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Went to Bonaire a few years back had great dives but the vis sucked (for there) about 60 feet best of times. There was some kind of bloom going on so thick it looked like it was snowing on some dives. Like Roatan Man I have my face in the reef lookin for the TINY things so vis is relitive.

As said as long as the Adventure Dives covered the text material by the Inst. doing said dive and was logged and signed the Inst conducting the last dive is the one that MUST provide and SIGN the students PIC. The Adventure Dive Log signature is the referal needed. The only run around I see...

A good service tech has the repair manual open in front of him, I don't care how many of the regs he has done.

So what I get from this is that a 12 dive diver shouldn't be taking a course that offers them more experience at a greater depth under Inst. supervision. I guess they should wait till after their first vacation trip after OW where the DM says "Ok folks here we are at the abc site, the reef...

Blah Blah Blah PADI sucks Blah Blah Blah

As far as I know a Crew Pack never came with a PIC those were always provided by the certifing Instructor and figured into the cost of his course.

I have led multiple trips and agree it is not a vacation when you are hearding 20+ adults to a place they have never been even the ones that had been there before were work. I wondered how some of those people function when they travel on their own or if because I worked for the store if they...

This required skill demo is not so much to make up for poor training it is to cover those "I havent been diving seince i was certified" crowd. We made people do it where I worked in the VI.

Searching for and finding a lost ring is not always a Karma thing I used to dive with a recovery team that people would call and pay us to go look for things like their rings,gun and even cars off boat ramps. They didnt realise that a boat could lift the rear of your car. Personally if I would...

Glad to see some level headed responces to this topic. The list I gave were just a few of the things I have heard over the years that some people thought should be included in a staff level class and in no way reflect on my personal thoughs. I should have stated this. Still I wonder how...

So the instructors are back in time to rinse the boat and make it to the pool for the resort courses.

This was going to be a reply to the Inst factory thread but i felt it should have its own life. It seems to me that most of the detractors of the zero to hero courses claim “real experience” as a reason that the DM/Inst canidates that pass these programs are not up to snuff as...

Overestimating your ability/skill/comfort level. Relying on the DM/Guide instead of listing to the briefing and planning YOUR dive. Thinking that every dive boat is on Mexican time. Not leaving your mask on your face where it belongs so you can see. Being a holyer than thou diver. Not...

Avon Skin so Soft 16oz bottle mixed with sm bottle Bens 100 or Muskall which are both about 100% Deet will keep those biters at bay. Have fun and take a wander over to AKR for a Monkeylada for me.

$$$$$$$$$$ A good buddy and or understanding wife/hubby.

Makes me wonder how I made all my dives with a jacket bc/80al/air2 and lived to tell about it !!!!

Welcome to the fold. You got what we call the divin jones!!!

I wear a wrist computer, a depth/spg/compass in an old USD "Piviot console" and put my wrist compass on to one of the d-rings on my bc. I take it off if I need to but for just general glances I can still see it. I started doing this while teaching so I could show my students all the options they...

There really isnt much difference to either on when it is all said and done. What it comes down to is do you want to work as a PADI DM or a SSI Divecon? If you wanting to ba an Instructor and to move to sunny ST. Somewhere I would tell you to go PADI. (more jobs) Either way I would keep...

I used that set up for every training dive I did. When I was teaching I could show my students "both" types that they might run in to. Some of the referal people I got never had seen an AIR2 or an octo so it went both ways. And like was said when 2 divers were low on air you didn't need to...