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Sadly @fdog I can't afford them, £30 a hour at my gym, way out of my league, and the only other place that offers them cheaper is too far away with no car. (Trying not to sound like a naysayer) I did sit through tons of youtube videos last night with lots of pointers that I'm going to put into...

For the swim test for DM what training do people recommend, other than lots of swimming? I have about 4 months till I have to do it so want to get some training in. I swim 5 times a week at the minute, but I just seem to be a naturally slow swimmer, which is annoying. Any help would be...

@peterguy - I will email today. I've emailed so many people over these last 3 months that I think I was just feeling a little lazy. @openmindedow I am going to book myself onto a first aid course before I go, and I'm looking into some other bits that you've said cheers. And I have a fish id...

old8oy I would guess that I count as intermediate, in all but understanding what people are saying to me, great with the reading and ok with speaking but listening not so. I'm really excited about spending some real time learning. Me and my other half got trapped on Palawan in the Philippines...

Peter Guy - looking at Dive Aventuras Mexico scuba diving vacation packages Puerto Aventuras now, looks a nice site but no prices for their courses, which is annoying.

old8oy, I have looked at Utila and the training you mentioned and it looks great, I am just not a fan of islands, which I know is a touch stupid, but when you have choice I think it's best to go with stuff you like ;) (And I get the irony of being from England ;) As for Spanish, you'll be...

Hey Openmindow, I will be doing Padi courses, only really because they are the biggest and most well know (I'm not saying best as I think that's a personal thing), so this, I would have thought, would make working as an instructor at a later time easier. I did my OW in the UK in Feb years ago...

Hi I always miss something, I read over and over my posts on forums and always miss something essential ;) My first years are of training were with BSAC as my uncle was an instructor but I didn't do any qualifications with them. So I did mean that I'm a Padi advanced diver. I did a search on...

Hello, May 2011 I'm going to train as a diving instructor. I am an advanced diver at the minute with 20 years experience. I going to go to Central America and I've been researching for months, there are so many choices. Basically I want thoughts on: Doing the course all in one place...

That's really cool - well done :) I think I'm just covering different bases, if I never use it it's no loss - I've always had a CV but can't remember the last time it had anything to do with me getting a job, other than it keeps a record of skills/quals etc Mostly just distracting myself...

That's a fair list to have a look at and add some bits. I love the idea of being an Eagle Scout - I don't know what that is and guess I'm too old now, but it sounds very cool :)

Funny you should say that about gum tree and the language exchange I've been doing that for a few weeks now, Spanish for my English. There is meetup.com too which is great for a similar thing. My thinking with the CV was that it gets all the useful stuff together. I will write an email...

That's excellent, cheers, I'll DM now ;)

I would hope ok, I work with drug and alcohol clients and I'm lucky if I get through a day without some form of abuse, so keeping my cool is practice if nothing else ;)

Hello, As I can't leave my office based job for another 4 months, and I (of course) don't want to fill that time with actual work, I was thinking of updating my CV so that it would be useful for me as a dive instructor (all plans willing). So, a couple of questions: What stuff do you...

Well I had a go front crawl yesterday and it seems that I can only swim 8 lengths in that stroke before it resembles some form of doggy paddle. I finished the 20 breast stroke - I am really glad I have around 4 months or so to improve my time. At the minute it takes me 11 mins to do the swim...

Hi, the Google was nice enough to give me the time brackets, so I have something to work to. Do you know if you just do one thing after another - if there is much of a break? Thanks for all the help.

I have a good 5 months I think before I will take it and I want to get in lots of training now while I'm still in the UK. I swim 3 or 4 times a week. I had a go yesterday breast stroke and did it in time, just not a very good time. I think I'll start to build up to being able to do it crawl and...

Hi, I don't seem to be able to find this else where, I have searched but perhaps I'm poor at it. First - which stroke do people generally do their DM timed swims in - front crawl or breast stroke - does it matter? And When you become a dm or instructor do you get a different Padi...

Hi, Anyone done their IDC in in Mexcio? How did it go? Can you recommend anywhere? Cheers, Dante