New in Fort Worth

[PhilaDallas]

Just a quick intro, my wife and I are getting certification with referral from a local dive shop in Arlington, TX in February. When I found out that the ow portion is seven hours away decided to do the ow portion in Cozumel this May. Been to Cozumel once before and enjoyed the snorkeling, now it is time to go back and get a little deeper. Looking forward to buying dive insurance.

 

[Cyprian]

Greetings.

With the water temps still being fairly cold in the DFW area, and you mentioning the site being 7 hours away.....they are probably going to Balmorhea for the OW portion. I realize that you said you plan to fore go that and just do your check out dives in Cozumel, but I will tell you this: Balmorhea is super nice for OW training - around 75-100' of vis and a constant water temp of 76 degrees. They have a nice shallow underwater training area and a max depth around 20-22' in the spring area.

Safe dives,

Cyp

 

[PhilaDallas]

Thanks for the heads up. If my wife was not involved, I would have probably figured a way out. 14 hours in a car in three days is a long time.

 

[beaverdivers]

Welcome to SCUBAboard!

Good Luck & Good Diving.

 

[ValerieAJackson]

Hey PhilaDallas!What dive shop did you go through? I'm looking to take Underwater Photography and get down to Balmorhea.

 

[PhilaDallas]

Hey PhilaDallas!What dive shop did you go through? I'm looking to take Underwater Photography and get down to Balmorhea.

Went through Scuba Arlington. Did the first class last night along with the first three confined dives. Lots of fun. During the confined portion they had other people at the deep end (before we went down there) and I am pretty sure that one was doing an Underwater Photography course. At least they had a camera.