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The Scuba Shop in North Richland Hills, an SSI shop.

I stopped by a local dive shop this past weekend and the person running the counter said that weight belts are pretty much extinct industry-wide. When I was last diving, integrated weights were definitely becoming more and more popular but to hear that weight belts are totally gone was...

Good evening! My name is Colin and my last post on ScubaBoard was in...2010. I was very active here for a few years, starting when I became an instructor in 2003. Back then, my username here was NatureDiver and I was much younger and greener. I used to be an instructor on Norwegian Cruise Lines...

I dive this knife and I love it.

They are not considered scuba dives by definition but there are no rules as to what you can log. It's your logbook so you log whatever you want to log. I have over 300 dives as an exhibit diver at Ripley's Aquarium. Technically they are not loggable dives but I certainly logged every one of them...

I'm certainly not trying to invite debate either but if their schedule doesn't work then what's the big deal with him going with PADI just because you did? Why not go with the shop, agency and instructor that works with the schedule? What's the reason for doing PADI other than the fact that you...

A prescription mask shouldn't be too expensive. Our shop sells the mask for $59.95 and each lens is $29.95 no matter what the prescription is. The only rewason it could cost more is if the shop charges you to install the lenses. I wouldn't pay for that though because it's not that hard to do...

What Louie said above is what I would tell you but to add to that, I find it hard to believe that the average annual salary is $24,000. Not by just being an instructor at least. Maybe if you're an instructor AND own a shop or something but not by just being an instructor unless you are extremely...

Welcome! Enjoy the 'board! I'm your first friend! :-)

I like the idea. I was just pointing out the risk. I like that it was done at the end of the course and not just part of the required pool dives. I will point out though that 5 ft. can still cause some damage in a lung over-expansion.

That's a little risky for brand new divers. Snorkelers are always taught to never dive down and breathe off of a friend's regulator due to risk of breath-holding to the surface. The same risk is involved here if the diver feels the flight instinct and bolts for the surface holding his breath.

Yes, Hugh Parkey's is definitely a top-notch operation.

I would go with instructor level. As a dive instructor, a person can get a job with Norwegian Cruise Lines in the Shore Excursion department. He would sell tours and be one of those who organizes them and makes sure they go as scheduled but also would lead snorkeling tours, escort dive tours and...

Somehow I missed the part where he said "here". :-)

What about a dry suit is going to make you more comfortable in Cozumel? I can't imagine ever needing a dry suit there. The temps are very comfortable...nowhere near dry suit temps.

I have this knife and love it. Unidive

Here's the DAN has to say about it: Breast Implants

For the Caribbean I would go with Spanish, French, German or Dutch. Those are big ones, depending on the area of the Caribbean you're looking to teach in.

I don't know much about recompression chambers but it seems that 16m is very shallow for one. It doesn't sound like much of a chamber.

The air wouldn't be sucked out of you if you opened your mouth because the air you breath in has been regulated to match the pressure of the 300' depth. If they're the same pressure then there is no gradient.