I can certainly appreciate the differences. Thoroughly impressed by all of these divers.
Locally, I'm familiar with Karst Underwater Research or WKPP which I believe would be considered "exploration" cave divers. They are laying line where no one has been, diving deeper, and longer than any...
I leave mine attached directly attached to the first stage. Only time I unscrew it is when switching from my singles tank setup to my doubles setup. Transmitter is stored along with the regulators in a regulator bag after use.
Totally understand its a different animal. Never done a sump dive. They certainly did a great job and accomplished the mission.
Just very different gear and diving techniques caught my eye. There is stark contrast with someone like an Edd Sorenson who has accomplished multiple cave rescue dives...
Enjoyed watching it. As a cave diver I was surprised to see the dive equipment and configurations used by the rescue divers. Definitely not the DIR setups I am use to seeing in Florida caves.
For what is worth, here's the relevant TDI requirements for Intro to Cave.
The following equipment is required for each student:
1. Primary cylinder(s); volume appropriate for planned dive and student gas consumption
2. Dual-orifice (Y) or (H) valve, double cylinders or dual valve manifold
If you were local I would trade you my traveler wing for your eclipse. I really prefer using an STA since it makes switching from a singles wing to a doubles wing take a couple minutes.
Any specific reason you don't want to use an STA?
Marie is this a certifying agencies requirement or a specific instructors preference? Never seen specific tank requirements in the cave courses I have done. TDI lets you take intro to cave in a single tank with an H valve. I wouldn't recommend it, but its allowed. You would think doubled up 72's...
These are your 4 closest options to Tallahassee that I know of:
Coral Reef Scuba on Capital Circle is the only shop in Tallahassee. Small shop that sells a combo or archery supplies and scuba. Pretty basic stuff on hand. They only do nitrox fills by partial pressure blending. They do service...
You may want to look into Cave Camp | Dive, Discover, Develop if your dates are flexible. I believe you can arrange training with the cave camp team during the event.
I get my fills at Dive Outpost, EE or Cave Adventures. My back mount doubles are LP 85's for cave diving. So I'm with you on getting good fills.
Just blows my mind what is considered a common practice in Florida was enough to make a dive boat operator go full Karen on a public post on FB. I...
Makes me feel fortunate for having cave country shops for my fills. I've also never seen an operator inquire about fill pressure on customer provided tanks before either.
I did the wreck treck with them last week. That's probably one of the deepest dives they do on recreational trips. It can be 90' to the sand at some points on that drift dive. You drift over three wrecks on one dive. My max depth was 88.5' but my average depth was 71'. NDL limits will not be...
JDC is pretty lax on the dive buddy requirements. There's a guide included on each dive. I usually just follow them when diving on their boats solo. I would definitely do the steel 100. They bank 36% at their shop. So your rental tanks will be filled with 36%.
Would like to plan a week long trip to Cozumel and split the trip between Tulum and Cozumel. The goal would be to do a couple days of drift diving Cozumel and then a couple cave dives in the Tulum area. Would this be possible?
If so, was hoping I could get some pointers on hotels for both areas...
I've heard good things about the DGX BPW.
On aluminum vs. stainless. If you plan to travel with your BPW the aluminum wing is probably easier to travel with and deal with weight allowances on checked bags. I dive similar warm water conditions and opted for an aluminum BP. I was surprised how...
Not many options in Naples. Not the best diving location in Florida. I would consider driving the 2 hours to cross I-75 and diving the east coast of Florida near Pompano Beach. Dixie Divers or Scubatyme would be some options for a charter.
Typically long hose is usually 7'. Octo on a necklace is 22" hose. Some use 5' long hose if not in overhead environment.
I personally think having an secondary on the BCD defeats the purpose of DIR style setup with a long hose primary donate.
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