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Thanks to everyone who commented, I really appreciate it. I found the fellow I was looking for. He is Jim Lapenta at UDM Aquatics. I will be contacting him tomorrow to see if he still offers the services I am looking for. RichH

Just made reservations for Cozumel in April 2021, really hope Covid-19 cooperates. I am looking for the fellow that does reg maintenance from the east coast. He was a regular poster here when I use to come around more often. He also teaches tech classes and such. Any info is appreciated. RichH

I have used Dive with Martin and really like them. Great prices and excellent DM's RichH

Isn't it really a law that one has to pee in their wetsuit? RichH

Always Diving is the best dive op I've ever used. Alvaro and his staff are both patient and excellent. Pricing is very good as well. Just dove with them in Dec. RichH

I owned construction and service businesses for 35 years and the only type of customer I didn't like to serve was the one without money. As business owners we can pick or friends, we can pick our seat and we can even pick our noses but we really can't pick out customers, unless, of course, we...

Exactly! My friend and I were diving with AKR form a cruise ship a few years ago. The DM's briefing included that he would give a signal for all of us to surface. When he banged his tank, at about 30 minutes into the dive, we looked at our gauges and both of us had over 1500 left. Buddy and I...

X2 on El Mar and Saguaro Scuba. Took my OW at El Mar and occasionally buy stuff at SS. RichH

Did my AOW there some years ago. Not particularly good diving compared to the Caribbean, but at least you're blowing bubbles. I would not go there specifically to dive. RichH

Excellent write up so far. FYI you can only be a Divemaster Candidate if you are actually in the Divemaster class, and after becoming Advanced Open Water and a Rescue Diver. Just sayin'. RichH

What do you call an instructor without a girl friend?.....................Homeless! RichH

Actually, home and auto insurance can be cancelled by the insured at any time. I have done it several times over the years to go to a company with better pricing. With group insurance you would have to stay as you are not the administrator and have no power. Cell phone plans generally have...

What in the world does flying have to do with scuba? Flight is Federally regulated, I don't think scuba is yet. Crash your plane and it is impossible to know how many people could die, in that accident. How many multiple scuba deaths occur from a rusty or under trained diver? Apples and oranges...

Most of us have lives away from diving. ~200 dives is hardly a novice. While it is not Jacques Cousteau level it is hardly beginner level. Sorry we can't all get 400+ dives per year. The problem would not be that I wasn't allowed to dive, the issue would be more like how many other dive ops are...

"If technical divers can melt-down over simple skills, just because they're tested realistically, what hope do novice divers have?" Now the conversation is going towards novice divers. My OP wasn't about novice divers as I recall. We could go a step further and discuss how unsafe uncertified...

Sorry about that, it is my fault for not checking. However, I now feel that if I had had a checkout post I may have gotten it in the right forum on the first try. Mods, feel free to move this thread to a better forum. RichH

You beat me to the response. How many check out dives will ask a diver to demonstrate those skills? I suppose we can make up all kinds of questions that have absolutely nothing to do with the issue at hand to prove some unidentified issue. Just for fun, here are my answers: 1) Generally once...

So, you know for a fact that a dive op wouldn't try to sell PPB , or AOW, or any other class or piece of equipment based on their observations of how a diver conducts their dive? You, my friend, know way more than I ever will. I see it more this way. One wants to dive a particular site, claimed...

Actually, and thanks for the back handed compliment, my DM card is only 3 years old and I stay current on EFR and CPR even though that is not required. I am also a Swiftwater Rescue Technician 1 because I whitewater raft various Class IV-V rivers. I take my hobbies very seriously when death or...