Search results

There are many in the over 50 category (just got there myself) - especially in tech, cave and pro ranks…. I’m diving since 1996, finished teaching tec 50 (Extended range, not tech for fifty-year olds) to a 60 year old doctor this year…. We did some great deco dives in NY and Florida.

Sure….

I’m gonna assume you have Not been diving prior to 2015? Or had no Tec experience before that? Before widespread acceptance of tech diving- hogarthian methodology was the sole source of tech configurations. It was an effort to create baseline safety principles so that rigs would have the same...

What you are missing is the standard configuration training - hogarthian standards are used to prevent confusion in emergencies. If you start changing configurations in a technical set up - no one but you knows what’s going on- so a buddy or rescuer isn’t confused, people in technical diving...

So -believe it or not- the SDI Sidemount requirements do NOT specifically require Frog-kicking; however in Tec Sidemount the TDI requirements do (In frog-kick perform a Back-kick, and Helicopter-turn) The PADI requirements do require Frog kick in both rec and tec. Sidemount skill sets. So...

Im Going from a deep extended range, stage decompression certification to hypoxic trimix is a big jump? How so? Maybe you just don't understand the requirements for Extended Range (which is after Advanced Nitrox and Decompression Procedures). Is it a Stage/Deco or Gas Volume issue? Extended...

He could just sign up for Advanced Trimix since there is a prerequisite of either XR or Tmx... Advanced Trimix: Minimum age 18 Minimum certification of TDI Extended Range or Trimix Diver or equivalent Show proof of 100 logged dives, 25 must be deeper than 30metres/100feet

No it is NOT possible to do so. You MUST be on Trimix for all 4 dives for the Trimix certification, whereas Extended Range ONLY uses Air, Nitrox, and Oxygen as breathing media. There is no credit across these two courses offered by TDI since 2018. Here are the course requirements: Extended...

No it is NOT possible to do so. You MUST be on Trimix for all 4 dives for the Trimix certification, whereas Extended Range ONLY uses Air, Nitrox, and Oxygen as breathing media. There is no credit across these two courses offered by TDI since 2018. Here are the course requirements: Extended...

And if we were to follow the NAUI or CMAS standards of 1968 only fit males between 18-30 would ever survive a dive class. But the sport has developed a recreational bent to it that allows for casual divers opening up the undersea world to ALOT more folks.... I think that is generally a good...

You are confusing the standards issue with whether or not an action is a causal contributor to an accident. This isn't a "strict liability" issue- its about fundamentals of diving at issue with nominally certified divers. The standards are not where the problem rooted in this case... as I...

Over a 20-year period, there was a death rate of 1.765 per 100,000 divers under training with an instructor. By way of comparison, the death rate in certified divers 18 per 100,000 according to DAN Americas statistics. (John Lippmann, DAN Asia-Pacific Founder, Chairman and Director of Research)...

You mean like this? "Because PADI Standards defi ne learning and performance requirements for course or programs conducted anywhere in the world, they must fi t a large variety of teaching circumstances. • Maximum limits – Standards for ratios and depths are listed as maximum limits. This means...

Act Actually quite the opposite. The DSD takes barely trained folks into the water who have no experience diving and requires them to be with a professional at all times. A Drysuit or AOW class presumes the diver has experience and prior training and DOES NOT require a dive professional to...

No- it’s an example of data driving decisions not “feelings”. You “feel” lowering ratios is a way to safer dive training. But there is NO empirical evidence that ratios have played any part in dive accidents to date. One example does not a statistic make.

Apologies for reading more into the post- it’s good we agree Snow was a disaster and that her original training couldn’t have allowed for such monumental deviations from standards. That said, I also agree each instructor has to be honest about their capacity to handle students… maybe 1:1 is the...

By your standards only a 1:1 ratio is sufficient to safely teach diving. This is absurd. Economics- first the costs would rise exponentially- because the normative 4:1 ratio works for paying an instructor and covering classes but 1:1 changes that significantly. Concomitant with that would be...

So you think supervision ratios for certified divers taking continuing education is akin to uncertified divers attempting to become divers? I don’t know if the industry would be able to transition to that sort of philosophy- there are some advanced classes with a clear need for low ratios...

Wait- aren’t ALL divers taking AOW already CERTIFIED? So why is there any issue leaving two certified divers in the water? wait for it……

Parking is nearly impossible and the area is in the top 10 worst police precinct by crime statistics -if you are in an illegal spot you will get ticketed or towed… no question. But diving is actually pretty good viz wise and the cages and lines are still there. The fishermen on the pier are...