DIR: God's gift to diving or Hell spawn?

[TekDiveGirl]

Are you guys working on you post counts???

This coming from somebody that averages 215 posts a month??? (-:

Kimber

 

[California Diver]

the only reason why shaka psots so much is to show off his awesome avatars.

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

the only reason why shaka psots so much is to show off his awesome avatars.

Apparently so ... 'cuz I can't ever recall seeing him post anything about diving ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[OE2X]

John Chatterton is an accomplished NE wreck, the host of “Deep Sea Detectives” John is a real nice guy and good diver. By trade he is a commercial diver, I don’t know if many people on this tread know that. He has a high comfort for being in places that would make most divers s*** their dry suits, like the U-WHO (U-869).

Dan is the skipper of the Seeker, a dive boat based in NJ, I have been on it many times. In recent years he took the brunt of the impact the Doria deaths in 01 or 02. The majority of people that died that year were either under trained, or in poor physical condition. (whole different thread) Needless to say, it has become much harder to make it to the Doria, captains now see it as too big a liability.

Both Dan and John were on the Britannic 98 expedition. They captured some good still and video footage.

Greg, sorry I was being facetious. I was trying to add some levity to the thread at the time.

 

[greg1]

No problem!! This thread has REALLY been interesting....200 miles!

 

[solo_diver]

I've been checking out the board for a few weeks and finally registered. I am wondering what exactly is DIR? I've seen it referred to in many posts but I'm not sure what it is.

Thanks in advance,

Google is your friend. Try that before starting a new thread. Thx.

 

[California Diver]

i think what he meant was the cave was 200 miles long and he dove a part of it. anyway back to my original idea of posting here... is dir f like padi peak performance buoyancy or not, is it worth the money?

 

[boomx5]

is dir f like padi peak performance buoyancy or not, is it worth the money?

It is worth the money and I don't think you'd disappointed. If you would like the name of an instructor in your area, just PM me and I'll be very happy to help.

 

[kramynot2000]

i think what he meant was the cave was 200 miles long and he dove a part of it. anyway back to my original idea of posting here... is dir f like padi peak performance buoyancy or not, is it worth the money?

OK, here's my $0.02 so just take it FWIW. I took DIRF with Boomx5 and I agree I learned alot, much more than many of the typical SCUBA courses I took.

However, after returning from my Cavern course with Chickdiver (who is on this board, was a WKPP diver, and is a FANTASTIC instructor) I realized that I could have skipped DIRF and just done cavern with her. So again, as many have stated, it really boils down to who the instructor is... not the agency. It seemed like many of the same things were covered in both courses, although DIRF talked a little more about gas and dive planning while cavern covered the use of a reel, which wasn't covered at all in DIRF. If I knew then what I know now, I would have skipped DIRF and just did the Cavern course with Chickdiver. Also, I'm from California so I figured if I got a cheap flight from Cal. to Orlando, Fl. on Southwest Airlines, rented a car for $15 per day, stayed in the Cadillac Motel in High Springs, ate at Floyds (buy the hot wings), and took the course from Chickdiver, I may still be ahead.

Of course if you are going to continue with the GUE courses I think DIRF is a prerequisite for everything so that is another consideration.

Tony

 

[California Diver]

thanks for the input.