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I need to improve my diving. I'm only interested in diving in tropical (warm water locations) have enough points to fly free to almost anyplace. I live in Boston MA, USA so I'd prefer to stay in North or Central America. There is a guy in the Philippines I've been communicating with but he isn't as responsive as I'd like and I understand that he may imagine that I am only wasting his time an will not actually come there. I can work on my skills for between 14 -30 days in February and or March maybe even in April. I'm looking to stay in basic kinda fancy backpacker type accommodation. I'd prefer to spend my money paying for my instructors expertise and attention to help me achieve the level of skill I want rather than on fancy accommodations.
I have taken the PADI buoyancy course and it didn't help. I'm Advance Open Water Certified. I have recently (last week) purchased a back-plate and wing bcd (halcyon, infinity) and am reading like crazy to learn as much as possible about all the things I can to in order to maintain trim. I'm trying to do whatever I can to improve my performance in the water.
My goal is to become a very competent diver at the moment I'm about as bad a diver as you can imagine. I'm sure I have over 200 dives but I don't log anymore. I dive last February and March in Utila and I was embarrassed every time I got in the water. I started diving at about 50 years old (took open water twice even though I passed the first time around) while living in Thailand. So most of my dives have been in Thailand on liveaboards in the Similans or in Malaysia at Sipadan. My goal is to dive the Galapagos (I know the water isn't warm) at some point and to retire near the Sea of Cortez or near Coiba in order to have great diving on a regular basis.
I'd prefer to work with an independent instructor (rather than a dive center) sorry I just want the instructor to get all the money ...the guy in the Philippines teaches tech divers and recreational divers I'm just looking for someone with a similar approach to maintaining trim at all times and mastering buoyancy and movement under the water.
Please offer recommendations or tell me when and where you are available and what your fees are.
I have taken the PADI buoyancy course and it didn't help. I'm Advance Open Water Certified. I have recently (last week) purchased a back-plate and wing bcd (halcyon, infinity) and am reading like crazy to learn as much as possible about all the things I can to in order to maintain trim. I'm trying to do whatever I can to improve my performance in the water.
My goal is to become a very competent diver at the moment I'm about as bad a diver as you can imagine. I'm sure I have over 200 dives but I don't log anymore. I dive last February and March in Utila and I was embarrassed every time I got in the water. I started diving at about 50 years old (took open water twice even though I passed the first time around) while living in Thailand. So most of my dives have been in Thailand on liveaboards in the Similans or in Malaysia at Sipadan. My goal is to dive the Galapagos (I know the water isn't warm) at some point and to retire near the Sea of Cortez or near Coiba in order to have great diving on a regular basis.
I'd prefer to work with an independent instructor (rather than a dive center) sorry I just want the instructor to get all the money ...the guy in the Philippines teaches tech divers and recreational divers I'm just looking for someone with a similar approach to maintaining trim at all times and mastering buoyancy and movement under the water.
Please offer recommendations or tell me when and where you are available and what your fees are.