oversea
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How many of you dry divers had formal training? ie. dive shop instruction for a specialty. On the other hand, how many just did it on their own? How about some opinions from experience?
How many of you dry divers had formal training
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Kind of, i had some pointers, read a bunch on here, thought about it a bit too and went out to try it out. Then a week later my instructor gave me a quick overview/review with suggestions, tasks etc that were part of what he would put in a DS course - but i didnt do the whole course, so like i said kind of did, kind of didnt 
I found it frustrating by myself, but after some supervision/assistance from an experienced DS diver i felt i had a bit more of a handle on the whole thing. I can see this topic getting nice and hot again - particularly if the DS/BC for buoyancy issue comes up I would suggest a course or at least an experienced diver doing an orientation dive with you, dont do it by yourself or with others who dont know how to dive dry - it wont get you anywhere and is a slow learning curve!
I found it frustrating by myself, but after some supervision/assistance from an experienced DS diver i felt i had a bit more of a handle on the whole thing. I can see this topic getting nice and hot again - particularly if the DS/BC for buoyancy issue comes up
I would suggest a course or at least an experienced diver doing an orientation dive with you, dont do it by yourself or with others who dont know how to dive dry - it wont get you anywhere and is a slow learning curve!
Mine was none of the above. I read about it, then had a very experienced dry suit diver drill me.
I taught myself, but I am a experienced teacher and a good student.
I taught myself.
I should add: I learned from the Internet!!! :icon10:
I should add: I learned from the Internet!!! :icon10:
JasonH20
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My LDS offered the dry suit specialty course in conjuction with OW, so I did both at the same time. Besides the "Discover Scuba" dives I did in Hawaii, I've never done a dive without a drysuit.
I taught my self with some inputs from another instructor who had had a rubber dry suit from the 50's.
I had a quick lesson from an instructor, but I learned everything from diving with veteran dry divers. Its the little things I learned from people with years of experience that have made diving dry easier for me.
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