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Doing a weight check just like you learned in OW course is the best way to know you are properly weighted. And add a kg for compensating for a lighter tank toward the end of the dives. Breathing: Relax and take long, slow breaths in and slow breaths out. When I feel I am sucking a lot of...

Congratulations on getting certified and welcome! I agree with you. Take your time, get some diving in and then see what other things you want to get trained in. A group of us from up here in the DC area head to southern FL frequently to dive some of the wrecks and reefs so maybe we will see...

Thanks everyone! It was great to get back in the water. 3D congratulations on getting back in. We know how tough the fight can be!

A week ago I got great news from my oncologist and radiation oncologist. Excellent results, no signs of the tumor. On Thursday of last week I flew to Ft Lauderdale and spent the weekend diving. I was nervous about getting back in the water, but everything went very well. I took it very...

Hi my name is tartanfrog and I am a scubaholic! Welcome to the club!!

Update: Further background. The diagnosis was small cell lung cancer of the rt lung located on the bronchial tree. Hence the concern for trapped air. I am an ex smoker that quit about 9 years ago, but as you of the medical community know small cell is definitely smoking related. Yes, the...

When I did my OW the only gear I was required to own was the snorkle, mask and fins. Just as someone advised me when i was brand new to diving, I would recommend you try a variety of gear before you decide to purchase. Many local dive shops will let you try equipment. My dive shop included...

I am a relatively new diver (70 +) so this is strictly my opinion and personal experience... When I took my OW it was in a full jacket BC which I frankly hated. It was not sized very well and given the huge amount of weight slapped onto me and my gross inexperience i was pumping the BC to the...

Thank you all for the informed responses. That is exactly what I was looking for. Although it is tempting to head to a local quarry and do a shallow dive, I would really like to be around long enough to enjoy more than 1 dive! That was why I posted the original message! Information rules...

Background: Early this summer I scheduled an appointment to have a physical prior to starting the PADI DM path. In case it matters, I've been diving a couple of years and have a little over 70 dives in various quarry and ocean settings and depths. Just prior to that I started experiencing...

That is really unfortunate. I have been diving at Lake Rawlings many times and can honestly say that I have never had a problem with the staff there. Of the dive sites that are somewhat local to the DC area I would say Rawlings is by far my favorite place to get wet when I can't go on a trip...

HIGHwing... Thank you! I was a member of the search team along with 5 other divers. I think I was the lowest ranking search diver as a MSD. I will say that we all geared up and proceeded to the search area very quickly upon notification of a missing diver. You're absolutely right, the...

My first dive experience was out of Destin FL where I did a resort dive. It was in a protected jetty so it was a really cool way to get a feel for what was to come without feeling like I was overcome by the experience. I have been diving off Marathon FL and Ft Lauderdale. Both are excellent...

I have been diving at Rawlings many times. I did my OW, AOW, and Rescue there. Before I really understood the danger, I went under the dock many times and used the area to work on buoyancy since it is very shallow and out of the way. As HIGHwing stated, the dock is not really an overhead...

Congratulations! A huge world of very fascinating things are now open to you! Enjoy it all!!

I have been diving a back inflate BCD since I started diving. I originally chose the back inflate because I did not like the way jacket BCDs fit me and they also tend to ride up on me. And I was was not quite ready for a BPW. I agree, it was really good the dive shop let me try out the BPW...

Just got a new BPW. My local dive shop let me try a DiveRite TransPac and Voyager wing on a recent dive trip to Ft Lauderdale. As it turned out, the loaner harness was too small. So while there I made a trip over to Dive Gear Express to get a new reel and some hi visibility line for my other...

I have never seen a definitive list of all of them but here are some that I know of: Walt Disney World Epcot the Sea, FL; Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, GA; National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD; Downtown Aquarium Denver, CO; and the Mall of America Aquarium in MN.

High School Swim Team a million years ago. But since then I have seen it used by many instructors and experienced divers but never had any formal exposure to it. I keep thinking that maybe in the next course I take. HAHA

Along the lines of the original posting, I was also put off by the elitist and arrogant attitudes of some of the postings I read when I first became a diver and a member of this board. Each of the sub-groups had/have their own standards (opinions?) of what constitutes the absolute correct...