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🤔 I understand sarcasm and wit, but not comprehending how this is relevant to TDI Helitrox certification and further progression through technical training courses

Expanding on @VikingDives' post. I completed TDI AN/Helitrox last year. Helitrox course = DP + limited trimix. Helitrox course difference from DP: extra $ + 2-3 hrs trimix classroom + 1-2 trimix dives. Helitrox cert limits: max 35% He, 45m/150 ft max depth, 1 deco cylinder - it's a half step to...

I don't have any experience of Asian resorts or diving in Asia and need some advice where to even start looking. Trying to plan an extended 3 generation (grandparents and grandchildren as young as 5-10 y.o.) family vacation with mostly non-divers, and 3 divers. So this would be a week long...

I just did 2 identical dives last month for Helitrox cert to 135ft/41M in 80F/27C water. 1st dive was on air and I could not tell I was narced, everything felt normal for a training dive, although I did get a bit lost backtracking to the ascent line and made a few other simple blunders. The 2nd...

I'm sort of like you. I just completed AN/DP/Helitrox and wondering if in the future to skip trimix and adv trimix OC and just switch over to helitrox CCR. Have you thought about adding helitrox to AN/DP and be able to dive up to 21/35 trimix on OC for virtually the same amount of training as...

I just completed TDI AN/DP/Helitrox a few weeks ago and the out of date eLearning course material probably was my biggest annoyance with the TDI program. I was a STEM undergrad and I've been interested in decompression science for years. So I was a bit dismayed to find the outdated eLearning...

After we evacuated West Maui we stayed at one of the named five star luxury hotels in Wailea. Why? Because when a load hotels are not useable because they are in the disaster zone with no power, no cell, no internet, limited food, unsafe water, and there are no rooms available on Maui at any...

Just returned from our Maui trip and we did not do a combined snorkel/SCUBA charter. However I did find out some information that might help others looking for the same thing save some time searching. We did snorkel/SNUBA inside Molokini Crater and TBH compared to 30 years ago, the reef inside...

Before we evacuated Kaanapali last Thursday, we had very limited info about the situation around us. Tues 6 am 80 mph winds knock out power to West Maui. Tue 4 pm: brush fires cut off highway access in/out and at about the same time, cell and internet go down inside West Maui. Tue night/Wed...

We dived with LD last week and were going to dive with them this week. The building is almost certainly gone as is a large part of the town and surrounding homes. It's like a war zone. FEMA and first responders and SAR from all over are on the ground.

Any advice appreciated. I dived Maui 25 years ago (w/ Lahaina Divers) and I'm going back with family and friends in August. We're staying in Ka'anapali. We have a mixed group of divers and non-diver snorkelers. Is there such a thing as boat charters for both divers and snorkelers on the same...

Congratulations on taking the first step to the rest of your life! I would recommend instead of pre-determining the end goal, which could change as you gain experience and wisdom, take a look in the mirror and ask yourself: What are your skills? What do you excel in compared to others? What...

We like AI resorts and cruises. It's a lowest common denominator thing when you have a group of people with differing interests. Another option would have been to pay a la carte for lodging, food, activities at a resort or rental condo. More planning and more flexible, but maybe more work. There...

Because we had a non-diver we did some other activities. Beaches includes boat based snorkeling in Grace Bay. There are several 1 hr trips during the day where they drive 10 mins into the bay and unload snorkelers onto a reef for 30 mins. It's meh. With 40 people in the water at once, there's...

Our family just returned from a week long all-inclusive vacation at Beaches Turks & Caicos. We had been to Beaches two decades earlier so it was an easy decision to return for the sun and fun and diving. @loosenit2 and @flashnick wrote this excellent trip report which pretty much still holds...

Fernandez the Bull - Cuban hole in the wall next to Publix. We ate there 3 times in a week it was that good. Key Largo Conch House - What you would expect a tourist place to look like - but the food is actually pretty good! Subzero Ice Cream and Yogurt - For dessert something a little...

"He doesn't know how to use the three seashells!" Kidding aside, we have one of these. It's great and can even be used to practice for a real squat toilet. https://www.squattypotty.com/

I got my nitrox cert at the same time as my PADI AOW last year. When I booked the course with the shop I told them I wanted to do both AOW and nitrox. The shop guy booked AOW and told me if he booked me for nitrox it would be $150, but instead if I asked the instructor on the first day to add...

I would like to know too. We've bought travel insurance during COVID but never had this situation occur. From what I've read and been told by our insurance agent, a positive COVID test result alone is not sufficient for a successful claim. They would probably also need documentation from a...

Make sure to understand how travel insurance policies work and what is required for successful claims. Read the policy terms and conditions CAREFULLY. For most policies there is no special COVID coverage. COVID is covered like all other sickness or illness in the policy. Last year members of my...