I did my fundamentals in a dry suit and singles and really wish I had stuck to a wetsuit.
If you’re a beginning diver you’ll get a lot more value out of those 4 or 5 days if you have less to worry about than the air filling up your feet on ascent descent drills.
Also the difference in strength and finesse necessary to achieve a good back kick and helicopter turn is exponentially more in a set of doubles than singles.
You’re paying that instructor to show you how to achieve good trim and give you the mechanics for proper propulsion and safety protocols.
I’d be all in favor of making the course as comfortable as possible for yourself to start, the instructor will do plenty to take you out of your comfort zone, no need to introduce any other variables that will make life harder that week.
After the course is done, throw on a buddy’s set of doubles, head out and do some ascent/descents in a dry suit, practice your back kicks in a set of big a** water heaters on your back, but do that stuff at your own pace.
Jeff
If you’re a beginning diver you’ll get a lot more value out of those 4 or 5 days if you have less to worry about than the air filling up your feet on ascent descent drills.
Also the difference in strength and finesse necessary to achieve a good back kick and helicopter turn is exponentially more in a set of doubles than singles.
You’re paying that instructor to show you how to achieve good trim and give you the mechanics for proper propulsion and safety protocols.
I’d be all in favor of making the course as comfortable as possible for yourself to start, the instructor will do plenty to take you out of your comfort zone, no need to introduce any other variables that will make life harder that week.
After the course is done, throw on a buddy’s set of doubles, head out and do some ascent/descents in a dry suit, practice your back kicks in a set of big a** water heaters on your back, but do that stuff at your own pace.
Jeff