Alright... Here goes... First post!
I'm currently a student at Oberlin College, Oberlin OH. I'm getting certified at the LDS as my family is going to Andros Island (bahamas) Oct. 15th! I'm extremely excited and am totally in love with scuba already. I hope to contribute more to this awesome board as I get more experience.
Anyway... I had some questions I wanted to throw out there:
1.) Supposing the bahamas are spared from another storm, will the diving conditions be affected from the recent hurricanes?
2.) Has anyone ever been to Andros? What do you recommend / suggest against?
3.) Since I will only have my Open Water Cert, does that limit me to certain dives? If there is a dive guide accompanying us, does that let me, for instance, do "the wall" which goes down around 90ft? Or do I need more certification (ex: advanced open water)
4.) And one quick equipment question , I'm being offered a used Knighthawk for around 200 bucks. I've read they are nice, but I've been training in a SP Glide 500 which is jacket stlye and I like the way it acts like a life jacket at the surface so you can just bob there and relax. Will the back inflation on the Knighthawk allow for this?
Thanks!
-Drew
I'm currently a student at Oberlin College, Oberlin OH. I'm getting certified at the LDS as my family is going to Andros Island (bahamas) Oct. 15th! I'm extremely excited and am totally in love with scuba already. I hope to contribute more to this awesome board as I get more experience.
Anyway... I had some questions I wanted to throw out there:
1.) Supposing the bahamas are spared from another storm, will the diving conditions be affected from the recent hurricanes?
2.) Has anyone ever been to Andros? What do you recommend / suggest against?
3.) Since I will only have my Open Water Cert, does that limit me to certain dives? If there is a dive guide accompanying us, does that let me, for instance, do "the wall" which goes down around 90ft? Or do I need more certification (ex: advanced open water)
4.) And one quick equipment question , I'm being offered a used Knighthawk for around 200 bucks. I've read they are nice, but I've been training in a SP Glide 500 which is jacket stlye and I like the way it acts like a life jacket at the surface so you can just bob there and relax. Will the back inflation on the Knighthawk allow for this?
Thanks!
-Drew