Nomad-Diver
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I've seen several dive leaders wear two different coloured fins. It makes them very easy to identify underwater in a group of strangers
What is respectably professional gear for a new DM?
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Yes, I've seen that. I used to wear a coloured bracelet to identify myself to students.
Big Pockets
Either on the wetsuit/Drysuit or on the BCD.
For keeping spare lead - divers in rental gear don’t know their correct weighting and may need to add or drop a few pounds.
And for a Save a Dive kit. My LDS does mostly shore dives and one of the instructors manages to fit a truly amazing number of spares for the rental gear in his Drysuit pocket. Saves a long uphill hike back to the van when a mask strap breaks.
Either on the wetsuit/Drysuit or on the BCD.
For keeping spare lead - divers in rental gear don’t know their correct weighting and may need to add or drop a few pounds.
And for a Save a Dive kit. My LDS does mostly shore dives and one of the instructors manages to fit a truly amazing number of spares for the rental gear in his Drysuit pocket. Saves a long uphill hike back to the van when a mask strap breaks.
FreeFlyFreak
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No one cares what BC you wear or what regulator you wear so long as they function.
Like everyone else says. Be easily identified, I have seen brightly colored leggings, easily identified fins, a plastic chicken, attached to the tank, the easiest was a guy with dreadlocks who looked like Medusa underwater.
Carry extra weight and some save a dive items.
Most importantly, don't rush the dive. Im there to enjoy the dive and see stuff not swim around at full speed
Like everyone else says. Be easily identified, I have seen brightly colored leggings, easily identified fins, a plastic chicken, attached to the tank, the easiest was a guy with dreadlocks who looked like Medusa underwater.
Carry extra weight and some save a dive items.
Most importantly, don't rush the dive. Im there to enjoy the dive and see stuff not swim around at full speed
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No argument here. I've exited the water on occasion to get more weights during student weight checks. This should be done ahead of the dives in waist/chest high water, but extra weights can't hurt.
The instructor has big pockets--how big? custom made? No instructor I worked for had spare straps--we just got the student a spare mask from shore kit.
Still Kicking
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It always bugged me to see instructors teach pool sessions in configurations different from student rigs (long hose, integrated octos etc). How can you demonstrate a skill in a different configuration?
One of the instructors with an air 2 at the shop where i work laughed that a student tried to breathe on his inflator after donating his primary. Wtf? Seems like the failure was on the instructor's part.
One of the instructors with an air 2 at the shop where i work laughed that a student tried to breathe on his inflator after donating his primary. Wtf? Seems like the failure was on the instructor's part.
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