tiburon72157
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if you don't have the gumption to figure this out on your own, you probably shouldn't considering pursuing anything. typically, advanced and specialty certification and "careers" are discussed in most initial certfication courses.
How does one get a career in recreational diving
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do it easy:
I would love to, but unfortunately for me I cannot dive dry yet. So I am waiting until late August/September for the water temps to reach a survivable range.
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tiburon72157:
I was merely asking people who have gone through what I want to go through, how they did it, and if they had to do it again how would they? I want to learn from the experience of others before I make a mistake that could have been avoided.
So if you just want to jump into any DM class be my guest. But unlike you I am trying to find the best way for me to get it done. This is the first time I have ever been criticised for trying to get information before jumping to action.
So how do other people usually react to your holier than thou attitude and your smug replies to rather simple questions?
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TheRedHead:
Now that is a completely rediculous statement.
Firstly, I am the easiest person in the world to please.
Secondly, I am madly in love with the diving in Tobago and it will always be my go-to dive spot, and I have yet to find a place where I enjoy the dives more, now all that being said there are lengthy personal considerations unknown by you and unsaid by me for my wanting to get this thing done outside of Trinidad & Tobago.
Thirdly, I am not a particularly picky diver and would dive anywhere, but I do not consider the great lakes just about anywhere. I think it would be a whole new excellent world for me to dive into and I am eagerly awaiting my chance to do so. But unfortunately I have no drysuit, I have no drysuit training, or any drysuit skills, hell I have never even seen a drysuit, farless to dive in one. So unless I can get all those things done, I will be forced to wait until the water is warmer.
Trinigordo:
The Great Lakes do not require a drysuit. We have many members of our club that have dove without one on a regular basis. In fact last year we dove the wreck, "Straits of Mackinac" in a 3mm suit. Water was 75 degrees to 74'. Also, in summer, a 7mm is perfectly acceptable. If in East Lansing, and wanting to become a DM, you best get used to the local diving. If not, better cut the apron strings and go to Thailand, Grand Turk, Tobago etc. Besides, East Lansing probably prepared you for the "spartan" accomodations a life as a DM will afford you.
The best way to have a small fortune in diving is to start with a large one.
Trinigordo:
Go to your LDS and they can fix you up with the skills and equipment needed for local diving. Then perhaps you can dive with Do It Easy.
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TheHobster:
I presume you are talking about late summer time, with the water temperature references of 75 degrees. If not, then I was mistakenly told water temp would be too cold for wetsuit diving.
I am pretty good with cold, where most people use a 3mm shorty while diving at home I am in a rashguard. And water temps in the mid to low 70s I was relatively alright with a 3mm shorty. So in what kind of timeline would I be able to withstand the water temps around the lakes?
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TheRedHead:Go to your LDS and they can fix you up with the skills and equipment needed for local diving. Then perhaps you can dive with Do It Easy.
Isn't he in Chicago?
Trinigordo:
Maybe you guys could meet in the middle?
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TheRedHead:Maybe you guys could meet in the middle?
that could be cool
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