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The U.S. Coast Guard, Police, and EMS personnel define "cold water" as water that is 70 degress or below

Hey anytime, Dive on! As for the Dacor Tiger fins, I don't suggest them. I dove with an Naval Officer that used them once and broke his left fin in half. If you use fins hard at all then don't buy the Tigers! This guy puts them to the ultimate diving test, and they failed hardcore! KISS...

Mister Cousteau's favorite place to dive in the world was Cozumel. He said it had the clearest water, most beautiful reefs, and diverse wild life. This is what I have read and I am quoting it. If you really want to settle the bet, contact his Son Jean-Michel Cousteau at the Ocean Futures...

excuse me, I need to correct myself on one thing. Mixes great than 40% need to be oxygen cleaned! My bad, pushed the wrong key! Later

The underarm hose is great! It's almost a half tec half rec reg. It doesn't have a long hose, but it's longer and underarm. Although mine will have a long hose shorty, just haven't had the time to switch. And I can see where you're coming from with spearing, I do some of that myself. As...

As for regs, Sherwood Scuba is considered the best and it's also the cheapest. I dive a Sherwood Maximus, and soon to be two of them. Their first stage is completely dry and bleeds air to keep all contaminants out. Another good regulator that is the Posiedon Odin. It's used widely by the...

Yes there is. There is a BC you can buy that is one size fits all and that it also used for cave diving or any type of technical diving you want to do. The three major manufactures are Halcyon, Dive Rite, and OMS. All the three are great setups. As far as training going though, enjoy the rec...

Hey thanks, I try to help where I can. If you're ever in Michigan lets go diving! If not, I'll see you around! Later for now.

I'll have to agree and second what everyone else has said. Mixes greater than 50% need to be Oxygen cleaned, but any reg can be used for recreatal gases. The special regulators made for Nitrox are a complete gimick and waste of money for any diver in the rec world. It's just another piece of...

Here you go everyone, straight from those at Rodales. Researched and factual! Maybe DIR should reconsider things? http://www.scubadiving.com/training/instruction/solocert/

The number one rule is SCUBA is not to never dive alone!! The number one rule in SCUBA is NEVER STOP BREATHING!!!!!!! Also I don't recommend it to everyone, but as my instructor has said many times "At my level most of my dives are done on a solo basis." This coming from a Platinum Pro.

Look at either Dive Rite, Halcyon, or OMS gear. It's a big investment, but it will fit you no matter how big or small you get. It's more of a "technical" setup, but I'm noticing more and more "rec" divers using it because it's universal for any type of diving minus commercial. Halcyon is made...

Yeah I agree, Spare Air is a piece of junk! Besides, if you're diving in the recreational world there is no reason that you can't ascend on that last breath right to the surface. SA is a luxury, not a necessity. Spend your money on better training rather than Spare Air.

That sounds like him. He speaks 4 languages, has 2 degrees in engineering, was the British champion in Karate and Judo, black belts in both as well as instructors in both. He doesn't brag about the sas, but he has told me a little about it. We mainly talk diving because he's my primary...

Hey Nitrox, get in contact with him yourself. Give me an e-mail address and I'll tell you his web site and e-mail, I would prefer not to post it. I don't doubt what he says, he's a very dangerous man. No I know he was with the SAS because of the Falklands. He's got two bullet holes in his...

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Great input Nitrox. I like your view on things. Diving around here is like it is in Britain. We've got close to 0 viz right now. I love it, but most of my dive buddies aren't as hard core as me so I end up going solo. Which isn't a problem, I've got the training and mindset for it. I was...

Well you do have many points there. But I didn't evaluate every class in the world. Technical divers such as ourselves? are taught to be independant. It is done this way because you are taught to make a dive with the correct amount of gas to depth and hit the boat with 1/3 left in reserve...

I would like to further discuss solo diving and see what the community of divers has to say about it. Personally I think from day one of open water training a diver should be taught to be self reliant first. Technical divers are the only ones in the world doing this! When you are on a...