Saturday, I finish my SDI open water certification

Mr. Ed

Mr. Ed

Be what you is not what you what you ain’t
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Saturday, I finish my open water scuba diving certification. I completed 2 dives in the Saint Lawrence River, Alexandria Bay last month. I failed to complete a regulator recovery skill. I was out of breath, could not locate my regulator when the instructor shoved his regulator in my mouth and towed me to the exit point. So on Saturday I will attempt to recover my reg by reaching overhead to the second stage primary air hose. When I use the side-sweep method, I cannot feel the reg hose through my dry-suit, so it is hard to determine if the reg hose is present.

The scuba board forum shared some advice about dry suit squeeze that occurs when your dry suit contracts because of outside changes in pressure. To compensate for dry suit squeeze, there needs to be proper air circulation within the suit. Otherwise the suit is like shrink wrap in a microwave.
 

I admire your strength and how committed you are to achievement of your goal. I am (WAS) a very good swimmer, lettered in highschool, was a lifeguard. I have never had the courage to master scuba diving. I wish the best of luck!!
 
When we were 50, my wife and I decided to get certified so we could dive. After we completed the course, we set up a vacation to Grand Cayman. The dive shop that certified us made reservations for us to dive with a dive shop in the area where we were staying. We did two dives a day for five days! It was 100 times more beautiful than I thought it would be. We have one rule for our diving, 80 and 80! Water temperature and air temperature...! Therefore, no dry suits and only shorties for wet suits... Diving is one of the funniest things we do together...!
 
Awesome, Ed!

If your regulator hose doesn't have an underwater, bright orange band around the end of it, they're available at any dive shop. They're sort of like zip-ties but much wider and they're visible even in murky, silty waters.
 
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