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Not sure outside the USA, but DAN in the USA can be evaluated using Charity Navigator. Here's a link: https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/561696689

Can't speak for DAN Europe, however consider my employer is not an insurance company but our Human Resources Department has tabs labelled insurance on their web site. Insurance is a little like the shipping industry. Somebody owns the vessel, and leases it to somebody else, who hires a third...

Experience is a strange thing. Doing the same dive 100 times is not the same as diving 100 times in multiple locations, with different goals, and with different groups of people. In my neck of the woods you could dive a half dozen popular sites for a total of 100 dives, then try a different...

Got a source for that? I'm genuinely curious. I tried searching the Instructor Manual. Unfortunately my Guide to Teaching is not where I can get it right now. I've heard (no source) that 3 years is the legal liability cutoff in most situations in my area. There's an exception for minor...

By 2001 PADI, NAUI, and YMCA (and likely others I'm not familiar with) had digitized all records. Even in the days of paper records, the paper was collected at the agency headquarters. It wasn't just kept in the local shop. As for a more sympathetic look at The Whaler: If their shop burned...

You did fine on the gear. I dove a Ranger for 20 years, and it's improved since then. I'm in the "not a fan of the ripcord system" personally, but that's one of those cases where everybody's different and nobody's really wrong. Other than the ripcord, there's nothing about the Ranger I didn't...

I think the key for me is "can I get it serviced where I dive?" Sure, you can mail your regulator to a servicer. In your case, there'll be somebody in the USA that services any reg just about. However, when it's just got a minor free flow that comes and goes and doesn't need an overhaul, my...

There seems to be an assumption here that you certified through PADI. Do you recall if that was true? There are multiple dive agencies out there, though PADI certifies the majority of divers. If it's PADI and you can't find it, you could message me with your name and date of birth and I...

Are the currents in the strait wind-driven primarily? (I understand in other tropical locations they are.) Or tidal? Thankfully for me our currents are primarily tidal and thus at least somewhat predictable. The two hairy situations I've gotten into in my home waters were due to my own...

Per Wikipedia: "Boylan is free on $75,000 bond, with sentencing scheduled for May 2, 2024."

Strobes will give you better distance, but all lights fail at longer distances. (Note sports photographers never use flashes....) I know a lot of people love red filters, but I'm not a huge fan. I'd rather add red back in after the fact. If there is zero red light (I've seen it), a red...

Your best bet is video lights with the GoPro. I used them for years before finally upgrading.

Several random thoughts: 1. Who taught you to drive is not really the appropriate analogy. It's who examined your driving knowledge and skill and licensed you to drive that matters. In the case of Open Water Diver training, the training and examination are done by the same person, generally...

Calling out the old man in this group just isn't specific enough to be useful for identification. Sometimes I get water in my BCD, sometimes not. I suspect it's from being at a weird angle when dumping air and trying to keep an eye on students at the same time. I don't notice any on "fun"...

What's the F stand for, Uncle Wulfie? :eyebrow:

I have the most experience in Belize and Roatan. In Belize, I'm fine with the breezes that blow through. We're so far from the mainland and freshwater sources that mosquitoes aren't an issue. I've done this trip 14 times, and at worst it takes a night to acclimate. The exception was a trip...

I might have said this before, but I'm too lazy to search through 34 pages of comments to see if mine is there. Dive knives aren't just for cutting. I've used mine far more often to pull myself along mud or sand in a heavy current than to actually cut something under water. The DM's dive...

If it fits (often a problem after kids) and is still comfortable, it's likely good to go. It might have lost a little insulating value, but that's a personal judgment call for you. Your question "Can I use my 11 year old wetsuit" triggered my sarcastic side, which I decided to hold in check...

I've never JUMPED in, but I've walked in.....

I see what you did there! :clapping::clapping::clapping: And more seriously, welcome! Vis has been great lately. Saturday at Alki I could see ripples on the surface at 55', but not 60'.