I will be spending 2 weeks in November down on Tankah Bay in the Riviera Maya between Akumal and Tulum. I hope to get in at least a dozen or more dives. Mostly ocean dives. Possibly an cenote dive or two.
I got my open water certification in July here in the Pacific Northwest. My dive buddy for the vacation, Mia, just received her open water certification last week in Munich.
This will be the first post certification diving for both of us.
I don't have my own gear at this time other than my mask, fins, and snorkle. My thougth was that I would rent my bcd, regulator, and computer from my LDS so that I would have the same gear I certified in. It would also mean that I have the same gear every day. I don't want to worry about the quality of gear that is available for rental down there.
Also, I was thinking that rather than just going out with a group on a boat dive that Mia and I might just want to do a simple shore dive where we can get our weighting figured out. We both qualified in cold water with 7mm farmer john/jacket suits. We will be using full 3mm suits down there. I did my dives in salt water, Mia in fresh water. It just seams like a waste to me to go out on a boat dive and have to spend that time getting weighted. It would not be fair to others on the boat as well.
Any suggestions or comments?
I got my open water certification in July here in the Pacific Northwest. My dive buddy for the vacation, Mia, just received her open water certification last week in Munich.
This will be the first post certification diving for both of us.
I don't have my own gear at this time other than my mask, fins, and snorkle. My thougth was that I would rent my bcd, regulator, and computer from my LDS so that I would have the same gear I certified in. It would also mean that I have the same gear every day. I don't want to worry about the quality of gear that is available for rental down there.
Also, I was thinking that rather than just going out with a group on a boat dive that Mia and I might just want to do a simple shore dive where we can get our weighting figured out. We both qualified in cold water with 7mm farmer john/jacket suits. We will be using full 3mm suits down there. I did my dives in salt water, Mia in fresh water. It just seams like a waste to me to go out on a boat dive and have to spend that time getting weighted. It would not be fair to others on the boat as well.
Any suggestions or comments?