dive parka

[caveseeker7]

Unfortunately the aquarium doesn't supply the CCRs, you have to buy one yourself.

 

[Yerba Mate]

kwesler once bubbled...

Every piece of equipment that goes in the tank has to be certified as acceptable both from a safety point of view and as sterile for the environment-so we use all their gear.

Interesting...I am not a volunteer diver right now at the Vancouver Aquarium here in BC, but I have looked into it. One of the requirements is that ALL gear must be supplied by the diver. They may or may not be able to fill tanks, I don't know, but any piece of equipment is supplied by the diver (One reason why I haven't volunteered yet, since I still need a reg, tank, computer).

If you lived in Vancouver, I would say go to MEC for a parka (Mountain Equipment Co-Op, www.mec.ca). They also have stores all over Canada, and I think you can order from all over the world, but I don't know if that would be impractical or not.
In any case, they have extremely high quality stuff, at very reasonable prices.

 

[GratefulDiver]

Since I dive Monterey wet all year a dive parka is a must. I have a Tru West parka. I love it. It's like wearing a huge blanket.

http://www.discountdivers.com/fx/tru.west.parka.html

 

[saf_25]

GratefulDiver once bubbled...
I have a Tru West parka.

The website to get directly to Tru West is:
http://www.hb.quik.com/~norm/

You can order them customized there, with whatever color combos you want, and they can embroider your name onto it for a very reasonable price (I want to say it was $3/ word). I don't have one yet, but most of the members of my dive club have gotten one of their standard parkas and rave about them - it's on my wish list, and with winter approaching, willl probably be my next SCUBA purchase.

 

[dleiss]

I thought there was a parka produced specifically for diving that wicked the water off a wetsuit? Made of shammy-type material.