Since I got started in the scuba biz we as owners do free DSD's in the pool for people that are interested. We achieve about an 80% conversion over to open water diver. The store owners do most of the DSD's
You have been warned about the danger so I will give you a couple of warnings about home built hookah. First one thing you didn't mention in your first post was filtration. I recommend two filters and would recommend calling a refutable filter company for their recommendations. Second most scuba...
As an old store owner whenever we have gotten a new instructor we start by putting him with a trusted instructor so that we can have an independent assessment.
Around Houston You have The Blu Lagoon as referenced above.
Lake Longhorn just south of Houston and Mammoth Lake again south of town.
Of the three Mammoth is the largest with the most things to see.
There is good diving in the gulf but you would need to call the local shops to see if anyone has...
As I have gotten older the first thing I stopped using was my drysuit. I try to dive nitrox on every dive. For the most part limit my dives to no deco dives.
Get familiar with game laws, in Texas the laws are different between state waters and federal waters. In some cases you can catch a legal fish on hook and line that wouldn't be legal if taken by spear.
I have had 1 student that took 5 classes to get to the point where I was comfortable enough to take to open water. The breakthrough came when we did a pool session with no skills. We started in full gear swimming around the pool on the surface then just off of the bottom in the shallow end of...
You need better filtration on a breathing air compressor than just a oil/water separator.
Most dive stores have the compressor inside and I doubt you will ever find 1 with just an oil/water separator. But if you are the only one using it you can roll the dice and hopefully not have any problems...
DEMA did a study on why diving wasn;t more popular I think in the mid 90's if I remember. Top reason not to dive was the time it took to get started. If you want to Ski start up time is one morning skiing on the slopes. Surfing about the same time frame. Fishing a quick trip to the Tackle store...
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