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devilcowgurl

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Well im new to this site and scuba diving! I'm not certified yet! I'm 19 years old! born and raised in FL! I got most of my scuba gear when a friend of the family passed away :depressed: but that was 8 months ago! I really wanna get the rest of the gear i need for me and my Boyfriend to get certified.

Devilcowgurl
 
Hi from Cocoa Beach!
 
Welcome!

You probably know this but:

Get any gear you have fully checked out by a tech at a dive shop - especially life support equipment - regulators, tanks, gauges, etc

You don't have to buy new equipment; you can rent what you need and buy later - its a better way to go, believe me.

You might find that if the gear you "inherited" is old, out of date - things change frequently in the industry, mostly for the better - you may want to start fresh. Good eq makes diving SO much easier, for every diver, but especially when you are getting started.

While Melbourne is not a dive mecca, you are close to some of the best diving anywhere in the USA - from Palm Beach to the Keys, its great.

Take your time, get certified, rent equipment, talk to other divers, and read the board and you will be on your way - if the eq you have is good, fantastic - but my bet is - unless you are real lucky, or the person recently bought new eq - you will find you may want to replace much of it. Good Luck!
 
most of the equitment i still have is nice equitment she bought the equitment about 2 months b4 she passed away. but i did throw out some things that were in to bad a shap to fix or it would cost more to fix then to buy new!
 
Hello Devilcowgirl. If you fancy a trip to Orlando you can get certified at our shop The Dive Station I'm the Assistant Instructor there. Keith the owner and a course director can help with the equipment as well. We have an on site pool for the confined dives. The web site is
Scuba Lessons Orlando Florida
Your boyfriend can take a refresher course as well
Thanks
Carl
 
thanks carl
orlando is only about an hour away so i might do just that. just have to sell the last of the equipment i cant use before i buy anymore. just dont have the room in my dive bag for it.
 
You can use the Dive station's equipment during the training. The only things you need are Mask, Fins and Snorkel
 
as far as my equiptment goins i have:
mask, fins, regulater, my dive knife, and gloves and everything is pink lol!
 
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