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Learn the language where you want to work maybe? You will be surprised how many divers speak more than enough English, the boat crew might not though. Learning how to co-ordinate a social media campaign between facebook, twitter, ect. is probably very important, and that is where a twenty...

You need a special course for wreck penetration and cavern diving? No wonder you are bleeding money like you are. Don't pay for a course when common sense and a little research and a really good experienced dive buddy will replace whatever you are going to learn anyways. Taking a wreck course...

I use an e-cig. However I am able to go a whole hour without a hit of nicotine. I think most smokers or e-cig users can. If they can't they should see a doctor. A water proof case for the e-cig would be be a better idea. I like to vap on the boat ride and I currently hide it in my dive log...

After checking the forums and other online outlets for information on the diving in Cuba and not finding a lot of information I thought I would provide a little review on our diving trip to Cuba. I know that many Scubaboard members are American, and therefore can't travel to Cuba, which...

I'm doing my divemaster internship on the way to maybe some day doing my instructor course. Even if I don't do the instructors portion there are a few incentives for me to do the dive master course. Since I am living next door to a dive shop in the caribbean doing a dive master internship is...

If you are truly going there to just dive, hit up Jonathan at Scuba Fun in Bayahibe and stay in Bayahibe or La Romana. It is a great area just off of La Romana ( a beautiful little city ) The diving is great. Jonathan is an amazing DM and a great guy. I adore him. If you are wanting sun and...

Well Ex cuuuuse me! :bash: Since I have read every response....here is my conclusion. I am going to continue to log these training dives in 10 ft of water. But since I don't need to pad my dive book ( I wouldn't any ways) I am just going to mark them different and just not add them to the...

I am pretty certain the instructor in question can do the drills himself without being planted on the bottom of the pool. Whether I can do them mid-water at this point is another story all together. As for collecting stamps. I have none in my log book. Hopefully this won't be an issue. If...

Thanks for all the responses. Just to reiterate, I have enough dives that are fun dives to start my divemaster. I actually have 70 full recreational dives right now, including my check out dives for advanced and OW. Of those dives, about 10 are in the Atlantic ocean, 50 are caribbean dives...

I was speaking to a PADI instructor and I told him that I was doing some practice dives to get my skills down pat before I attempt the divemaster or instructor program. These training dives are about an hour in length and instead of looking at the nice fishies I am literally just doing things...

Thanks for the video and tips. I will be trying this again as soon as I have time and air in my tanks. Practice makes perfect.

When I cut a foot off my glorious hair and dyed it back to it's natural color because I would rather dive without dealing with all the knots I knew I liked diving. When I pulled one of my teeth out so that I would never experience the pain of it blowing up at pressure again, I knew I was a...

If you can get your hands on second skin, or the stuff hospitals put over where needles go in. Just google transparent skin dressings. It is clear and stays on really well, and will protect you. They make really small ones. I had a half inch deep gash and I covered it with one of those and...

Thanks everyone for the responses. I will be diving the 7mm in my lake probably for the rest of the year, so I can't change that. I'm just guessing the temp as I don't wear my computer while diving there. It is only 10 ft deep so I don't need the computer. This is Northern Ontario I...

Hello all, I am working on some of my skills in my local lake this summer in preparation for doing my dive master course this coming winter. The one skill that has me stumped is the removal and replacement of the BC while underwater. Being that my BC has weight pouches as soon as I take it...

The water is already 81-82 degrees in Roatan. I wear a 2 mm shorty and I am hot. The DM's who do three dives a day wear no wetsuit, just a hood. When I come back I am bringing a 1mm full. I would just go in a swimsuit, but there are sometimes little jellies. I'd say go for it and bring a...

Depending on when you are leaving there are weekly direct flights to Roatan from Montreal. If the direct flight isn't available you can always fly United any day of the week and change planes in Houston. There is a lot to see/photograph here, including loads of turtles, dolphins, the odd...

Becoming a more confident swimmer is really important to becoming a safe diver. Being fast isn't the most important thing at all unless you want to DM. Being confident that you won't drown in deep water is the most important thing. Most incidents occur on the surface. If you can't swim...

I've had it happen while removing and replacing a mask. I was still able to keep on going, but I was super pissed off which may have been me panicking a little from the sensation of cool stinging seawater entering my nose. I sneezed a few seconds after the water went up my nose while the mask...

Woah! They are charging double or triple for the internet. I pay about twenty bucks for the month while in Roatan for internet. Yikes. Just a warning about the shore dives here too. Most areas have little house reefs, some in the west have actual dive sites but they aren't easy to walk out...