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Yeah good OC equipment is not cheap and a good CCR is about $10K but there are other costs: Cost to fill doubles with TMx - around $100 Cost to fill CCR Tank - around $15-20 Scrubber material or canister - $25 O2 Sensors (in the Philippines we were running through these quickly due to moisture...

Same here on the set-up and Good Advice Devon

Calling Truk "Advanced Only" would have to be by the PADI definition. Should you have your AOW? Yes! But are they tough dives? Only if you penetrate. My Brother's brother-in-law (following me?) had a stroke a few years ago and has limited use on his left side and had a great time poking...

Great thing to do but don't try it without experience in the equipment and - preferably - some advanced training! This thread is getting scary - seems like it is turning into a nitrox class. If you go take the Enriched Air course it will answer all of your questions. :)

This is one of the pre-reqs for DSAT and I am sure TDI (I am only a DSAT Instructor so I don't want to speak out of turn). One of the MOST important thing with getting into tec diving is having a strong recreational diving base. Things that recreational divers spend a lot of attention on...

Except for the Carrier Style landing, we had no issues flying from Guam to Chuuk...

The article suggests that he was part of a class. Was this an open water student or a certified diver?

This is an outright lie. If I you have a student who can't clear their mask, you move on to another skill to reduce anxiety but on the other side of this completely incorrect statement, the skills build on one another. How are you going to do emergency alt air source breathing if you can't...

Try Protec in Playa del Carmen. They are just north of Akumal. I did my rebreather cert with them and we did some dives in Akumal. BTW there is a cool 200 feet deep cenote there. google cenote angelita. Great dive!

We have 2 spots left for a tec trip to Key Largo, diving June 18-21st. Itinerary: June 18 - Spiegel Grove (120fsw) June 19 - USCG Duane (140fsw-ish) June 20 - Northern Light (190fsw) June 21 - Queen of Nassau (220fsw) There will be 2 CCRs and 2 Open Circuit divers. The last 2 dives are...

Terry and I will be diving Vista on Saturday at 8AM to go test out some new tec configurations if anyone wants to tag along.

Hey we are on the Scubateer this Saturday with some other people and have 1-2 slots for tec divers. Anyone trimix certified and want to dive the dam (220ffw bottom)? JCF - Are you in? I know the walrus is...

Hey does anyone have a picture of the old dam? I have been looking for one but can't find any. Brett and I dove the dam on Wednesday and we hit the top of the structure at 70ffw and followed it all the way down to 200ffw, then wandered around to about 220 looking for some lost gear. What an...

Absolutely. I had my canister HID and an LED hanging from my harness so I could read my NitekHe. It will be very black but basically a night dive. Temp was 56 I believe but it was 62 at 120ish. Our mix was a little high - we want to do it again soon on a 10/50 mix to get the END up a little...

We were on Tec Island Saturday and vis was 15 feet or so with depth leveling out at about 100-110. Sunday we were on the old dam and hit 203 for my guys' final trimix checkout dive. Below 100 vis opened up to about 10-15ft all the way to the bottom. We will be on the scubateer and will be...

I am not sure why I spent the last 1/2 hour reading this entire post but it was a bummer that everything happened the way it did. I learned the hard way not to put money into a diveshop with Ocean Planet so I just taught for Oasis. Now I can't bring myself to teach for ANY shop - for at least...

PADI has been putting a lot of pressure on instructors to do the same thing. It sucks because I have affiliated myself with 2 different dive shops, paid for the group insurance and taughtstrictly for them and then they go out of business (really it wasn't my fault but what a coincidence!)...

Yep, come on out and we'll tell ya where to put that octo......... :)

Sorry - the sarcasm was lost... The guy I was replying to had a subheading referring to DIR something or other...

I knew this DIR stuff was a snap!!!