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My congratulations to Quintin Ullery and Charles Chen as well for successfully completing GUE Tech 1 with Bob Sherwood in San Diego. It was a fairly intense 7 days of training. Looking forward to diving with both of you in the future, although perhaps not this weekend as I seemed to have...

X-Scooter Demo Day Picnic Beach, Laguna Beach Sunday June 12th, 9:00 AM As announced at the the Long Beach Scuba Show, we will be hosting an X-Scooter Demo Day on Sunday June 12th. The X-Scooter Demo Day will consist of a a discussion of the X-Scooter and its development, a review of...

SDUE will be hosting the first Mid-Week Tweek of the year on Wednesday April 20th 6:00 PM at La Jolla Shores. The SDUE Mid-Week Tweek is a DIR Skills Dive if for experienced DIR divers to practice the DIR skills and for those who are interested in a light introduction into DIR diving. We...

Sea Me Repair is probably the most popular place. They also work on drysuits. Sea Me Repair. 4352 Poplar St. San Diego, CA 92105 Tel: (619) 563-9033 Marc Hall www.enjoythedive.com

I believe Josh's prices are $20 for a 10 fill air card and $50 for a 10 fill Nitrox card. It all comes out of the same compressor so if you just need air fills it would likely be faster to take the tanks elsewhere. DivePro is by far the best place in San Diego to get Nitrox fills. It's also the...

Scubapro recently introduced an XXL version of the fin. The local dive shop should know about these and be able to order them for you. The suggestion is an "interesting" one. Enjoy Marc Hall www.enjoythedive.com

I have a dive buddy who needs a replacement DUI Neck Zip Seal. DUI apparently does not have any in stock. Does anyone know of DUI dealer who has a DUI Neck Zip Seal in stock ? Thanks Marc Hall www.enjoythedive.com

Lauren, Excellent Post. Addressing some of the other issues in this thread. It is pretty common knowledge that a GUE OW course is in development. If you read the GUE standards that are downloadable from the GUE website in pdf format you will see that an a Recreational Diver Course is...

The skills presented in the DIR-F course could and should be taught in an OW course. When I teach OW courses all of the skills presented in DIR-F are taught. So the skills presented in the DIR-F course should not be above your ability. Will you have them all mastered by the end of the...

Perhaps more to the point - why would you want to take a DM course where they did not allow you to use a DIR configuration ? Marc Hall www.enjoythedive.com

I agree with MHK's comment. My experience with DUI is that they are comfortable building suits that an experienced DIR diver would say are too bulky. If they build a suit and its too large they may try and convince you that the suit fits. This happened with a friend's cave cut DUI TLS-350...

The DUI cave cut is only available on built to order suits. Basically the suit will come with smaller circumferences while the lengths will be the same as a DUI non-cave cut suit. A properly fitted cave cut suit should fit snug to the body but not restrict motion. In particular it should...

Rob What you state is a problem. I have few suggestions 1. Subscribe to quest on the GUE website which does cost money. 2. Until you learn who is who read each post with a healthy degree of skeptism. 3. Watch for posts by GUE instructors, there are a few of us who read this board...

A few tips for those of you from up north who are planning to dive La Jolla Shores. The typical dive entry is made from the beach in front of Vallecitos street which is south of the main Lifeguard tower. Most will want to dive the canyon and you should plan on an average depth of 50-60...

jmlavoie How do you believe the snorkel enhances your safety on the surface ? Even before I converted to DIR I seldom used a snorkel and then only for observing the bottom while I was swimming out to the descent point. On the surface I am on my back with the wing inflated. The...

Seasquatch If you are looking to fast track to become an instructor why don't you spend some time learning to dive first. I see lots of instructors who don't know how to dive teaching new divers how not to dive every weekend. Basic things like proper bouyancy control. So learn to dive...

Dive computers are not part of the DIR philosophy or gear configuration. A simple bottom timer providing depth and time info is part of the DIR philosophy and gear configuration. The use of standardized bottom gases and deco mixes to simplify the mixing of the gases, the dive planning and...

There are a number of companies that sell velcro closure weight pouches designed to hold up to 5-6 lbs of lead and mount on 2 inch strap. For non-disposable weight you can mount these on the tank straps adjacent to the back plate. For disposable weight these could be mounted to the waist...

The website www.divebums.com will have the coordinates for the Yukon as well as the other sites in San Diego's Wreck alley. The Yukon is pretty easy to spot with a can and 4 large mooring bouys attached and its not unusual to find a few boats flying dive flags moored as well. As you leave...

I am not advocating diving a squeezed suit. I keep enough gas in my suit to avoid being squeezed. I don't like the welts. :-> The team is clearly a resouce to help solve any problems. I am in no way advocating solo diving. I am suggesting that if you are so negatively bouyant at depth...