Scuba Lessons

My wife and I got scuba advanced and Nitrox certifications together. We normally take cruises and go scuba diving there. Cozumel, Belize, Grand Cayman, Bahamas, etc. are all fantastic! We dove a couple of times off of NJ, but that wasn't nearly as fun as in the Caribean. It takes your breath away to be 90' down and have a pair of curious dolphins come swim with you. Every trip gives us another story to tell. Quite a few awesome sites that words just can't do justice.

We decided to buy our equipment to ensure the quality of our gear. Particularly my wife has problems with dyslexia and knowing which hand or finger to use to rise or descend gave her great difficulty. I even had an underwater fight with her to save her life because she got the buoyancy control device controls mixed up and panicked. Since we bought our gear, I could rig it up so she could ascend with one hand and descend with the other (normally it is done with just your left hand). She's practiced so many times now that she no longer has problems.

I would recommend buying your own primary regulator if you are going to dive often, so you can ensure it is always properly serviced and disinfected. Everything else can be rented wherever you go and you shouldn't have to worry about it. It actually turns out to be cheaper to always rent too, as all the service to the gear is covered by the rental company.

I bought a dive computer that is integrated into the mask and that makes diving so much easier and safer too (see my avatar). It has a wireless transmitter that is attached to the regulator and it sends the amount of air left in the tanks right to the computer.