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Mexico Training
No idea whether this belongs in here, or in general training or even travel so mods feel free to move!
Basically, i want to do cave, ideally up to full cave and i want to do it in Mexico / Tulum. It's something ive wanted to do for a very long time but only recently has it become a feasible option due to being based in the Caribbean region.
Its time for me to book this years annual leave in work so im after information to do it.
Firstly, when is the best time of year to go (or doesn't it matter at all regarding weather, rainfall etc)? I can choose most months although id rather August or sometime after, sooner is possible if it makes a huge difference.
I can get 14 days or so of leave - is that going to be enough or do i need to look at taking a few extra days unpaid leave as well?
I have no formal training in cavern or cave so starting from scratch in that respect (although i am used unofficially to ferreting around wrecks and into some sea caves elsewhere).
Diving wise i'm trained in OC full trimix, sidemount and CCR air dil (normoxic soon). I'm thinking i probably dont want to do the courses in CCR as it seems to be adding a lot more complexity. Im most comfortable in OC twinset although i can if its beneficial get back into sidemount diving before going.
So basically, is there any compelling reason to use CCR and if not, would i be better going for standard twinset or a sidemount setup?
Other than that, can people recommend good instructors/reputable companies to go and do all this with so i can contact them and discuss it further?
FWIW i really do want Tulum not Dominican or elsewhere as its somewhere ive always wanted to see since i first started diving so not really looking at alternative destinations.
Any information or additional thoughts is welcome - if its in the wrong sub forum then mods feel free to move!
Basically, i want to do cave, ideally up to full cave and i want to do it in Mexico / Tulum. It's something ive wanted to do for a very long time but only recently has it become a feasible option due to being based in the Caribbean region.
Its time for me to book this years annual leave in work so im after information to do it.
Firstly, when is the best time of year to go (or doesn't it matter at all regarding weather, rainfall etc)? I can choose most months although id rather August or sometime after, sooner is possible if it makes a huge difference.
I can get 14 days or so of leave - is that going to be enough or do i need to look at taking a few extra days unpaid leave as well?
I have no formal training in cavern or cave so starting from scratch in that respect (although i am used unofficially to ferreting around wrecks and into some sea caves elsewhere).
Diving wise i'm trained in OC full trimix, sidemount and CCR air dil (normoxic soon). I'm thinking i probably dont want to do the courses in CCR as it seems to be adding a lot more complexity. Im most comfortable in OC twinset although i can if its beneficial get back into sidemount diving before going.
So basically, is there any compelling reason to use CCR and if not, would i be better going for standard twinset or a sidemount setup?
Other than that, can people recommend good instructors/reputable companies to go and do all this with so i can contact them and discuss it further?
FWIW i really do want Tulum not Dominican or elsewhere as its somewhere ive always wanted to see since i first started diving so not really looking at alternative destinations.
Any information or additional thoughts is welcome - if its in the wrong sub forum then mods feel free to move!
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