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ross9, any chance your dry suit has been dispatched yet? Hoping the trend of being a month ahead of schedule as below is holding up.

Update: Received the confirmation email with an estimated dispatch date of February 19th, 2021, just under 11 weeks and in line with ross9's timeframe, although in my case it'll have to get across the pond.

Here’s what I went with: Step 1: Seaskin Nova, black and royal blue Step 2: Dry zip cover, YKK Plastic Zipper, SiTech Trigon Pee Valve Step 3: Quick Neck with Silflex, Warm Neck Standard, Supplement for Siflex Wrist Seals, Kubi Dry Glove System Step 4: Sitech Valve System, DIR Dump Valve...

Finally went ahead and ordered myself one of these, can’t wait for it to arrive! Thanks to everyone in this thread who have been a great source of information and advice.

Nice! If you have received the confirmation email, when is your estimated arrival date?

I’ve thinking about getting a drysuit to make my California diving more enjoyable and was debating between the multitude of Seaskin Nova options when a used Santi E.motion+BZ400 undergarments in my size showed up on a local scuba group. The seller has listed it for $2100, but that seems really...

Thanks to everyone sharing their information in this thread! This has been a great resource. I’ve been diving in San Diego with a 7mm wetsuit and the water is getting colder as we get closer to winter. I haven’t actually gotten cold enough to call the dive or sit out a second dive, but I would...

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I did my OW cert at that LDS and they know me, so while most of the staff are pretty lax about it, I'm sure they have the common sense to know what is reasonable and what isn't. I'm sure there are ways to game it, but ultimately, those who do are just cheating themselves. The most any charter...

My experience is different depending on who is staffing the LDS. Some will just take out the QR code from under the desk and let you do what you want, others will actually ask to see your dive computer to verify that each of the dives are legit.

I use a BP/W and have quick release integrated weight pockets on my harness. It may not be DIR, but I only do recreational dives, still get all the other advantages of diving a BP/W. You could pick up a simple SPG with hose for about $70 from DGX.

Are you planning to go on charters? Most of them provide the tanks and weights, so you don't need to buy the weights. If you plan to be mostly shore diving and you know you will go frequently enough, you may consider picking up tanks too. I'd recommend just buying a BP/W since it's more...

I use Subsurface and am happy with it. I like that I can pull the logs off my dive computer using Bluetooth with my phone, sync it to the cloud, and then open up the logs and edit/type logs using my laptop (much easier than trying to enter the information using the phone). I like the way it...

I just have 2 x Faber HP100, bought them from my LDS a few weeks ago. I'm pretty happy with them for a day of local shore diving.

Thanks everyone for the feedback! I did get the chance to try the Seawing Novas and the Avanti Quattros from other students in the pool during my rescue course. I liked that the Seawing Novas have a really efficient flutter kick, but the Quattros are not far behind for flutter kicks and are more...

If I wear the hood by itself on land, it is not too bad. However, when I tuck it under my wetsuit, all the material scrunches up and that choking feeling is horrible, especially with neck flexion. Recently, I started wearing the hood outside of my wetsuit - it looks weird, but its almost just as...

I completed my OW certification about a month ago and have logged 13 dives so far. I am currently diving with Scubapro Wake fins which I bought for my OW class – they were relatively inexpensive at $60 and they do the job just fine, but I’m finding them pretty long and stiff, and the ratchet...

Here in SoCal, the charters are responsible for taking you to the dive site and back, that's it. The DM stays on the boat. You dive with your buddy and ascend whenever you feel you should. If you pay extra for a guide, then discuss what you want out of it with the guide.

Thank you everyone for the advice! Just as a follow-up, I did buy the gear at the end of June and completed my OW course in it, and I am very happy with it. Since the BP/W had to be ordered and didn’t get in until after the pool sessions, my LDS scheduled an extra pool session for me just to get...

Yeah, I heard Bay Area in particular is definitely going to be dry suit territory. I'll start off with a wetsuit in SD, but the plan is to buy the dry suit when I move up there if I have really gotten into diving, but otherwise stick with the rest of this gear. Thanks! This is really helpful...