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Can i take up diving now?

Discussie in '☋ General Chat ☋' gestart door boyette, 14 nov 2007.

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  1. Justin Case

    Justin Case DI Junior Member

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    I want to learn how to dive when we move to Dumaguete, I had my own snorkling gear, but it was stolen from our garage room, I need to see about getting some gear, and renting the tanks and so forth for the lessons.
    Is there good masks and snorkels in the shops by Dumaguete?
     
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  2. Rhoody

    Rhoody DI Forum Luminary

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    Justin,

    there are some places in Duma, where you can find good stuff, If yo wanna start diving, the equipment is usually included in the course-price.
    If you start diving I also recommend to try different equipment before you choose your BCD and regulator. A own good fitting mask and wetsuit is very important, cause you never know who peed in it before or when it was washed last time. For the "Big" shopping, i can recommend 3 Shops in Cebu, where you get great quality for reasonable prices... when are yo planning to come here?

    cheers

    Rhoody
     
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    Thats an old trick, especially diving in the freezing north sea, peeing in the wet suit to keep you warm.

    I never did that of course. :rolleyes:
     
  4. Cyndi

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    Please provide an estimate of prices on all of this.:smile:
    Thanks!
     
  5. Rhoody

    Rhoody DI Forum Luminary

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    PADI Course In Dumaguete

    Cyndy, a Discover scuba program is in the range of 50 US$ to 80 US$, depending on where yo do it. A Open Water Course comes to 350 to 500 US$. You may find cheaper offers, but there are some traps worldwide. Especially with th OWC, make sure that there are no hidden fees, like cert-fees, marine park-fees, boat-fees, Equipment rental...

    TDiscoover program lasts around 3 hours, the OW course can be done in 3 to 4 days and includes 5 knowlege development lessons, 5 confined water dives and 4 dives in the ocean. The accademics can be done in advanced, if you get a crewpack (includes Manuals, dive-planner, logbook and certification-fees) after deciding you wanna do it. Then the "classroom" work is very short.

    cheers

    Rhoody
     
  6. Rhoody

    Rhoody DI Forum Luminary

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    ... and after the dive, don't rinse proper, hang it for drying in a tiny equipmentroom with 20 other suits, next day yo shake your head and look at the others....hehe:p There are only 2 kind of divers, one that are peeing in the wetsuit, the others who are lying...

    cheers

    Rhoody
     
  7. jellyfish

    jellyfish DI Forum Patron

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    Me did neither (from the time a had a dry suit !!) :D
    But diving in the North Sea is great. A lot of very interesting wrecks there.
     
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    boyette DI Member

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    Hey Rhoody,
    Do you offer discounted rates for DI members?
     
  9. Rhoody

    Rhoody DI Forum Luminary

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    yes, 55$ to 85 $ for discover Scuba and 355 to 505 $ for a OWC.

    plus 15 $ for each post we had to moderate... hehe

    cheers

    Rhoody
     
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    boyette

    boyette DI Member

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    Aw c'mon. That's too much!!! he he he. How about a 20% discount and all the beer you can consume in a night? (by the way, how many bottles of beer could you gulp down in a given night? and how much is a bottle of San Miguel nowadays?
     
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