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    Hand Signal Communication Training

    Thanks, the go slow, slower, slowest is something I'm working on.
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    Hand Signal Communication Training

    This is a good one, thanks. It does make me aware that perhaps I don't quite know how to put into words what I'm looking for. The vocabulary is not the problem, and there weren't any signals in that video that were new to me. The instructor in the video also was very clear with physically...
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    Hand Signal Communication Training

    Hello all, It occurs to me that I've never seen, or heard discussed, any formalized training for underwater hand signal communication. I know that some guides and instructors are much better at it than others, and I've even met guides who can seemingly transmit complete sentences directly into...
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    Renting doubles?

    Oh hi! The Aldora folk have asked me a few times if we (my fiancee Talitha and I) have met you and your wife yet. So these are Kelvin's doubles that I'm diving. He's got a small facility here on Cozumel now too and these are his tanks. We're GUE divers. Talitha and I started Tech 1...
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    Renting doubles?

    Hi there, I'm probably one of the people you saw diving double AL80s at Aldora. Those are rented from a GUE shop that we do tech dive training through and are for our coursework, so not generally available. The owner of Aldora has rented other sets for us before, but the ones available through...
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    First Guided Dive Advice (last day of Divemaster course)

    Hello professional dive world! Tomorrow is the last day of my PADI Divemaster course and I'll be doing my first guided dives under observation. I'm excited and a bit nervous, guessing all the normal feelings. Background, I've got about 600 dives over the past eight years, 500 of which are in...
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    Sea Spanner

    Yup, that's my backup plan. But I know they are out there somewhere.
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    Sea Spanner

    Thanks for the responses. Yes, indeed @Fibonacci your attachment is the tool I'm looking for. Maitland doesn't make them anymore and I can't even get them to respond to me about where I might look for used. There are other options where I live, in the USA, but I love good tools, and the...
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    Sea Spanner

    This is probably the wrong forum to post this in, but as the Sea Spanners were of Kiwi manufacturer, I thought maybe I'd try here first. Anyone have one they'd be willing to sell? Friend of a friend of a friend?? I'd be willing to pay a pretty penny. Would need to be shipped internationally...
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    December 2022 Roll Call

    Talitha and I will be in town from Dec 30-Mar 1, staying at an AirBNB near 5th & 20th, diving daily with Aldora, except for a few days with Deep Exposure while we're doing GUE Tech 1.
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    Delta Airlines to Cozumel?

    We do that route regularly. We use CheapTransferCancun.com for car service from CUN to the Cozumel ferry out of Playa. Then we either cab it once we get to Coz or wheel our bags a few blocks to wherever we're staying. This past winter the two ferry companies, Ultramar and Winjet, were...
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    Where Should I Go?

    Thanks to all who contributed such helpful advice for my trip! @CosbySweater @scubadada @drrich2 –Great trip reports!
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    Where Should I Go?

    Hello all, I'm going to be out in Florida visiting friends next month, down in the Keys, and I can probably squeeze in an extra week for some diving. It doesn't have to be in the Keys, I can go anywhere in state. I like large pelagic life and interesting terrain features... swim throughs...
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    Closed: ScubaPro Seawing Nova Fins Black XL

    Bought new two years ago, put about 50 dives on them, and then switched over to a Jet style fin which are required for the GUE classes I'm taking. I loved the Seawings... great propulsion and comfortable for my feet. Hope to find them a good home.
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    Cozumel January 2020 Advice

    For a while there I was on the fence between Casa Mexicana and Villa Aldora, but for such a long stay we decided that proximity to restaurants would be a better use of our time each day. If we were coming for just a week or so there would be no question, we'd stay at Villa Aldora. We did the...
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    Cozumel January 2020 Advice

    Hey everybody, my girlfriend and I wrapped up our trip to Cozumel the other day. The advice here was invaluable and I thought I'd let you know what we did and what we'd do again. To start I'll say that we enjoyed our stay so much that now we're planing to return to Cozumel next winter for a...
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    Recommend a GUE Instructor in Tulum

    One more thing I'd like to mention before this thread continues to evolve tangentially. Ivo Chiarino, while newer to GUE than some of the other well known locals, was an absolutely dynamite instructor. He's young, enthusiastic, patient, kind, and I *never* saw him even glance at a clock when...
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    Recommend a GUE Instructor in Tulum

    Thanks to all who contributed to this thread. My GF and I passes Fundies this afternoon. Ivo Chiarino was our instructor and he was great. Kelvin was recovering from an ear injury but Ivo took excellent care of us. Took an extra couple days to nail our kicks, s-drills, and smb deployments...
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    Trip Report My Review Of The Galapagos Liveaboard Calipso

    Did you use the Wi-Fi on the Calipso? They are the only boat I've seen that offers it in the Galapagos (which is critical for my GF who can't go 100% off the grid with her work). I'm wondering if it's fast and reliable enough for routine email correspondence with maybe a few small attachments...
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    Cozumel January 2020 Advice

    Hey, have a great time! Our schedule changed a bit, and we're stopping off in Tulum first to do GUE Fundamentals and PADI Rescue Diver. We don't get to Cozumel until after you're gone (we arrive the 12th), but we'll be diving with Aldora from then through the end of the month. I hope they...
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