kalvyn
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Ironically, I asked my dive instructor about this very thing before I left for Hawaii. I remembered that my wife dove the wreck of the Rhone on our honeymoon in the BVI, getting down to 88 fsw (she was only on her 8th or 9th OW dive by then). He said that we're certified to dive "in conditions similar to those in which we trained", and perhaps DMs in warm water/high vis places figure that 80+ fsw conditions there are similar to 60 fsw and 10' vis (or less) here in the Sound. I know that Ed Robinson's would not let my wife and I go on their "3 tank adventure" dive trip, as we were not experienced enough. They also did not recommend the Lanai "Cathedral" dive trip for us, as it tends to have a lot of surge. Anyway, my dive instructor did not have any concerns with my diving in the 80 - 90 fsw range in Hawaii, but certainly said to go up (or not go in at all) if I felt uncomfortable with the dive in any way, shape or form.MikeFerrara once bubbled...
The other thing that worries me here is that I teach divers as new as you folks are not to go that deep in the first place. This is why I don't go to any of these resorts. I could never enjoy myself being around that kind of slop.
I know, I would just hate to get a guy in trouble for something I may have taken far more seriously than it was intended to be. If he had implied I was stupid or something, now that would have been different, but there was none of that.ladycute1 gurgled...
If this DM was working for me, I'd want to know about this so I could take corrective action.
Jimmie