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Actually we do have a form of re-certification in the recreational SCUBA world...if you go on a boat dive or dive with certain commercial operators, they usually insist on certain minimums like Advanced Open Water or a dive with in 2 years w/o a refresher course. To be honest, in my other job...

This is a compilation of some of your VERY funny posts with a few original ones thrown in for good measure things you should never say on a dive boat: This plug was sticking in a hole in the back of the boat. I pulled it out to let water into the livewell. I just got off your radio; those...

You raise some excellent points. Here are my responses. 1. I agree that students by the very nature of things must buddy up to perform skills. I do feel and I did point out that in this case "buddy breathing in 2010" I think it should have been the instructor and not her Dad. It's a little...

We were there and had two rescue trained divers who were actively involved in taking care of the diver. He was being re-certed at the same time that his daughter getting her open water certificate. They were making an ascent buddy breathing. He was a healthy non-smoker who was making a...

I have a PUCK wrist that works fine, I purchased a cable, down-loaded the latest DRAK software onto my PC and when I went looking for the manual...surprise...no instructions in the box in the program or on your website. I finally figured out how to get the dives transferred and the transfers of...

As a PADI certified diver who just received his "Intro to Tech" card from our TDI "cave-man" I can state with absolute certainty that: 1. I am a much better diver than I was prior to taking the course. 2. I am a much safer diver with much modification done to both my rig and my way of...

Yes...That's my "impression" too, perhaps a slight rewrite of the instructions might help, although they are pretty good as written. I do wish the tab thickness was a little thicker. The key to get across to would be users/molders however is that since you can allow the mouthpiece to just...

I Love my Blue SeaCure but I do wish that the "bite tabs were a little thicker. On my first SeaCure, I bit down o give myself a nice impression but my teeth were so close that I lost a lot of room to breathe. So I have one useless SeaCure and the second one that I currently use but the tooth...

OxyCheq makes the inflator hose in 16" and 19" lengths as well as the standard 13" one. I personally don't like the 13" hose that my Mach V came with as I have a hard time watching the computer on my wrist while I surface if I hold the dump button in the same hand. I ordered a 19" hose and...

I always dive with my Galileo SOL and I love it, but I always checked myself after my dives with the PADI tables just to keep in practice. (obsessive-compulsive) until I took an Intro to Tech course offered by one of our instructor who has TDI's instructor ratings in everything from cave to...

Well as a new diver, I still have my own viewpoint. Being new doesn't make them less valid for a form such as this I suppose. On the subject of "modern equipment", once I get to about 60 dives I will qualify (in the eyes of our tech instructor") to take Intro to Tech and then Intro to Cavern...

IMHO I think both sides have valid points. I was lucky to have a LDS that although small has among its members a course director, a fully certified tech instructor and a master diver that has been at it so long that he is rust colored, but although he no longer actively instructs will take a...

I was certified by PADI in August of 2008. As part of our pool training we had our air turned off so we could experience what an "out of air" emergency felt like. We were briefed on the surface prior to this and after we made the "cut-throat" signal our air was turned back on. We then signaled...

My brother an active duty army officer and I a veteran after 12 yrs of service as a physician in the Army, were on vacation in Nags Head NC about 15 years ago. We had taken our kids on an organized kayaking tour of one of the inland wildlife preserves. While on the tour, to the delight of...

My (sort of) local dive shop has a dive club with monthly meetings. Most of the members have a lot of experience. While getting nitrox certification and getting recommendations about what to do next in your diving education is valuable, what I like best are the little factoids that you pick up...

Just starting out with a Dive Club in Covington, GA.