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HI!!!! Sounds great. We will definitely be coming back one day-although I have a lot of nearby places in my sights. Komodo, Raja, Sulawasi, Makulu. Alor. So many great places there for diving, although I sincerely doubt any of them will be nearly as fun above the waves as Amed!. Thanks Turk-...

Thank you for the insights. I don't know how everything works behind the scenes and it appeared to me they offered to compensate you if you redid the course for me. I'm sorry to hear you are needing to be on pain meds and hope you recover quickly. Say hi to Turk for us,he was very helpful when...

I would like to clarify, from my end, that this had nothing to do with cost of the course, finding it for less later and seeking compensation, or any kind of refund or monetary compensation. I have never asked, wanted or expected that in any way. You are correct, the issue was with the...

2 training items that I don't see a check off for and wernt done are: 150 yd inert diver tow-not trained or practiced. Dry stress test-never brought up or done

I wanted to post a text exchange between myself and the instructor to kind of demonstrate the general atmosphere of our interactions but I'm not sure I have it still.

2 of 5 things missed had check offs. I owned those 2.

Yes I'm really shaking my head about this as I gave them all the info and opportunity to do the right thing on a silver platter but........

Thanks I did admit to checking off 2 skills that weren't done, that was my error. The other three things that weren't done there was no check off. Why? You'd have to know the instructor. There is an assumption of superiority, an inability of a lowly trainee to question the master, it's not an...

I wanted to follow up. Based on information mostly gained here I contacted RAID and provided all the information. As well as my text conversations with the instructor and the dive shop owner. This was Steve, Lewis and PJ all high level management or VPs there. I had high hopes based on...

They are outside of Tampa, FL. Any simple search engine will take you to thier website.

If your looking for Seac and very very good prices check Piranha Dive. I got my din first stages from Randy in the area of 110-130 $ each. Seconds were in the range of 60-80 $. This was several years back. Tell Randy I sent you. He also has or can get the rebuild kits for them. I bought 2 sets...

That easily sounds like the most amazing dive imagineable, I pray, before I go, I get to do one thats even half that good! what a great story.

Hi, I know how to switch gas on the computer while in surface mode. Can someone tell me how to switch from Gas1 to Gas2 when my computer is in dive mode,WHILE I do my switch from Bottom to Deco gas during my Deco dive???? Thank you in advance!

Hi. Just to keep the information flowing, I got no satisfactory answers from the owner of the dive shop in question. So, I have escalated it to RAID. I emailed all relevant data and the texted and emailed communications between myself and the instructor and shop owner to the 3 senior leaders at...

I found the RAID General Diving Standards in my documents listed as RGDS- They do define Closed Water as a general term that refers to either a pool or any body of water that provides pool like conditions with reference to depth, clarity, water movement, etc. It's pretty vague BUT why specify...

Ok but I looked at the materials from both agencies and decided, for me, RAIDs training materials were a better fit. So PADIs definition doesn't really apply to my RAID course. I am PADI OW and AOW.

My course materials state confined water or pool. It also references that the RAID General Diving Standards can be downloaded from My Documents. Oddly, I don't see them there. I do not see a way to search for a definition of the term on the RAID website. Either way I think Confined Water should...

I went by an online definition but I will see if I can find one from RAID.

I wanted to update my post: I found the Facebook page for the shop that did my course, emailed them, and have the first name for one of the owners she says. I have provided the info about the 2 dives done as one, confined water dive not done in confined water. 7 required skills/tests/elements...

Thank you for your input. For me the standards of my course were well documented by RAID in my course manual. They just were not followed, to the letter, by my instructor in my opinion.