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We have opened up our annual survey and it is ready for your input! We'd appreciate your opinion. Diver Survey 2011

I will point the discrepancy out to the web team and training... sounds like they missed that. We changed the CCR program about a couple of years ago, so it must have been slipping out of the net for a while. Read the thread on Deco Stop and it seems to sum the situation with time/number of...

Air diluent no deco to 30 metres Air diluent full deco max 45 metres Mixed gas to 60 metres Advanced mixed gas to 100 metres

Congratulations... dive often and dive safe. Be well.

I hope you got that framed, mate... must be worth... well, must be worthless but we'll keep that to ourselves!

I would suggest reading the code of ethics that members sign each year on renewal. A couple of specifics: leadership levels require a physician signed form Back problems are mentioned in the medical assessment; however, I am sure people are tempted to lie. That;s what QAs are for This is the...

The course materials are being redone. Not sure what you mean about lowering or raising the bar... the rewrite will bring the materials in-line with new developments and practices and will be informed by a decade of recreational decompression diving, since the previous title was published.

Reading your profile, your Open Water Certification is from SDI. As a member of SDI staff, an former member of our Training Advisory Panel and an active instructor-trainer your question appalls me. I would STRONGLY suggest you return to the instructor and facility where you received your initial...

A1. I would expect a diver to use a constant multiplied by factors that reflect actual conditions on the day of the dive. The constant should be just that: a fixed volume of gas per minute... let's pick 12 litres. This then can be adjusted to compensate for depth... a dive to 35 metres (ambient...

You do not have to take a TDI nitrox program. We recognize our sister agency's course ;) However, you may find your instructor focuses a little more on long-hand calculations during the advanced nitrox module to be sure you understand completely time/depth limits, CNS tracking (single dive...

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Damn shame... wonderful woman, and a real loss to the dive community here in the Northeast.

Not sure if this is more of an IT issue than a standards issue. We have a number of SDI OWI who teach and certify out of two or more facilities. With the current database, the instructor will only be able to register students onLine through one facility, but traditional fax/mail registrations...

Don't beat yourself up over it. Concentrate on getting the 100 percent in the water where it really counts! ;) When your instructor reviews the examination with you, he/she will focus on topics that caused issues... however minor those issues may be. By all means reread the subject matter, but...

First of all, good luck in the confined and open water modules! And welcome to the SDI family of divers. You should have access to your onLine profile including end of chapter quizzes and final exam identifiably according to our training standards. I'll speak with our IT department and ask...

ERDI has a global reach although our coverage of the US is more consolidated. One of our senior ERDI instructor-trainers has a leadership role with the Canadian Federal Police (RCMP) dive team, so certainly there are no issues with standards being acceptable cross-border. I imagine the vagaries...

Poor vis and high current on the Jodrey last week. The days of 30 metre plus vis seem to be a thing of the past. Lots of critters in the water too. Use ear beer pre and post dive, folks!

Travis, as already mentioned, we recognize your DM credentials as equivalent to an SDI rating. Good luck with your ongoing personal development, and if you need any further information about SDI, or our sister organizations, please contact me at Headquarters directly.

ERDI Contaminated Water Ops Training selected for important mission! The result of dedication and weeks of hard work and special ERDI™ training were there for everyone to see as CNN reporter Amber Lyons did a back roll into the gulf waters affected by the DeepHorizons disaster. But this...

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