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Not college but I did use Rescue, Dive Master and Tech courses as part of requirement for continuing education for my engineering license. The stated requirements are pretty open, basically anything that requires science is considered good. The advanced courses had a fair bit on dive physics...

Can the agency really claim that an instructor, who on behalf of the agency authorizes the issuing of a a certification stating that the student has passed all required course material and is therefore certified to some level of diving, is not acting as an agent of the agency? I am not...

I have around 18 different certifications, never been surveyed. Never heard of anyone being surveyed until now. I have sent emails pointing out factual errors in the course content, with link to back up my claims and have never even received a reply. Interestingly enough, it was the same error...

Does NYU Med school take someone zero to hero in 6 months? Nope, diving does, another 6 months and the new diver can be a course director, able to certify someone as an instructor. Does NYU make someone a doctor with perhaps only two professors teaching and evaluating them? Nope, nope but...

I want the reg connection to be able to be pulled apart in case of a snag or other issue.

Should dive certification agencies be held liable for the actions of their instructors? A want to be diver starts looking around and sees ads that say something like " Learn to dive the <agency> way" They think that sounds great, I will go with <agency> to learn to dive. They go to the <agency>...

I converted from jacket to BPW about the same time I stopped wearing neoprene and just dive wearing rassie and gym shorts. I dive in Moalboal Cebu. With shortie and jacket I was 5 kg in salt water. Dropping the 2.5 mm shorty allowed me to drop 1 kg. Switching to PBW allowed me to drop 2 more...

I am not thinking about an app that will analyze a dive, but one that will show N2 loading by tissue compartments for a defined dive profile. I am thinking of it being more of a teaching aid useful for intro level deco courses. Think of the tissue loading graph in the bottom row of a Perdix...

Where are you in the Philippines? I live in Moalboal, Cebu and am looking for a tech dive buddy. My LDS provides support for tech dives, but as the only regular who tech dives, I do not get as many deep dives as I would like as the shop naturally caters more to rec divers which are the majority...

I have an idea for either an app or an Excel spreadsheet to be used in Tech training. What I would like to do is create, a spreadsheet at first, perhaps an app later, that would allow you to enter a dive profile, and then step through it minute by minute of your dive showing the N2...

We always use "knife hands" to indicate direction. Hand open, all fingers pointing in the direction of travel. Pointing with a single finger is used to indicate something of interest, as in "look at the shark"

The hull of a small aircraft had been places at about 20 m. Not a wreck but purposely placed as a dive attraction. It was moved and damaged by the typhoon and is not at 60 m. The reef above the 7 to 10 m was damaged. It is starting to come back but will be a long time to return to what it was...

Thumb up in some cultures can mean that, so can the OK sign. I have been places where the usage can vary depending on location, from one village to the next so you do not know which is which. However in diving culture thumb up means abort or end dive dive, thumb down means decend and thump to...

Not a wreck but a fuselage of a small 2 seater that was placed there a number of years ago. It was at about 22 m and got moved in the typhoon. Yes, a lot of the reef above that death was damaged, some places just about completely, some not so bad. It is interesting watching the soft corals...

I came to Moalboal just before the pandemic and stayed. I was here through the typhoon. A lot of the shallow reef, above 7 to 10 m at high tide and varies with location, was damaged in the typhoon. The airplane is at about 60 m now. Below that the wall is in good shape. I dive Pescador a lot...

A little pricy for me, but no question a good light. I was thinking more in the USD500 range, in the Philippines

I am looking for Recommendation for a new primary light. I wand a very bright light with ability to focus beam from narrow to broad. So far most of the high power lights I have looked at are either narrow or broad beam, nothing adjustable. I have lots of 18650 batteries, as my other lights all...

I got certified when my son was 12. He looked up the requirements and found out that he could be certified at his age. I told him he had to finish the complete Red Cross swim program first. He had taken about 3 of the 10 or so steps in the progression but was not that interested in applying...

I Just reread this thread. An update I went tech, TDI ANDP and Extended Range and did SDI DM just for fun. Trimix or rebreather too much $$ for me now. Tech dive both side mount and twins. Will find an advanced wreck course. Might do TDI DM, not sure, still in Moalboal, no wrecks here so...

I came to Moalboal just before the pandemic and stayed, still there. Roughly 500 dives there. Odette did some damage in the top 15m or so, below that still pretty good but this varies by site. The shallows ar Pescidor were damaged but under the drop off not much change. The reef in front of...