I’m looking at getting enriched air for a upcoming trip. It looks like Ssi can all be done online while padi cannot, is this correct? Any reason to not do Ssi? If it matters I am padi advanced open water certified.
Ssi vs padi enriched air course
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EFX
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I got one for ya. A few years ago I visited friends in Rockport, Texas. I took my tanks to the ski chalet in Corpus Christi. I entered the shop and had my tanks filled. I noticed a closed door and asked what was behind it. The shop employee said go on in. I opened the door and my jaw hit the floor. The room was at least twice as big as the swim/snorkel/water ski/scuba shop. It had every piece of snow skiing equipment and apparel you can think of. I said somewhat sarcastically, "I bet you sell a lot of this stuff", thinking that the only ice or snow anyone is going to see in Corpus Christi is on the top of some kid's snowcone. The employee said they sell a lot more of the winter stuff than they do of the water sports stuff. I said, "you're kidding me!" He said, no, we do. We get a lot of rich patrons who vacation somewhere cold and they would rather buy and have their own equipment then rent. You just never know.
Belzelbub
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There's a shop like that a little closer to your home, but maybe not quite to that scale.
Bill Jackson's in Pinellas Park has a bit of everything. There's a gun shop, and range, a dive shop with pool, lots of Kayaks (I believe they use the lake next door for demos), a large fishing section, and even snow skiing equipment. One fairly large room, is somewhat multi-purpose, though it does have some purpose built features. For part of the year, this room is full of dive equipment during their annual scuba sale, other times, it's filled with safes. Currently, it's filled with snow skiing equipment. There is even a little hill with carpeted "snow" presumably to try out gear.
60plus
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The 1/4 turnback practice (and some other silly assertions) is still propagated by many instructors. It does not do any harm on a modern scuba valve. The older valves on welding gas cylinders had gland packing on the valve stem and if the valve was fully open this could leak. Modern valves are usually double O ring so no need to turn back a little.
Twinset - my SSI instructor used a twinset so he had a spare cylinder and plenty of gas for me in case anything went wrong well inside the wrecks we were diving. He also had a long hose on his reg and a long hose on his octopus so he could get gas to me even when we could not get along side each other.
Snorkel - probably as well to train with one so you get used to carrying it, you never know when you may need it for a long surface swim.
Even so, carrying it does not mean wearing it. We used to carry stiff ones in the knife straps on our leg. Now you can get fold-up one for your pocket, or even to clip to a d-ring. PADI students and instructors are supposed to "have" one but there is no requirement to wear it, except during those skills that involve a snorkel. Wearking kit is the easy way to carry it, in most cases.
Alaskan Scuba Dude
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Whatever is more convenient for you. I'm looking forward in doing mine on a live-aboard.
60plus
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Please explain what you mean in more detail. To me the hose lengths and snorkel are separate issues. I like to surface swim on my back but not in rough seas with water coming over my face. Also there are some dives that I do where there is quite a bit of swell and underwater obstructions near the surface, you need to look down to see things (rocks and those 4 legged concrete wave attenuators - tetrapods) so you don't get washed into them. Sometimes on a long surface swim I start to get cramp in my legs, its handy to turn over and swim face down for a while using my arms and resting my legs.
60plus
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Snorkels - perhaps a mix up between American and English language. By wearing it I mean carrying it, if it were in my mouth I would say using it. I actually carry a fairly tall Cressi or Tusa snorkel that has both purge and dry valves. I carry it on my chest inside my front zip wetsuit.
Thanks for the lesson, as this will prompt me to ask for clarifications in the future. I honestly would never have guess that "wearing" would mean carrying it on one's person, and not in its intended location (in this case, snorkel on mask strap).
I will be sure to clarify that in the future (snorkel affixed to max strap being an entanglement hazard on primary long hose donation).
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