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Hi All,
I'm Jeff. My wife and I are from Central British Columba, Canada. We have dived twice in Cancun through "Discover Scuba" courses with Mimi @ Manta Divers. Both trips we did one 30' dive at the underwater museum and 1 30' dive at a nearby reef. Both trips were fantastic.
Last year we bought an underwater point & shoot so I was able to do some video and stills - I run a business as a portrait and wedding photographer but UW photography is pretty new to me.
We have almost completed our e Leaning through PADI, and will do our pool and 4 OW dives when we're down there, again with Manta.
We've had great experiences so far, and I'm really looking forward to going a bit deeper, mostly because I want to see something a bit different than what we've seen. The amazing thing about diving though is that even repeat visits are always a bit different. The first trip (3 yes ago) we saw an eel and a shark, a couple of turtles and lots of other wildlife. Last year a highlight was a (manta?) Ray which I followed for a short bit and got decent video of.
Any suggestions on where to ask for 60' dices there? Usually our DM asks if we want to dive anything particular, but I don't really know the lay of the land, or sea, as it were.
Also, any tips and tricks for my wife, who is a bit nervous about the UW mask removal and clear portion?
Also, I've not seen a solid answer anywhere, do we have to do a 30' free dive as part of the course? Is that difficult? I can do a 12' free dive easy enough, w/o fins.
Further, am I correct that you only need a wreck course if you plan on doing penetration dives, not just views or surveys or whatever the appropriate term is?
---------- Post added January 16th, 2015 at 02:22 PM ----------
Another quick question. Our town is at 44m, or 1555ft. If I were to lake dive here do I need a computer capable of altitude setting, or further info on working rdp tables to account for altitude? I guess I should check that out via Google too.
I don't think we are going to buy gear yet, being primarily vacation divers, but it may be a future consideration. I am excited to eventually dive in Vancouver, BC. I think the closest dive shops to us are about 500-600 km away, so further training not on vacation will be an issue. Owning gear to lake dive here could be cool, but I don't know if anyone else semi-local dives or fills tanks or anything.
Rambling. Time to stop.
---------- Post added January 16th, 2015 at 04:46 PM ----------
Just finished Section 5 and the final test. 98% overall, I got just one question wrong over all the tests! I'm pretty psyched right now, can't wait to get down to do my certification dives and get my card. Then....more diving of course!
I'm Jeff. My wife and I are from Central British Columba, Canada. We have dived twice in Cancun through "Discover Scuba" courses with Mimi @ Manta Divers. Both trips we did one 30' dive at the underwater museum and 1 30' dive at a nearby reef. Both trips were fantastic.
Last year we bought an underwater point & shoot so I was able to do some video and stills - I run a business as a portrait and wedding photographer but UW photography is pretty new to me.
We have almost completed our e Leaning through PADI, and will do our pool and 4 OW dives when we're down there, again with Manta.
We've had great experiences so far, and I'm really looking forward to going a bit deeper, mostly because I want to see something a bit different than what we've seen. The amazing thing about diving though is that even repeat visits are always a bit different. The first trip (3 yes ago) we saw an eel and a shark, a couple of turtles and lots of other wildlife. Last year a highlight was a (manta?) Ray which I followed for a short bit and got decent video of.
Any suggestions on where to ask for 60' dices there? Usually our DM asks if we want to dive anything particular, but I don't really know the lay of the land, or sea, as it were.
Also, any tips and tricks for my wife, who is a bit nervous about the UW mask removal and clear portion?
Also, I've not seen a solid answer anywhere, do we have to do a 30' free dive as part of the course? Is that difficult? I can do a 12' free dive easy enough, w/o fins.
Further, am I correct that you only need a wreck course if you plan on doing penetration dives, not just views or surveys or whatever the appropriate term is?
---------- Post added January 16th, 2015 at 02:22 PM ----------
Another quick question. Our town is at 44m, or 1555ft. If I were to lake dive here do I need a computer capable of altitude setting, or further info on working rdp tables to account for altitude? I guess I should check that out via Google too.
I don't think we are going to buy gear yet, being primarily vacation divers, but it may be a future consideration. I am excited to eventually dive in Vancouver, BC. I think the closest dive shops to us are about 500-600 km away, so further training not on vacation will be an issue. Owning gear to lake dive here could be cool, but I don't know if anyone else semi-local dives or fills tanks or anything.
Rambling. Time to stop.
---------- Post added January 16th, 2015 at 04:46 PM ----------
Just finished Section 5 and the final test. 98% overall, I got just one question wrong over all the tests! I'm pretty psyched right now, can't wait to get down to do my certification dives and get my card. Then....more diving of course!