Chill Diver
Contributor
My wife, brother, a coworker and I are working on completing our certifications. We have finished our class work and pool dives and will have our open water dives in a week and a half. My wife and I also did the nitrox course so we will have two certifications.
I have been lurking around this board for the past few weeks but just formally signed up so I could post. I have already found a lot of good information and I look forward to being able to contribute.
Diving in BC means cold water so we plan to follow up our OW with drysuit training and then AOW.
The PADI dive centre we have been training with has been very good to us. I have read some of the horror stories about dive centres/instructors who just want to get you a c-card so you can buy gear from them. Langley Diving actually seems to want us to learn to be independent and safe divers.
I have been snorkelling for years and always wanted to learn to scuba dive. My wife had little interest until we started planning a trip to the south pacific. The cruise we will be on has a scuba diving option at every stop. We decided to get qualified here so we would be able to do all the dives there.
I had not even considered diving here as I always figured it would be too cold and there would be nothing to see. I have since learned about drysuits and about the amazing diving available within a couple hour's drive from home.
We are looking forward to continuing our dive experiences at home and wherever we go on vacation.
I have been lurking around this board for the past few weeks but just formally signed up so I could post. I have already found a lot of good information and I look forward to being able to contribute.
Diving in BC means cold water so we plan to follow up our OW with drysuit training and then AOW.
The PADI dive centre we have been training with has been very good to us. I have read some of the horror stories about dive centres/instructors who just want to get you a c-card so you can buy gear from them. Langley Diving actually seems to want us to learn to be independent and safe divers.
I have been snorkelling for years and always wanted to learn to scuba dive. My wife had little interest until we started planning a trip to the south pacific. The cruise we will be on has a scuba diving option at every stop. We decided to get qualified here so we would be able to do all the dives there.
I had not even considered diving here as I always figured it would be too cold and there would be nothing to see. I have since learned about drysuits and about the amazing diving available within a couple hour's drive from home.
We are looking forward to continuing our dive experiences at home and wherever we go on vacation.