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HAIGH QUARRY OPENING FOR THE 2012 SEASON IN jANUARY?
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
1/7/2012
No, the season at Haigh Quarry is not opening this weekend! It will open for the 2012 season on Saturday April 7th, but because of our unusually warm weather Tina has decided to give Midwest divers a chance to scratch th...

SCUBA DIVERS LEFT BEHIND IN FLORIDA
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
10/6/2011
The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it was investigating RJ Diving Ventures of Miami Florida. The investigation was initiated because the dive operator left behind two tourists while they were scuba diving.   D...

10 WORST MISTAKES MADE BY RECREATIONAL DIVERS
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
9/30/2011
1.      Don’t make safety decisions based on financial considerations! Many fatalities and injuries occur because people want diving, dive training or dive travel to be cheap, easy and fast. Always use the proper equipme...

MSD FORUMS - BASIC SCUBA DISCUSSIONS
TOPIC: Search & Rescue Cert?
seacow
Posted: 9/6/2008 7:30:27 PM

Joined on
9/6/2008

 Hey, I am just getting started with SCUBA but know my ultimate goal is Search & Rescue...does anyone have experience in this training or recommendations of what to do after the Adv. Diving cert?

Thanks!
seawitch22
Posted: 9/8/2008 12:24:30 PM

Joined on
8/6/2007

 Welcome to this fantastic sport! My suggestion would be advance then rescue diver.
scubaetc@hotmail.com
Posted: 9/8/2008 12:38:55 PM

Joined on
7/11/2008

 Congrats on your OW cert. Where do you live? I am instructor in the Chicago land area and If you were interested we could develope a plan and put into action to help achive your goal of Search and Rescue diver.

Would recomend that you get your Advanced first, them work towards your Master Scuba diver rating. Some additional programs to help you become a well rounded experienced diver are Rescue, EFR, O2 administration, Equipment specialist. If interested shoot me an e-mail we can talk.