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Alexis, my experience in the Caribbean is limited since I live in Asia (why leave here to go dive there?), the times I've dived in the Caribbean have...
Short answer is could be both. Or that you have heavy legs, heavy fins, or a combination of all! If you were to come to me here is what we would do. ...
Kev, a wing type BC also known as a back plate and wing, back inflate, etc is no harder to remove in the water than any other BC in my opinion. There...
You're welcome, Alexis. My first reaction when I skimmed through your post was "Asia is perfect for her!" But then I saw you want something close to...
Computer games, hit the gym and drink coupious amounts of good WINE!
Occupation:
"I love work, I can watch it all day long" (Construction Engineer)
Gender:
Male
eBay User Name:
camuddiver
Blog / MySpace URL:
I'm not 15 yrs old
Certification Agencies:
ADCE, PADI, NAUI, LA County, DAN, AAUS, ANDI/SSI
Dive History:
Sorry there's not enough space here to really cover it, but I mostly only have experience in Southern California diving from San Diego to Anacapa Island, one lake, Drakes Bay under the new USCG Historic Life Boat Station seaway, lots of Catalina Island and many parts of both the Los Angels harbor and the Long Beach harbor. I also frequent Maui and I have been to Kaui.
Certification History:
Basic Open Water from PADI 1984, Aircraft Firefighting and Rescue Specialist - USMC 1984, Firefighter I 1985, Emergency Medical Technician 1986, NAUI 1997, and L.A. County 1997. Advanced Open Water from NAUI. Master Diver from NAUI 1998. Commercial Diver 1996. American Academy of Underwater Sciences Research Diver 1998. American Red Cross Emergency Response (DOT First Responder) 2003, Divemaster with PADI 2003. DAN Instructor 2006, Emergency First Response Instructor 2006. PADI Nitrox Diver 2006. DAN Diving Emergency Specialist 2006. Professional Civil Engineer 2007. ANDI Complete Safe Air User (i.e. Nitrox Diver) 2009. SDI Solo Diver course Dec 2009.
Certification Level:
Divemaster & Commercial Diver (Air Range)
# of Logged Dives:
500 - 999
Dive Classification:
Experienced Diver
Years Certified:
Ten Or More Years
Dive Equipment:
Kirby Morgan M48 full face mask, Old Sherwood Blizzard first stage regulator, old Sherwood Brut regulator on a 13 cu pony bottle, Dive Rite rig with rec wings and travel wings, aluminum 80, U.S. Navy swimmers shorts, titanium folding safety dive knife, Viking Extreme dry suit, 5 mil farmer john custom wet suit, hooded vest, 3/2 Bodyglove one peice wet suit, an old 3 mil shorty, switching to APS Mantaray fins (large Jetfins for wet suit and XXL Jetfins for dry suit), Underwater Kinetics C-8 or C-4 dive light, signal mirror, whistle, strobe light, Akona SMB, folding pocket snorkle, 26 lbs of lead (8 lbs in warm water, i.e. Hawaii), Superlight 17K with both styles of comm modules.
SB Challenge:
Finishing the Jetsam KISS CCR course
SB Challenge Streak:
80%
Rebreather Experience:
Kiss
Diving Rebreathers Since:
Feb 2010
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"There are old divers and bold divers, but there are no old bold divers". Tom Mix 1995
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