Tucson transplant from Tampa looking to keep in cave trim

[USFpsychDiver]

Hi,

Just moved to Tucson from Tampa just weeks after getting my Cave I card. I'll be going back to FL regularly for work (the excuse) and to cave dive (the reason). Since I'm new to cave diving (and to a drysuit and doubles), I'd like to find some folks to do some freshwater dives in cave gear with. I'm only cert'ed to do recreational depth dives (w/ Nitrox), but I'd like to just do some dives in the gear and maybe run some lines, etc., probably in Lake Pleasant, so as not to get too rusty. I also don't have any tanks and none of the Tucson shops rent doubles (not surprisingly) -- any Phoenix area shops rent steel doubles?

See ya in the water!

 

[diversteve]

any Phoenix area shops rent steel doubles?

El Mar Diving or Academy of Scuba might.

Post #5 might be of interest also: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/so...sta-point-divers-instructors.html#post6343564

IDK what their current status is but some years ago this was a good place to buy steel tanks (pricewise) - conveniently for you it's in Tucson.
http://www.diveremporium.com/scubatanks.html

There's also Tech Diving Limited located in Lake Havasu City.

 

[Dive-aholic]

Dive Emporium was always a strange place. I went in there once and was a little scared. I don't know how he kept that place open.

Check out All Wet Scuba in Tempe. Brett, the owner, is a tech diver. If he doesn't have doubles in his rental stock he should at least be able to rent his own set out if he's not using them.