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I’d like to introduce you to my dive buddies Dunning and Kreuger

Its a misnomer that EE doesn't have sm tanks. They have for years. Believe it or not there's some of us that have gue training that still enjoy sidemount and sidemounted bailout for our non-GUE approved CCRs. EE is also just a dive shop. Although there is clearly a strong, direct link to GUE, EE...

I’m pretty sure fundies is the one class gue has a say in how much can be charged since it’s an entry level class meant to allow people to explore what gue is about. I’m assuming you’re talking about mer

Same. You're not nuts. Or when I send my bov in for service they just do it as standard (Divesoft)

To each his own. The female owner can be very courteous when she wants to be. The male owner is a different story. The sheer number of local divers and regular out of state divers that run from their shop for the same reasons is very telling. There is a difference between being an intelligent...

Not disparaging Edd, but not everyone 100% agrees with everything Edd does or teaches. Nobody's perfect

Now we really agree 120%. Unfortunately that is not really the norm here. There are alot of people who "fix" their buoyancy issues in class, and alot of instructors will pass them because they will "eventually learn as they progress." Theres alot of that in Fl. Including people not having frog...

I wasnt referencing the mod post, I was referencing AJs post

Idk of any instructor that would allow a cave student to bring a camera. If they do, they are suspect as an instructor.

Might wanna read my post again. I am recommending initially getting in the water and doing nothing until theyve accomplished hanging motionless. Most people going into cavern still can’t. Then once mastered, start doing stuff. We’re saying the same thing other than I’m, making the assumption...

Get in the water and do nothing. Literally. Master your buoyancy control. You should be able to pick a rock or other object and hover motionless over it for minutes on end. Video yourself to make sure you’re not finning to stay steady. Do that until it’s mastered then start doing it while...

I believe if you don’t dive two shearwaters you spontaneously combust

Depending on your experience level and sac rate a single stage is very very doable. I would argue 90% + do it on a single stage. Note I’m not saying don’t take extra gas. Extra is always good. But slogging an extra stage for that dive is more of a headache than it’s worth imo. Hint. If you’ve...

https://www.ultimatedivetrucks.com/ There are trucks that are not manual on the island. Rental facilities such as Avis have them. I rent from avis but never pay extra for the automatic.

Its not just you. Its a physically demanding class. At least it should be for a good instructor. I can name off some big name instructors who's class is little more than "where do you want to go in the cave" or just repeat trips to the henkle. All with very little skills thrown in. I 100%...

Cave DPV by far was my toughest cave related class. I took it with Edd and his class is pretty tough, as is yours from the sounds of it. There were times on day 2 and 3 my wife and I looked at each other and wondered why we were still taking the class cause we sucked so bad. It gets better. Edd...

Let me introduce you to my friend Brad Horn. Thats a joke. Don't say his name two more times or he'll show up. (for anybody that doesnt get the joke, search his name here).

They may be good valves but not worth extra money. First time they get hooked up to a dive shops fill lines you have the potential for contamination and even if the valve “opens more slowly” you could still go boom. The reality is oxygen fires are not that common in our world. Mind you I’m not...

A guide is unnecessary. It’s a huge cavern. Don’t go down past around the 130ish foot mark where the shelf extends back and you have a hard overhead. Imo it’s an ow safe cavern. At least that’s how the management see it. Free divers are constantly there.

Only issue is the caves are all currently at full capacity. Florida is no longer accepting out of state divers