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You're certified so go dive. If you don't feel ready for an insta buddy some time with a DM would be to your benefit. Traveling with a group such as from your local shop could be the best of both worlds. I would not bother with warm water AOW. As a Canadian based diver you want to be trained in...

Skin Diving (Snorkeling) is the obvious gateway sport. I have observed that former lifeguards easily become good confident divers. I run into many so there is probably a crossover happening there. Pilots, skydivers, climbers and other adventure/adrenaline junkie types are common as divers.

A compressors would be good.

If it's effecting your breathing especially with a detectable exhale assist it's probably too tight. If you can get into the suit and get it to settle on you so nothing is pulling unzip the suit. As you re-zip you don't want to be pulling much more than an inch of stretch with the zipper. I...

I agree that giving the DM a heads up about your experience is the way to go. You won't be the first. As for it being daunting... A diver friend told me while we were training that diving is nothing like dive training and he was right. Dive training is almost solely disaster mitigation. Those...

If you intend to qualify as safety glasses certification as meeting a standard such as ANSI Z87.1 is a reasonable expectations. The fact that they are goggles does not deem the lenses safe. I'm not aware of any masks that would qualify. You'd have better luck getting it covered as prescription...

I don't see a point in tethering a loved one to go dive in poor visibility. It has too many downsides and in the end offers a false sense of security. If the combined buddy skills and conditions do not add up to a feasible dive then it's a good day to do something else. The only I see a...

I was going to say, yes you need to add some weight until you latter posted 900 as the tank pressure. Neutral at 900 PSI with a few shots of air at pool depth is pretty good as a fresh water weight. You will need more in the ocean. If you wear or use anything different for an actual dive things...

I think some of you are in risk of a DOT fine when those loads are full.

What secures the cylinders?

I'm afraid it is true at all. "Most" may be subjective but the practice has been observed on numerous occasions and it is real. You have been fortunate. Pete

That did make for an awkward situation where the hydro was filling SCBA's. so close! $30 was simply usurious for a straight forward VIP and I hope it included a full fill. Was that the posted price? Some shops farm out hydro and mark it up. If you bypassed their farmed out hydro they may have...

The industrial/extinguisher oriented hydro station will in fact perform visuals as part of the hydro static test procedure. However they are simply testing the cylinder, not necessarily ensuring that is was sealed off and pressurized with breathing air. This is where the dive shop takes over and...

I occasionally have rock boot laces come undone. I need to try this next time. https://www.facebook.com/groups/521461384688818/?ref=bookmarks Pete

It sounds like some combination of your ambition and cold tolerance has ruled out shorties so that narrows things down a lot. If you get a vest by all means make it hooded. The way it will slash water exchange through the neck opening is of huge benefit, probably more so than the extra rubber...

Try this, pay particular attention to testing your cleaning work. Pete

That's great to hear! The shallow depth that amplifies everything that makes buoyancy control a challenge and water pink ponging off the walls can make pool diving more difficult than you'd expect. I predict with some depth in open water you will be very pleased with your new found control...

I rinse in the yard but then it goes in a garage bay that becomes the dive locker in season. Sunlight and UV are not where you want to go. Ventilation is your friend. I added some extra gable end ventilation so heat and moisture can escape and mounted a fan up in the trusses that us aimed down...

I'm not getting the point of this. Weights are compact and worn close to the body, in terms of streamlining that's a tough act to follow. I also share the sentiment that universally recognizable and proven weight systems are part of the safety margin. Whether it is a rescue form the bottom or...

More specifically it is almost certainly a PST cylinder re branded for Genesis. First of all this is very common, secondly while I didn't spot PST on any photos I do see the stylized CL hydro symbol from Cochran (SP?) Labs, they did a lot of the testing for PST. PST also branded them for USD and...