orangelion03
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My advice is to buy a really BIG gear bag with rollers right from the start =)
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orangelion03:My advice is to buy a really BIG gear bag with rollers right from the start =)
orangelion03:My advice is to buy a really BIG gear bag with rollers right from the start =)
headhunter:You need a tank only as large as is dictated by your air consumption and accounting for how much gas you need to get you and your buddy back to the surface safely. Different people breathe at different rates. A high or low SAC rate is neither good or bad. It just is what it is. Most people will lower their air consumption considerably in the first 25 - 50 dives that they do. Not everyone needs to carry a water heater into the water, but not everyone will be served well by an AL 80 either.
scjoe:You indicated you were getting a drysuit because you got cold after two dives. Keep in mind you have been diving at the coldest time of the year, probably in a poor fitting rental suit. Also, classes tend to stay in their suits between dives because of briefings and that doesn't help. Drysuits are certainly nice, but they are by no means necessary for diving in most conditions in Southern California. A lot of people dive all year round in wetsuits. Since you are at Dive N Surf you are near JMJ which makes custom wetsuits. You might want to talk to them.
Wiggawam:Definitely getting a wetsuit but the problem is that I'm such an odd size I might have to go custom depending on the price. Also The rental suit didn't fit too poorly and it was a bodyglove EXO so it wasn't total junk. Also I want to get a drysuit because I do plan on diving year round and would like to make multiple dives in a day without hypothermia.