Local Nitrox Class

[Serenity]

Sorry if I've gone off topic... is there diving allowed at Castaic? if so where? and are there other freshwater dive locations in the So. Cal area? Thanks

As far as I know, only the LA County ADP class is allowed to do dives there, for training purposes. I've also dived at Lake Perris, but recently heard they were draining the lake a bit to prevent the dam from failing...(?) Don't feel like you're missing out, though, I never saw anything interesting in either lake .

 

[Frank O]

I don't know about NAUI ... when I was looking around for a nitrox class three years ago, I was walking by a dive shop on Kauai and noticed that TDI offers a class with no dives. However, my comrades urged me not to go that route, as they felt the dives were important in terms of knowing how to handle an ox-tox'ing diver. So I ended up taking nitrox from John Walker under the aegis of IANTD.

I wonder, though, for those of you who've taken nitrox from the more recreationally oriented agencies, do they actually address anything like ox-tox rescue during the dives? If not, why do they view the dives are important?

 

[caveseeker7]

If not, why do they view the dives are important?

Because the boat trips bring $$$.

Personally I highly recommend ANDI's CSU (Complete Safe Air - their name for EAN).
The material is excellent, and the class teaches the correct use of a small bailout tank.
Certification is two different EAN mixes to 50% O2, no deco to 130 fsw.
It's a bit more expensive than other nitrox classes but well worth the money.
And during the dive you actually do something more than just breathe.
SSA in Montclair and Woodland Hills are ANDI shops, I did my training with the former.
If you decise on training, you might as well actually aquire some knowledge and skills.
Makes it worth the effort and money.

By the way, if you have a nitrox sticker on the tank the guys at the Casino Pt. fill station (trailer)
won't touch your tank. Scuba Luv can accommodate you, though.

 

[jefe]

As far as I know, only the LA County ADP class is allowed to do dives there, for training purposes. I've also dived at Lake Perris, but recently heard they were draining the lake a bit to prevent the dam from failing...(?) Don't feel like you're missing out, though, I never saw anything interesting in either lake .

Thanks Serenity. I know there isn't nearly as much to see in fresh as salt, but I'd like to do it just for the experience. Besides, the red tide and low vis has been making me itchy. Perris is being partially drained. A buddy talk to a ranger there who said visibility has been affected.