywhere the lift capacity of the wing but it looks like it is too big for a single tank. It has a lot of overly complicated features that aren't necessary. I do not like a single tank strap BC, especially at the bottom of the tank...